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The Tiger of Mysore

CHAPTER 7: Besieged
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Dick hastily clambered up the wall, ran to the gate, blew the tinder, and then applied it to the slow match.

A moment later, this began to fizz.
"Round the corner of the wall, Surajah!" he exclaimed, running back himself.
A few anxious seconds passed, then came a sharp explosion.

In an instant they ran up.

The gate stood two or three inches open.

It yielded to a push, and they ran out.
Loud shouts were heard from the men above, and a hubbub of cries from the guard house.
"Run, Surajah! We must risk it.


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