The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 271: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. 265 Ehey have gone. through many. dangers and difficulties on the road from Bombay, and-- believe themselves entitled -to a little -jollification, though Sandy’s Scotch eaution will doubtless. draw the line-so that they may not overstep the mark, . As for Pekoe Tay, he never grows weary of thanking his lucky stars that he survived. the aerial trip from the vicinity of Russian Kronstadt to German Konigsberg. When the opportunity presents itself he will. hie away to some Parisian. joss-house, and burn innumerable favors, to his particular guardian joss for having allowed him to invade the clouds and still live. In his own inimitable way he tells Sandy all. about it, and-the red piper even expresses a wish that fortune had allowed him to experience that same electric thrill. Music always has a: charm for Sandy, and not even a hurdy-gurdy playing for the delectation of the tots: on the pavement escapes his notice. He even speculates-as to the appreciation they would have for a burst of Highland melody from his dearly beloved bagpipes; but as these have been left at the hotel Sandy is given no opportunity to try the experi- ment, much to his regret.. “*Aweel, the gillies dinna_ ken what they. mess. thers ts some comfort in that, man,’’ he says with that philo- - gophical shake of the head such as becomes a sage. comicbooks.com