The Rajah's Fortress — page 91: what you’re looking at

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2 THE RAJAH'S FORTRESS. sleeping soundly. A momentary interruption was caused by half a dozen soldiers rushing through the square in pursuit of a dacoit, and then Guy resumed his recital. “ After Forbes and Dalo left,” he said, “I hardly knew what todo. I hated to remain where I was, when all the time I could imagine you fellows at it hot and heavy, and could see the flames from the burning buildings. There was no danger of any further attack on the rock, I knew well. But the scoundrels got possession of the steamer and after taking all they could, they set it on fire, and we had to stay there and see it burn. Then we held a council and unanimously determined to make our way inland, and cast our lot in with yours, for there was still no sign of the other steamer. Twoof our brave fellows actually swam up the river, after the blaze of the steamer had gone down, and returned with two of the enemy’s rafts. ‘In the meantime the dacoits had gone off to the town to help their friends, and putting our dead and wounded on board we succeeded in land- ing just above the mouth of the creek. Ten yards below and we would have been swallowed up in the whirlpool. Then we crept up under cover of the bushes, and while you fellows were penned up in that narrow street we were close by in hiding. The enemy were all around you, and would have cut us to pieces if we had ventured to come out. I can never tell you how I felt when Captain COLUM 1OOO SS co