The Rajah's Fortress — page 166: what you’re looking at

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LZHE RAJAH’S FORTRESS, 155 CHAPTER XVIII. THE BLACK FLAG. ALL was quiet for a full minute after Topee’s disappearance. The guard turned over once and then slowly sat up, laying his hand on his gun and glancing toward the cavern. Guy feared discovery, but just as the fellow was about to rise with the evident intention of ap- proaching the tunnel, a strange whistle came from the jungle. It must have been a well known signal, for dropping his gun he made off into the thicket as fast as he could go. Topee’s ruse had succeeded admirably. The moment the dacoit vanished, Guy let his party out of the tunnel and plunged into the dense jungle that lay on the right, close to the mountain, and in fact continued up the slope, for on this side, as could be seen, the mountain made a very gradual descent and the slope was well wooded. They penetrated well out of sight among the rocks, and after a short wait Topee made his ap- pearance, having circled around immediately after COLUM 1OOO SS co