The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 342: what you’re looking at

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4336 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. madam’s thirst and her monotonous call for water, even if to do so he must increase his risk. Perhaps the cry of the Mexican just, previous to his being. stricken, or the crash of his fall, may have reached the ears ‘of his near-by comrades, who will ‘sally out to Investigate. ~ ~ It will be as well for one Terry Donahue, if he shall have placed some little distance between the stranded dili- gence and himself when they arrive. So he goes after the demijohn. Some people do this quite. frequently, and without profit to themselves, but this is a case of necessity. Luckily the wicker-bound bottle has not suffered in the least from the contact. In a collision it is generally noted that the swiffer moving engine sustains the lesser. damage. He finds a groaning Mexican stretched there upon the ground, with the wicked demijohn mounting guard over him—at least the neck of the five-gallon bottle rests across that of the man who has been floored though its. argumentative agency. Terry snatches up his prize and immediately makes a beeline for the barricade. He hears loud voices behind him, and half-expects that shots will be fired, but this does not happen, and a happy fortune allows him to reach his destination, where as before, a pair of arms greet him, and a well-beloved voice utters gentle reproaches for his rashness. - The madam has her drink of water, and they are granted a little peace. Time has gone on leaden wings with them, as it-always” does under such strained conditions. When Doris asks what the hour may be, Terry, having no experience at reading the stars, guesses it must be nearer three than two, and upon strikin& a match so that he may look’ at his watch finds with dismay that. it is just midnight. - As yet they have had no signs from the proféssor and Pekoe Tay to indicate what their movements have been. It is: problematical whether they have gone for help, or remain near at hand, determined to fall upon the rob- bers’ hip and thigh in the morning. comicbooks.com