The Rajah's Fortress — page 228: what you’re looking at

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THE RAJAH’S FORTRESS. “O15 CHAPTER XXV. GUY ENTERS THE FORTRESS. AT first the path led downwards at a frightful angle, and they stumbled on recklessly over jagged rocks and through slimy beds of mud. Then came level ground, and they hurried on faster, stopping frequently to avoid the sharp, dripping petrifica. tions that hung from the low ceiling. Topee halted at a big rock that half blocked the passage. He tossed down the wood and motioned Chauner to drop the helmet. “Now come along me,” he said to Guy in an impressive whisper. He turned the corner of the rock and softly began to ascend the passage beyond, which grew suddenly high and broad, but increased in steep- ness. Before Guy fully realized where he was, Topee had halted and was holding the lantern close to the ground. “ Look!” he whispered, and following the China- man’s motion Guy was thrilled to see before him a massive wall of rock, smooth all over apparently, but revealing on closer inspection a detached block COLUM 1OOO SS co