The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 58: what you’re looking at

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% THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. consent of the attendant is nota very. serions under: : taking. | | The driver, knowing that the time i is almost at hand for the ‘glockwork machinery under ‘the seat to do its awful work, has pushed forward until closé to ‘the head of his horse. . Perhaps he does not wish to hear the death-cries of those whom he expects to be spitted like fowls, or it may be discretion that prompts him to be a little further away at the critical moment. _ ed ‘Terry awaits his opportunity, and as the beast’ drops into a walk in ascending a slight rise he makes tha plunge without accident. = = J - - It is'a mere bagatelle for Pekoe ‘Tay ‘to copy his action, for the ‘Mongolian i is as light upon his feét asa cat. | The palkee gharry moves on and leaves them there in the lurch, with some ‘distance to walk, ‘bunt. fedling much more comfortable than if they had remained as’ a fooue- ing ‘center for those ugly blades» | mo om i “No doubt Mr. Jehu will be excéedingly amazed when he discovers that he has been driving an empty vehicle, while shivering at every sound, under the itipresaion that it signifies the destruction of those within. °°? When the. lurching’ palkée gharry has passed from their sight Terry and as henchman take up their 1 line of march. a a f= “atic 2 i o ° f * comicbooks.com