The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 336: what you’re looking at

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330 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. all, the merry music of the general’s bullets as they patter among the rocks—all these various things combine to - render the fire of the Mexicans unavailing. - It is all over in a very brief space of time. Terry ac- complishes his work, and throwing himself flat upon the ae crawls over to the barricade, where a word admits im. # Almost the first to receive him is Doris, and her arms clasped about his neck tell him the prayer of her heart has keen granted. > , a His escape has been little short of marvelous, for sev- eral bullets cut his clothing in their passage, yet not one has drawn blood. be a This is ali very good, but who can say what will happen the next time, for they do not imagine the enemy will give it up at the first turn? | Lopez has seen considerable of action in some of the many revolutions that have racked the republic south of the Rio Grande, and proves himself not lacking in diplo- macy. . He anticipates the next move of the enemy. . “When they drop a fire ball, let us fire a volley of stones and keep it on the jump or smother it out,” is the burden of the proposition he advances. \ ‘ The others recognize the value of the suggestion, and proceed to lay hold of ammunition to carry it into effect. Nor do they have to wait long ere having an oppor- tunity to test their skill. . Ere ten minutes have passed a second blazing ball comes whirling. into the bed of the canyon from above. Truly these men of Senor Enrique mean business, but on this occasion they have run up against others quite as determined. Hardly has the fire ball landed than those behind the barrier let fly a volley of stones, large and small, even the driver and Sandy taking part in the jubilee. __ Some of these missiles go wild, but many strike home, and as a consequence the bunch of fire is knocked hither and thither like a vagrant thistledown at the mercy of counter-irritants in the shape of wind gusts. Finally that man, Sandy, seeing his opportunity, rises comicbooks.com