The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 160: what you’re looking at

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154 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. tell all he knows; but the ugly look in the Arab’s black eyes and the tight grip he keeps upon his dagger iIn- fluence Terry to leave him severely alone. He can make up his mind that they desire to put him out of the way so that in the future they will ‘not be troubled when endeavoring to carry out their schemes ‘againat the girl who owns the silver mines in Mexico. | And if this prove to be the sole object of their schem- ing, might they not put into operation some cunning game to pain possession of Doris while he is absent from the hotel on this wild-goose chase? | The very thought of it alarms him. He determines that in the future nothing of the sort will ever again draw him away and leave the coast clear = the wily baron. Heavens! what if an opportunity were given the Russian play the hero in Doris’ behalf! Terry, after having seen him face the desperate robbers in the caravan battle, haa no reason to doubt his courage, and in the event of such a catastrophe happening ho believes his last hope of ever winning the girl’s heart will go glimmering. . Foo! that ha was to accept the gantlet thrown down —thrice a fool to draw with him the faithful bodyguard and leave Doris unprotected save by his handsome rival, the baron. To linger longer would be madness, nor does Terry comicbooks.com