The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 296: what you’re looking at

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290 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. pathizer, for love of me, and ‘swore to remain at my side no matter what came to pass, my regard was changed to the warmest love—arid last night as I saw you, after escaping from that burning building myself, stand inside and save woman after wotnan at the risk of your life, I felt an awe, a reveretrce such as words cannot expregs. ‘I belong to you—take me rtf you will, for I can ‘love no other man on earth. 1 only thank God for giving re the honest affection of a heart so loyal and true.” After that Terry can only do what any man in hts senses would—take this blushing girl in his arms and strain her to his heart, while sealing their betrothal with burnivg kisses. —Of course Doris struggtes ont of his embrace and chides him for being so rude in so public a place as an hotel parlor, where they may be interrupted at ary moment; but the scolding does nof seem to disconcert Terry a. particle; and so the matter is settled forever and aye Doris is to be his wife, she has promised to put her future in his hands, and he can afford to snap hs fingers at fate with such a sweet assurance as his anchot of hope. CHAPTER XXXII. : FETTERS OF LOVE. The reports which Terry receives from time to time indicate that Warren Evans does not mean to leave the city in a hurry, at least. He is deeply interested in the region where the dread- ful calamity occurred; haunts it during the day, and dashes hither and yon in a cabriolet. “He appears to be making 1 inquiries concerning a widow lady, Richelieu by name,” is the nature of the report re~ ceived at noon. At three Pp. M. comes another: “Has found the lady uninjured, but suffering from nervous shock, stopping with friends. Spent an hour im her society.” Four r-thirty brings a third: comicbooks.com