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" I | The Pc^! j : of Flame i i ! I <2ffS? i j , ro I By | i LOOTS JOSEPH VANCE i l i = !j Li1 11 ry^CopyrUrht i?^v, oy x. ; r.L> VaueSYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.?The story opens at Monte Carlo with Col. Terence O'Rourke In his hotel. O'Rourke. a military free lance and something cf a gambler. is i dressing for appearance in the restaurant below when the sound of a girlish voice ' singing attracts his attention. Leaning out on the baicony he sees a beautiful i , flrl who suddenly disappears. He rushes ; to the corridor to see a neatly gowned I 1 form enter the elevator and pass from , Uimhj i J CHAPTER II.?O'Rourke's mind is j filled wtth thoughts of the girl, and when | < he goes to the gaming table he allows his | remarkable winnings to accumulate fn- , differently. He notices two men watch- i ln? him One I* the Hon Bertie Glvnn. i i while his companion is Viscount Des Trebes. a noted duelist. When O'Rourke ! leaves the table the viscount tells him he represents the French government and that he has been directed to O'Rourke aa | a man w'io would undertake a secret j mission. CHAPTER HI.-At his room O'Rourke, j who had agreed to undertake the mission, i awaits the vlseoun'. O'Rourke finds a mysterious letter in his apartment. The 1 viscount arrives, hands a 3ealed package j to O'Rourke, who is not to op*n R until on the ocean. He fvs the French government will pay O'Rourke 25,000 francs for his services. A pair of dainty slippers are seen protruding from under a * doorway curtain and the viscount charges I O'Rourke with having a spy secreted a , there. I CHAPTER IV.?When the Irishman K goes to his room he finds there the ownE. , er of the mysterious feet. It is Ms wife. H Beatrix, from whom he had run away a year previous. Thev are reconciled, and W. i opening the letter he had received, he finds that a law firm in Rangoon, India, ? offers him 100 000 pounds for an Indian fek Jewel known as the Pool of Flam* and E left to him bv a dvlng friend. O'Rourke tells his wife that it is in the keeping i of a friend named Chnmbret fn Algeria. CHAPTER V.-O'Rourke is forced to V fight a duel with the viscount. The braggart nobleman is worsted in the combat and acts the poltroon. Ejf CHAPTER VI.-The loyal wife bids R? O'RouHte farewell and he promises to < r ['soon Return with the reward offered for ( | [7* kb^ Pool of Flame. He discover* botn . I Glynn and the viscount on board tho 1 r ship which takes. him to Alrerla. i f CHAPTER VTT?Chambret has left Al- 1 ; rerla and O'Rourke has to rain a mllli tarv detachment rolnr across the desert J to reach his friend. As he finds tbe latter 1 there Is an attack by bandits and . I Chambret is shot. 1 CHAPTER VIII.?-Chambret dies tellln* 3 jf * O'Rourke that he has left the Poo! or Flame with the rovernor reaeral of Al- . rerla. He rives the colonel a slrnet rlnr 1 at the slrht of which he says the official will deliver over the Jewel. t CHAPTER IX.?O'Rourke Is attacked bv Glynn and the v'scount who ransack < his lurrare. but he worsts them In the conflict. CHAPTER X.?When he arrives at Al- 1 rerla the Irishman finds the rovernor 1 reneral awav. He receives a note from Pes Trebes makinr a mysterious appointment. 1 CHAPTER XI.?The viscount tells 1 O'Rourke that he has rained possession . of the jewel by stealinr it from the safe of the rovernor reneral. He does not. however know who has offered the re- f ward for It. He snrcests a duel with rapiers, the victor to ret that Information ? and the Jewel. I CHAPTER XTT.?In the duel O'Rourke , masters his adversary and secures pos- 1 session of the Pool of Flame. ] CHAPTER XIII. - The efforts of 1 O'Rourke are now directed toward speedlly eettlns: to Rancoon with the jewel and he starts by ship. < CHAPTER XIV.?He finds the captain < of the vessel to be a smuerVr who tries . to steal the jewel from him. CHAPTER XV.?The Jewel Is finally se- 1 - > v,. fhc. ahtn'a cantaln and O'Rourke I 1 escaoes to land. < CHAPTER XVr.-Wtth the aid of one 1 Danny and his sweetheart. O'Rourke re covers the Pool of Flame. k CHAPTER XVII. ? O'Rourke again I forms his plans to pursue his Journey to ft Rangoon. 1 CHAPTER XVirL?On board ship onca more a mysterious lady appears who pussies and Interests the Irishman. CHAPTER XIX.?O'Rourke comes upon a lascar about to attack the lady, who Is a Mrs. Prynne. He kicks the man Into the hold. CHAPTER XX.?Mrs. Prynne claims she is en routs for India on a mission for the king. CHAPTER XX. ? I O'Rourke's first fears were for the woman, his first words a He designed / to reassure her. r "What?what does It mean?" she gasped faintly, her face as white as marble, her eyes wide and terrified. ( t "Sure, I'm thinking 'tis nothing at 1 all," he answered readily, with a smile amending, "nothing of any great con[ sequence, that Is to say. Permit me to r escort ye to your cabin." I "I'm not afraid," Mrs. Prynne Inter| Jected. "Faith, I see that, madam. But your maid, now?? Would It not be well to return to your stateroom and quiet her, whilst I'm ascertaining the cause of this trouble? I promise to advise ye Instantly, whether there's danger or not." "You're very thoughtful," she returned. "I'm sure you're right. Thanh you." He escorted her to her stateroom and left her at the door, remarking Its number and renewing his pledge to return In ten minutes?more speedily % if possible. He was back In five, with a long face. Mrs. Prynne answered Instantly his double-knocked summons and, stepping out quickly, closed the door tight In the fraction of a second that It was wide, however, OHourke saw one side of the stateroom warm and bright with electric light, and sitting there, L Cecil? the maid, completely dressed, | wide awake and vigilant The girl was French and sullenly handsome after 311 "And why not?" she demand) eB proudly. "The King's messengers da many dangers. It's true. Rut In son of them might not a woman serve b< ^ ter than a man?" "T-ue enough. Yet 'tis unnrec dented?nr least, ye'll admit, most u usual. I 'begin to understand. Th 5^ lascar, for instance??" ' "Believe me. Colonel O'Rourke, I' "j 1 at liberty to tell you nothing." m "Tell me this, at least: would ; gg know him if ve saw him again?" tw "Truthfully," she said, looking hi |R; in the eye, "I would not. I will si ||j; one other word: I had anticipated h lis | attack, although I had never seen hi 3EI before." iU truu Ui unujagu. ?f v IV d no danger. The other acrew w: :ake us far as Aden, but there we have to wait for the next boat." Mrs. Prynne's face clouded with dl nay. "How long?a day or two?" si lemanded. "Mayhap," he replied, no less dl consolate; "mayhap as much as week. Faith, 'tis meself that would were otherwise, but I fear there's i nendlng mattery" She regarded him thoughtfully t in Instant. "Then you, too, travel In haste, col lei?" "Indeed I do so, madam. Me fc :une hangs upon me haste. If I gethere"?he checked himself In tim he word Rangoon upon his Hps?"t< ate, 'twill be all up. I'm heavy wli in urgent enterprise, madam." Ai ie smiled. The woman looked past him. dov he dusk of the gangway, apparent pondering her dilemma. "What w! rou do?" she Inquired at length. "Faith!" he said, disturbed, "thai xard to Bay." sne nasnea aim an iruuiu iw "You mean you are resigned to the 1 vitable?" "Be the powers!" he cried In r sentment. "I'm resigned to nothii that doesn't please me. Is It that : *sk me aid? Sure. If ye do, nelth the Inevitable nor the impossible shj teep ye from arriving at Bombay, ai >n time!" Her spirit, through her eyes, a swered his in a flash. Then coolin she looked him over from crown 1 tie, weighing him deliberately in tl balance of her knowledge of me tie bore the inspection with equanii tv, quite sure of himself, as was ni oral in the O'Rourke. Provoked, pi sn his mettle, he felt himself lnvi rible, and showed It In every line 1 lis pose. She could not have waver< long; Indeed, her decision was qui nanlfest. Impulslrely she caught h ;wo hands In her own. "Yes," she cried, 'T do believe yoi [ take you at your word?your gens jus word, Colonel O'Rourke! I w rust Implicitly in you. You shall g me to Bombay by the fifteenth." "The fifteenth?" he echoed thougt !ul!y. "This is the tenth." "The Panjnab is scheduled to a rive on the fifteenth. All my plai lepend upon there being no delays." "Five days! ... It shall 1 nanaged, Mrs. Prynne. Bombay 1 the fifteenth it shall be, or tl D'Rourke will have broken his heart She grew thoughtful. "You are ve ?ood?I've told you that. I belie1 that you will accomplish what y< promise. Yet It seems hardly fair saddle you with my cares, my peril without Informing you of their n ture?" "Madam, 'tis not the O'Rourke wl would ever be prying into your i crets. Let's not complicate a simi situation with explanations." "But, colonel, there is one thi more." He paused. "It is a questioi ehe continued, "of chartering a st at Aden, is it not?" "I see no other way." "Then?spare no expense. Coloi O'Rourke. Remember that I foot t bill." "But?er?" "Or, if you insist, sir, I pay nothin Great Britain pays for both of us." "Eh? Yes?" he stammered. "But see, colonel." He had before then noted indifT ently that she wore a chain of th fine gold about her neck, its termii tion?presumably a locket of soi sort?hidden in the folds of her o sage. Now she quietly pulled tl forth, and displayed her pendant, little trinket of gold, a running gr hound exquisitely modeled. 8tunned, he stared first at the t then at the woman. "Ye mean to e ??" he whispered, doubting. "On the King's service, Coloi O'Rourke!" "A King's oourler, madam? Yot a woman!" aer Kina. u'Kourne got an lmpressi* of a resolute chin and resolute ey -You Dont Mean to 8ay?'" I Whispered. under level brows; and he did not the least doubt that she was quite pi pared to make good and effectual u of the revolver which she held point directly at the opening. Why? From her mistress' poise, too?01 arm rigid at her side, the hand cc cealed in the folds of her gown O'Rourke divined that she was alei armed, on her guard no less than tl maid. But she left him no time puzzle over the mystery. "Well?" she demanded breathless! " 'Tie as I thought, Mrs. Prynne. blinder-head has blown off and doi ^ "Faith, 'tis yourself that has yo j courage with ye, Mrs. Prynne! . . But good night, madam! Your ser | ant!" "Good night, colonel," she said soft) and as she watched him swing awi laughed lightly and strangely. Latt still standing outside her door, si sighed, and an odd light glowed de< in her eyes of grayish-green. Sighii again, and with another low lauj that rang a thought derisive, i though she were flouting the ms In whose service 6he accepted so gladl , she turned and vanished within hi ge stateroom. ed As she did so. the opposite door that of an Inside stateroom on tl Bame gangway?was opened cautlou ae ly. A turbaned head peered out, 1 n. eyes, glancing swiftly up and down tl _ corridor. I-ong since, however, tl rt excited passengers had been reassu ed and had returned to their berthi to the coast was clear. The lascar stepped noiselessly oc shut the door without a sound, ar ^ sped swiftly forward: a long, bro* man with an impassive cast of cou tenance in which his eyes shone wit Uj a curious light. As he swung into the space at tl foot of the saloon companionway, 1 [B collided violently with an undersixi le and excessively red-headed Irishma nearly upsetting the latter, to si ^ nothing of a glass of brandy-and-so<! a which he was conveying to a certa! lt stateroom. (tin /Uvrla ? Hnmrw?H na 1 gur! Pwhy d'ye not look where ye'i going?" demanded Danny with son heat. The East Indian backed away, boi ed profoundy, mumbling something 1 r articulate, and sprang up the step _ Danny looked after him, for a momei hesitant, then put down the tray ai ' pursued. He caught the flicker of tl ^ lascar's cummerbund as the latter e J(j caped to the deck, and himself arrive at the forward end of the promenai just In time to see a white shape dl .n appear Into the steerage companlo: in Way" 'Td take me oath," said Danny r f flectlvely, "thot he's the naygur th< fl came aboard Suez. 'Tls mese thot wishes I'd had a betther peep i k- the ugly mug av him. I'm thlnklr n" I'd betther be after tellln' himself." g. (TO BE CONTINUED.; ig ??- ^ ^ Scholarships Offered. The South Carolina Federation < ld Women's Clubs offers the followir scholarships: 1 Winthrop scholarship, valued i ^ $104 and free tuition. ie 1 Confederate Home sc'nolarshi n. valued at $100, ii- 1 Lander College scholarship, vj it- ued at $40. ut All applicants must be 16 yeai n* old and must be unable to secure i ?f | education without this reduction i 3d te expense. 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