The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 83: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. yf quick ear has caught a peculiar sound, and- he. recog-. nizes the wild, ‘weird screech of Sandy’ S Highland bag- pipes.. There is something in the awful skirl that seems to be part and parcel of battle, an inspiration to those ears which have become accustomed to its amazing notes. , He does not wonder now that the canny, bare-legged. Royal Scots know not fear when this music of the moun- tains urges them on—it is the spirit of battle itself—the old familiar hills rise before their vision in the midat of smoke and carnage, and they fight as though the eyes of those beloved are upon them. Even to the men of the caravan it serves as an inspira- tion, and seems.to renew their enthusiasm, for they have succeeded in beating off as fierce an attack as has ever been made in all Afghanistan. ‘ - When Terry discovers this vehicle among the retreat ing Bedouins, and realizes that it is the wagon which contains Doris, a frenzy seems to sweep over him. “At this moment fear is an unknown quantity in his calculations. Doris is in terrible danger, and unless prompt action is taken she will be lost. | So Terry springs: over the forms of those who have falien, and dashes madly after the robbers who’ retire-so sulfenly. weet his p single arm, no matter how inspired uae » Bee comicbooks.com