The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 317: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. Sti “T can see the stage coach, and there limps our dicta- tor, the war general. At least nothing has overwhelmed them as yet,” he says aloud. Carajo broadly hints that in all probability the shadow hangs over them ready to fall. When he is given an opportunity to look through'the “big eyes,” as he calls ithe field-glasses, he expresses great pleasure. Now the question arises, what ts to be done—shall they make an advance upon the camp and seek an interview with the old mine owner, whereby Doris may effect a reconciliation ? | Donahue most heartily wishes the whole thing were over. He wants his wife to himself alone, and, since her wayward, erratic pater has seen fit to take to himself another mate, sees no sense in their keeping up this tedious chase, which has already taken them half way around the world. Of course just now there is reason in their method, since the mine owner is really threatened with a tangible danger, which it may be their province to avert. The situation is hastily canvassed. Luckily Denahue has kept such a condition in his mind and is fairly well prepared to grapple with the dilemma without much waste of time. He will take Sandy and the driver with him, leaving Pekoe Tay as a guard for Doris. Such a conclusion does not exactly suit him, and he wishes Warren Evans in a much warmer place than camping amid these Mexi- can mountains. Mr. Terry has figured without his host, it seems, for when the matter is broached to Doris she flatly refuses to abide by it—and only three weeks married, too. It will be unpleasant to remain there with only the Chinaman as a guard—she greatly dislikes the idea of Terry going into danger while he looks after her safety; and last, but not least, as a clincher she declares that as the expedition has beem arranged to bring about a meet- ing between Warren Evans and herself, it will be a strange thing if she may not be allowed to greet this -fagitive father in his own camp. Of course Terry-gives in—how could it be otherwise comicbooks.com