The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 260: what you’re looking at

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204 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. Truly few men have experienced such things im a life- time as Terry has found ecrewded into the last few months. ‘ \ 1‘. Fortune’s favors in this respect are unequally divided, some men passing a prosaic existence at home while others see the sights of the world. Morning at last. With it looms up the Highland piper as big as life, and-Doris’ maid in his charge. ~ Pekoe Tay has been kind enough to await the arrival of the morning train and pilot the bewildered couple to the right hotel. — | This ig charming, and Doris with a maid at her right hand begins to feel civilized again. . | As soon as he has snatched a hasty breakfast Terry hies away to the docks to ascertain if anything has been heard of the little vessel. There is no news. So the day passes and another night. ' On the second morning it is decided that unless they have news of some sort their best move will be to strike for Paris, where Doris -has reason to believe her father, bent upon his vague mission of chasing shadows, will proceed. | There is news! Terry comes back from the docks in posthaste. comicbooks.com