The Rajah's Fortress — page 139: what you’re looking at

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130 THE RAJAH'S FORTRESS. mountains, and left a shadow of fear stealing over him as he thought what a fearfully risky and perilous enterprise was that on which he had embarked. Half a dozen men and a renegade Chinaman beard- ing in his den a monster at whose very name all Burma trembled! He stood lost in thought while the boat was dragged up and concealed in the bushes, and then Topee touched him on the shoulder. “ Hidee glick,” he said; “much dacoit on bank !” Guy interpreted the Chinaman’s warning too literally, and plumped down like a shot right into a nest of thorns. He rose up wrathfully, while a broad grin over- spread Topee’s face. Fortunately Carew’s sum- mons to breakfast came at this juncture, and pos- sible trouble for the Chinaman was avoided. They still possessed a day’s provisions, for they had been using their supplics frugally. The island on which they had taken refuge was fringed with thick bushes, and in the center was a sandy space shaded by a dozen or more palmyra trees. After they had eaten breakfast, Chauner and Wood were placed on guard at the lower and upper point of theisland, with instructions to keep a very close lookout. Then Guy insisted that Topee should give him some clear idea of the situation, so that a plan of action might be devised. The Chinaman was very willing to do this, and CONMUC WOO SS co