The Rajah's Fortress — page 280: what you’re looking at

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THE RAJAH'S FORTRESS. 26% CHAPTER XXXII. THE TREASURE CHAMBER. THE day wore on. Chauner changed neither for better nor worse, but lay ina kind of stupor. The atmosphere of these underground apartments was fresh and cool, a circumstance which puzzled Guy not alittle until he discovered, high upon the walls, small windows a foot square which seemed to be cut through the rock to the open air, and to judge from the dimness that filtered through, the thickness of the outer wall must have been immense. A close search of the bedroom brought to light @ prize, a box of English soda water, stolen from some military post of course. They ate a few mouthfuls of food, washed down with soda water, and then more from a desire to pass away some tedious hours than anything else, started in to search the Hindoo’s private room under Guy’s instructions. The big silver lamp on the mahogany table was lit and shed a soft radiance over thescene. Every face glowed with excitement and curiosity, and for the present their grave peril was forgotten. COLUM 1OOO SS co