The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 246: what you’re looking at

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‘2AY-« THE GIRL.FROM. HONG-KONG: she-cahnot;imust not be compelled to continue tris erued: - race much further. ss Bins» wl ‘Perhaps the man who leads.so gallantly realizes:some- thing ofthe truth. - 7 5 & 2h At any rate he seeks to encourage them by declaring they are almost at their destination. ; They feel that enemies are near by, for the sound of horses can he heard plunging through bushes, as the. line of wild Cossacks, the cowboys of Russia, scour the side of ‘the slope. } ‘Bear tip a little further—you can see the trees ahead —that is where our safety. lies—there awaits us the vehicle: . that will mock their most desperate efforts. Courage, and forward. 4t is life we battle for.”? Ck ep With such words he arouses sluggish ambition, and they increase their pace. The trees loom up before them, : and Terry sees a round object alongside that: looks like.: the great dome of a Mohammedan mosque. Nearer still, and his amazement gives: place. to a sudden cry of incredulity. ‘Look! on my life it is a balloon!’ is-what he gasps. And a balloon it proves to be, apparently the property of a scientific aéronaut who makes an occasional voyage: above the clouds, perhaps with the ultimate intention of: emulating the bold Andree, who awaits his opportnnity to fidat over the North Pole in his wonderful air shi comichoo COA