The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 230: what you’re looking at

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224. THI, GIRL. FROM HONG-KONG. © : He gives.a shont of alarm that tells of-bis discovery. .:,- The driver. of the vehicle hag pulled.in his: ‘sorry -logk-. ing steed. It takes the trooper several seconds to whirl his ,horse around so as to: head in .the direction _ his. fellows have gone, OON, Fe Then, the. clatter of hoofs upon the bard ‘road an- nounces his flight. - ; , ee a Terry, unable to make a.move on account of his -pecniiar surroundings, can only sit there and await the. action.of the man. who engineers the expedition. | He.has seen Smolensko swing himself out on one. side of the vehicle, and can give a shrewd guess as to what, he means to attempt. With this thought i in his mind Terry turns tothe rear of the cart where ‘he can stretch the top curtains and. look down the lonely road as well as the-darkness of that stormy night will permit. ~ He is just in time to see the figure of the trooper shoot past as his horse accelerates its speed. Another two seconds and they will be utterly swallowed up in the gloom. Ah! the man of arms has not allowed the slender chance to pass beyond. his. reach. The crash of his fire-. arm sounds very close to Terry’s ear and causes a little’ shriek from the startled Doris. Terry looks evgerly for the resalt,. wondering whether | comicbooks, com