The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 311: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. 305... pend through Russian territory beyond the Caspian ea. Terry Donahue has a strong idea they are tearing the end of the long journey—that the curtain is almost ready. to fal, and from the indications it looks as though the. last scene of this remarkable drama will hold its own for stirring properties. To defeat the Mexican schemer at his own game, and satisfy the faithful daughter they have done all that is possible in the hope of saving the old mine owner—these are the incentives that spur the Briton on. . With four horses attached they go off at a spanking pace. Terry names the driver “Carajo,’ because he is forever ejaculating this word, and if it is a synonym for “explosive activity and dare-devil qualities the fellow richly deserves it. Carajo has never been a ’4ger, and perhaps has not even seen golden California, but if any stage driver of. those palmy days, made famous by_ such facile pens as Bret Harte and Joaquin Miller, ever handled the ribbons with more skill than this greaser Jehu, the fact would be worth mentioning. | Through defiles, up mountain passes, and along narrow ledges where the outer wheel is within a foot of a yawn- ing precipice, he takes them on the run, and Doris gives more than one little shriek as the chances seem to favor their being precipitated into the awful abyss, while even Terry mutters what may be either prayers or wicked words under his breath, and the Chinaman flattens himself out on the roof alongside Sandy, faint with terror. All the while Carajo slings his long whip and sends voll@ys of words out at the leaders, already strung up to the highest nervous pitch by the rapidity of their de- scent and the presence of danger. : - At least they are making time, for Terry is ready to take his oath no“other diligence ever passed through these mountains with such dare-devil speed. ' €arajo has sworn he would take them through on time, and he certainly means to accomplish it or share their fate over some precipice. a It is a ride never to be forgotten, and.in days to come~ comicbooks.com