The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 262: what you’re looking at

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256 THE’ GikL PROM HONGKONG. the hotel door with a-catriage, and the party’ hasten to embark, together with the small amount: of luggage which is under the pumas ebay fandy and Bikes ‘The train that pulls out of Kenigtherg that morning has our friends aboard. = a Unfortunately it is not a Flying Dutchman or even a “@aledonian cannon-ball.” _ * They have a long journey and reach Berlin in safety very late that night. -: Terry has laid his plang like a wise general. . He first’ of alt takes Doris and‘ the rest to an hotel in the heart of the city, near the Brandenburg Gate. Here he finds awaiting him a man with news. “The party he seeks’ has passed ' through Berlin with only half an hour’s halt. He left on the train of the evening—his destination, ae was learned from his ticket, was Paris. This puts enough information into the young man’s hands to give -him at least a grasp of the situation. - | He uses the wires again; this-time sending a lengthy message to the Chief of Police, the Prefect of Paris. It is too bad that Doris insists on the case being con: ducted in such a manner that her. father shall not be detained against his will. ’-Osily fer this all would be -easy enough. comicbooks.com