Penny Dreadfuls, 1900 · page 108 of 336
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THE RAJAH'S FORTRESS, 99 Carew sat in the other end, while Topee, Jung and the two hussars took the paddles, of which there were just four, and ranged themselves along the side. Topee gave the signal, and with long, noiseless strokes they glided off into the gloom, receding farther and farther from the camp-fires glowing in the town below, and going deeper and deeper into the heart of the wilderness. On the spot they had just left stood a motion- less figure, straining its eyes into the darkness, and listening keenly till the dip of the paddles was lost in the rippling of the stream. S19asrc& COLUM 1OOO SS co