The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 31: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. . 6 employed .to conyince- you: that it isthe wisest course. . Tsee my Chinaman. =RaGKER IE to me from afar. Until we meet again, adios.’ - t @ wt abe _.He bows carelessly:and leaves the Basian — slewer: ing after him, tugging fierodly ab his tawny beard, and mentally cursing the boldness that usually.. gives. a Briton fhe best of an argument. nett he. coasted Terry has learned little that ig new, but ia had his suspicions confirmgd. —_ The baron promises to make a formidable aival, find _one whose weighty influence cannot be despised.- ‘Terry foresees troublous times ahead, but this fact only arouses _all the stubborn qualities inherited from old Norman ancestors. ~ ait Yes, let the. best man win,’’ he mutters; ccbut the affair j 1s apt to. be one-sided, since my rival cares not a farthing for the. honorable nature of the means employed. At least the game is worth the candle. A dozen yellow- haired barons or grand dukes will not scare me ofi—the thought of Doris is inspiration enough. There’s Pekoe ‘Tay waving. his arms again after the manner of an old Dutch windmill. Surely something must be up—I won- der what-next, since it seems my fortune to be mixed up in all the fun afloat ?”’ 7 Dismissing all thought of his Russian rival — his mind for the time.being, Terry makes his way through LJ comicbooks.com