The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 48: what you’re looking at

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42 THE GIRE FROM HONG-KONG. “CHAPTER IV, THE TRAP OF THE PALKEE GHARRY. Prexor Tay has not been asleep these three hours—it would be almost as difficult a matter to catch the heathen. Chinee dozing as the proverbial weasel: Pekoe Tay has hig own peculiar methods for gaining information, and three hours is quite a long time when one chooses to employ every minute of it to advantage.. - When, therefore, he diacovers the mandarin master leaving the brilliantly lighted rooms, and realizes that the time has come for their departure, the Mongolian valet is satisfied with himeelf, since he has negn able = serve one he worships as a joss. He notices that Terry shows certain signs of mild ex. citement, and concludes that- something must have occurred—perhaps his news will not be so fresh after all, and he may do well to refrain for a time from speaking. “Ts our vehicle here—I didn’t pay the man because I - wanted to be sure of him?’’ asks Donahue, glancing around at the various equipages in which the guests have arrived, and which range from an elegant coach i comicbooks.com