The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 133: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. 122 found we were able to beat off the brigands. At any rate he is here safe and sound in Teheran.” “The ungrateful wretch!—and he was one of those whem Sandy overheard ?”’ “Yes. The other fellow you would also recognize as one who appears to have a deep interest in your fortunes —one whom I have reason to believe was the instigator of, that attack on the caravan when the three tribesmen attempted to run away with your vehicle. He comes from across the sea.” “Not Don Enrique?’’ quickly, and unless Terry is grievously mistaken there is a note of alarm, though not terrer, in her voice. “That very individual and none other, Miss Doris.”’ She remains silent for a brief time, doubtless ponder- ing over this new phase of the case. Terry is lost in admiration of her bravery—no expres- sion of fear, no weakness such as one might naturally expect to see in connection with a woman. It is really wonderful, the nerve she exhibits, and his respect for those Yankee cousins over the sea grows in volume—if their women can meet danger with so calm a front, in ‘Heaven’s name of what are the men capable? | “Tt seems our Don Enrique i8 a hard man to give up the ghost—I believed those Malay pirates who took possession of him in the Malacca Straits would see that 7 comicbooks.com