Penny Dreadfuls, 1899 · page 85 of 350
The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 85: what you’re looking at
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VHH GIRL GROM HONG-KONG. 03 ~— CHAPTER VIIL. A DAUGHTER OF REVOLUTIONARY SIRES. THE impact when Terry and his followers strike the Bedouins is the signal for another wild clamor. . Their task, though instigated by holy motives, is no easy one, and every man’s arm is nerved to perform prodigies of valor. Such is the force of their assault that flesh and blood ~ ‘ cannot stand up against it, = Terry has retained a few trusty leaden messengers in his gun, and these he now proceeds to utilize to the best possible advantage. | All the while he continues to press closer to the vehicle in which, as he fully believes, Doris must be crouching, trembling with fear. He does not know Doris fully, however, and she is apt to surprise him in more.ways than one; for the spirit of ‘her Revolutionary ancestors, who stood up before the British regulars at Lexington and Bunker Hill, still animates this fair American lass. = When Terry can, he uses his Winchester as a cudgel * comicibooks.com ra