The Rajah's Fortress — page 246: what you’re looking at

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THE RAJAH’S FORTRESS. 233 was right, for Chauner and Wood nodded in ap- proval, while Jung, with a very determined look upon his dusky features, was calmly filling the magazine of his rifle with shells. ‘You are all brave fellows, I know,” continued Guy, “but I don’t want you to go into this thing blindly. The failure of our plan has made our case desperate. The secret of the cavern will be— in fact, no doubt is discovered already—and though they may not succeed in opening the slab, they will readily understand the situation, and will swarm through the jungle until they discover the entrance. But so beit. You have rejected the offered escape and it only remains to devise some plan of action.” “ There is but one thing to be done that I can see,’ said Carew. ‘ We must force our way into the arsenal, rescue the prisoner, and then either force our way out and strike for the western coast or else retreat backward and if possible make our escape over the mountain.” This desperate proposition which Carew so coolly discussed was actually their one chance and offered no alternative. Guy’s face brightened for & moment. “ You are right, Jack,” he replied. ‘ There is a grain of hope left, but how desperate it is you all can see. The die is cast then,” he added with sudden sternness. “ Let each man puta supply COLUM 1OOO SS co