"Why, there's Adong!" cried Harry. "Here, how did you get back?"
"He came with the sailors In one of the boats, Sahib," said Sree, answering for his man, who nudged him to reply.
"Then it was he who found an English ship to send help?"
"Oh, yes, Sahib Phra; but it took him a long time, and he began to fear that he would not find one at last."
"Where did he find it?"
"Sailing on the sea, and coming to our river, Sahib. He says he could not help being so long."
"But how about the firing of those mines, Sree?" cried Harry. "You did that?"
"Yes, Sahib."
"How did you manage it? You were with us."
"I went to a window where there were no fighting men, Sahib, and dropped out to go down to the gate, where hundreds of men were crowding in."