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sp ??u |TheP<wl j j of Flame j 11 ? 11! I 'I" i I B> I LOC1S JOSEPH VANCE ? I.. i . ITlastrmtioas by E''.sworfb Yonag ; Copjritfhc ltv/i, by L? u i; - V SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.?The story opens at ?i.V r>/>! lYR,?nrLr? i confess he bragged beyond his powers. The fool that ye are, Terence, with your big words and your fine promises, all empty aa your purse! *Tls out of patience I am with ye entirely!" Doubtless he made the very picture Of unhappiness. 80. at least, seemed to think a man lounging In a dilapidated canvas deck cbair beneath a dirty awning in the tern of a distant tramp stealer; wfco rak'ng the shoreward-bound with a p < *>r T"cty binoculars, had chanced to upon O'Eourk*. CHAPTER XV.-The Jewel Is finally socured by the ship's captain and O'Rourke escaoes to land. CHAPTER XVI.-tVlth the aid of one Danny and his swecheart, O'Rourke recovers the Pool of Flame. CHAPTER XVII. - O'Rourke again forms his plans to pursue his Journey to Rangoon. ' CHAPTER XVIIL-On board ship once more a mysterious lady appears who pusales and interests the Irishman. CHAPTER XIX.?O'Rourke comes upon a lascar about to attack the lady, who Is a Mrs. Prynne. He kicks th? man Into the hold. CHAPTER XXI. Lurching drunkenly Into the harbor j known locally as Aden Back Bay, the Panjnab came to anchor. O'Rourke. from the lower grating of the steamship's accommodation lad' <ler, signaled to ?ne of the swarm ol I covering aingnys, ana waiungiorit to come in, reviewed the anchored shipping, gathered transiently together in that spot from the four corners of the ?artJ, and shook his head despondingA yellow-haired Somali boatman shot his little craft in to the grating CRourke dropped upon the stern-seat and took the tiller. "Post Office pier," he said curtly. The dinghy shot away with dipping, dripping oars, while the Irishman continued to search among the vessels for anything that seemed to promise the speed necessary for his purpose, and failed to discover one. "Tls hopeless," he conceded bitterly as the boat wove a serpentine wake In and out among the heaving bulks. "And, I'm thinking, 'tis the O'Rourke w>iA Tr-ni nrpsantlr slinkine back tc in i ini'i wj m u/iii? at?vu?. w ?- ?tells his wife that It Is In the keeping of a friend named Chambret In Algeria. CHAPTER V.?O'Rourke Is forced t? fight a duel with the viscount. The braggart nobleman Is worsted In the combat and acts the poltroon. CHAPTER VI.-The loyal wife bids O'Rourke farewell and he promisee to soon return with the reward offered for the Pool of Flame. He discovers both Glynn and the viscount on board ths ship which takes him to Algeria. CHAPTER YTT.?Chambret has left Algeria and O'Rourke has to gain a military detachment golnr across the desert to reach his friend. As he finds the latter there Is an attack by bandits and Chambret Is shot. CHAPTER VIII.?Chamhrst dies telling O'Rourke that he has left ths Pool of Flame with the governor general of Algeria He gives the colonel a signet ring at the sight of which he says the official will deliver over the Jewel. CHAPTER DC.?O'Rourke Is attacked l bv Glynn and the viscount who ransack his luggage, but he worsts them In ths conflict. CHAPTER X.-1Vhen he arrives at Algeria the Irishman finds the governor general away. He receives a note from T>es Trebes making: a mysterious appointinent. CHAPTER XI.?The viscount telli O'Rourke that he has gained possession of the jewel by stealing It from the safs of the governor general. He does not, however, know wno has offered the reward for It. He suggests a duel with rapiers, the victor to get that Information and the Jewel. CHAPTER Xn.-Tn the duel O'Rourks masters his adversary and secures possession of the Pool of name. CHAPTER XTTI. - The efforts ol O'Rourke are now directed toward speedily getting to Rangoon with the Jewel and he starts by ship. CHAPTER XIV.?He finds the captain of the vessel to be a smuggler who tries to steal the jewel from him. in his hotel. O'Rourke. a military free lance and something c"f a gambler. Is dressing for appea-ance in the restaurant below when the sound of a girlish voice singing attracts his attention. Leaning out on the balcony he sees a beautiful girl who suddenly disappears. He rushes to the corridor to see a neatly gowned form enter the elevator and pass from S*?K? CHAPTER II.?O'Rourke's mind la filled with thoughts of the girl, and when be goes to the gaming table he allows his remarkable winnings to accumulate indifferently. He notices two men watching him. One Is the Hon. Bertie Glynn, while his companion is Viscount Dee Trebes. a noted duelist. When O'Rourke leaves the table the viscount tells him he represents the French government and that hs has been directed to O'Rourke as a man who would undertake a secret mission. CHAPTER ITT.?At his room O'Rourke, who bad agreed to undertake the mission, waits the viscount. O'Rourke flnds_ a mysterious letter la hie apartment. ine discount arrives, hands a sealed package to O'Rourka, who la not to open It until on the ocean. Be says the French government will pay O'Ronrtte #,000 franca for hla services. A pair of dainty slippers are seen protruding from under a doorway curtain and the viscount charges O'Rourke with having a spy secreted there. CHAPTER TV.?When the Irishman goes to his room he finds there the owner of the mysterious feet It la bis wife. Beatrix, from whom he had ran away a year previous. They are reconciled, and opening the letter he had received, he finds that a law firm In Rangoon. India, offers him 100.000 pounds for an Indian Jewel known as the Pool of Flame and ? v._ v- - fVRmtrVe him with incredulous curiosity. "Who's that barking at me?" The pajama'd person continuing to shout at the top of his voioe, by dint I of earnest staring the Irishman event- j ually located the source of the uprow. "Now who the diwle might ye: be?" he wondered. "Ananias, me: friend"?to the boatman?"row to the steamer yonder where the noise comes from." Whereupon the stout man, seeing the boat alter Its course, put aside the megaphone. And again peace brooded over Aden. On nearer approach to the tramp, OHourke's smile broadened to a pleased grin, and airily he waved a hand to the man with the voice. "Jimmy Quick!" he observed with unfeigned delight "Faith, I begin to believe that me luck holds, after all!" From the bottom step of the tramp's ladder he tossed a coin to the boatman, then mounted to the deck. Incontinently the stout man fell heavily upon his neck with symptoms of ex treme Joy. A lull succeeding hit first! transports, he wiped his eyes, beamed; upon his guest and suggested Insinuatingly: "Drink r "Brevity's erer the soul of your wit, captain," said O'Rourke. "I will.". And he meekly followed Quick's bare' heels forward to the officer's quarters beneath the bridge. Having set him In a chair, Quick, I still a-gurgle, wandered off, unearthed a bottle, beamed upon his visitor, ' asked a dozen questions in as many hreaths and, without waiting for an answer, waddled olf again to return with a brace of dripping soda-water bottles. "Schweppe's," he said, patting their rotund foms tenderly; ' "and the last In our lockers?all in your honor; coloneL" ' "So?" commented O'Rourke. "Hard up, Is It? 'TIs not the O'Rourke who ! would be wishing ye 111, captain, dear, | but, faith, meself's not sorry to hear that word this day. I'm thinking me luck Is sound, after all." Quick had again vanished. Present-' ly O'Rourke heard his mighty voice booming down an engine-room ventlla1 tor. "Dravos! Dravos, you loafer! i Come up and see a strange sight!" He came back, still vibrant with an ! elephantine sort of Joy. "O'Rourke," 1 he panted, mopping a damp brow with , the sleeve of his jacket, "you're a good sight for sore eyes. Never did we meet up with you yet but therej came a run of luck." i " 'TIs good hearing," said O'Rourke, smiling. ] A slight little man slipped a bald head, relieved by ragged patches of gray hair about the temples, apolo' geticafly into the cabin door. i "The top of the day to ye. Dravos!" said O'Rourke loudly, for little Dravos was partially deaf. "And how are the' [ engines?" The engineer carefully hitched up i his trousers and regarded the wander er with temperate geniality. "Good afternoon. Colonel O'Rourke," . | he replied, clipping his words mincing. ' ly. "Very nicely, I thank you." He shook hands, sat down on the edge i of a berth with the manner of one who fears he intrudes, and glanced searchingly at Quick. "If you're going to serve the drinks, cap'n," he , snapped acidly, "hump yourself!" H1 accepted his glass with a dis| passionate air and d;ank hastily after | a short nod to the guest, as one who i sacrifices his personal Inclinations to | the laws of hospitality. Hut from his after-glow of benevolence, O'Rourke i concluded that the drwtk had not been ! unwelcome. "What brings you here?" demanded Quick in a subdued roar. '! 1 "I've a Job for ye. if so be It ye're not otherwise engaged?and if ye can do It." 1 Quick slapped a hug? thigh delight' edly. "I knew it?could have sworn I to It!" 1 "Can do anything." asserted Dravos with asperity. " 'Tis merely a question of speed." 1 explained the Irishman. "Can ye make Bombay in four days?be the flf' j teentb?" 1 "Dravos," roared Quick, "how much ' | speed can you get out of those 1 > j damned engines?" 1 | "Twenty knots." snapped Dravos. "When can you sail?" '! "To-night." said Dravos. "If," stipulated Quick, "I can pick , I * ? amtt Its i/?on " ! up a Vi^n tu auvu. " 'Tis settled then.'' 11 "Well need a bit of money In ad" vance." ' "Te shall have it, within reason." Dravos rose and sidled towards the 1 door, a faraway look in hit pale eyes. I Ton strike the bargain, Quick," he aid; "111 have a look a re and the "Looks as if he hadnt a friend la the world," said the man audibly. "Looks as if a letter from home with cash draft 'ud about fill his little bilL" He grunted in pleased appreciation of his own subtle wit A short man : he was. stout, very much at home in j grimy pajamas and nothing else, with eyes small, blue, informed with twin- j kling humor and set in a florid countenance bristling with a three days' growth of grayish beard. He swung the glasses again upon CRourke. and. "Hell!" he exclaimed., sitting up with stimulated interest "Well, by jinks!" 6aid the stout man.: "Who'd a-thunk It?" He got up with evident haste and j waddled forward to the bridge, where he came upon what he evidently need- j ed In his business: a huge and battered megaphone. Applying this to his lips and filling his lungs he bet lowed with a right good will, and his hall, not unlike the roaring of an amiable bull, awoke Aden's echoes: "O-o-Rourke!" "Good morning," murmured the IrshI man, lifting his head to stare about Itol^aces|j || Pale-faced, weak, and Qj S| Ehaky women?who suffer B | g| every day with womanly B 9 weakness?need the help Pi U of a gentle tonic, with |? ?J a building action on the ! |1 womanly system. Ifyouare B j II weak?you need Cardui, Kb j P i the woman's tonic, because Qj!; H /> 1..; a j: it.. Hi ! Iv^araui win aw uircuiy un the cause of your trouble, r l> Cardui has a record of g J more than 50 years of B j success. It must be good. m j j CARDUI The Woman's Tonic i Mrs. Effie Graham, of H ; Willard, Ky., savs: "I B I was so weak I could B ; hardly go. I suffered, B nearly every month, for 3 B ? itn I J years, yyiicu i iu w take Cardui, my back hurt 9 9 awfully. I only weighed 9 9 99 pounds. Not long after. 9 9 1 weighed 115. Now, 1 9 9 do all my work, and am 9 9 in good health." Begin 9 9 taking Cardi4 tbday. 9 s 1 I i engine-room. j "Right-O, Bobby. . . Yourself j alone, I a'pose. O'Rourke?" 3 "And three others. Danny?" j "Yes, yes." "And two ladles; an Engllahwom- 1 an and her maid." CHAPTER XXII. By nine o'clock the Ranee lay with steam up, ready to weigh anchor. It Is no praise to Dravos to state that his engines were In admirable condition. Such .was their Invariable state. For an assistant he impressed Into service none other than Danny M&hone. to Danny's intense dismay. O'Rourke took upon himself the duties of first officer under Captain Quick. The Irishman cared little for | the sea, knew less of a first officer'sj duties; but it was patent that Quick I could not stand every watch, andj O'Rourko was not to be daunted by | any such slight matter as nautical In-1 experience. In the knowledge that they were J safely off at last there was poignant: relief to the wanderer, as he stood by Quick's side, on the bridge, with mid-: night Imminent and the ship still and peaceful. "I'll stand the night watches," the captain announced. "By morning we'll be far enough out for you to take hold without spraining the art of seamanship. G'dnight" j "Thank ye," said OTtourke. In fact,! he had long been sensible that be was very drowsy; the night wind in hli face had something to do with that "Good night," he returned, and went down the ladder to the deck. At Its foot he paused, turning curiously; it seemed that surely there must be some serious trouble afoot In the crew. The Irishman could see In the glimmer of the forecastle lantern a confused blur of naked, shining, brown bodies and limbs, apparently inextricably locked. A scream rang shrill and there followed the sound of, a Viaavv fall ? " J I Overhead, on the bridge, Quick was ( roaring himself hoarse, without effect. The sounds of shuffling, of blows, j harsh breathing, stifled crie9, continued. A knot of the contestants swept, \ whirling, aft. toward the superstructure. Something shot singing through the air: the wind of it fanned O'Rourke's cheek. With an unconscious, surprised oath, O'Rourke sterped aside, his hand going toward his revolver. The missile struck a stanchion, glanced and fell j clattering into the scuppers. Revolver in hand, he went forward to the rail! ^ overlooking the struggling rabble on 1 j the deck below. But they seemed in-1 tent only on their private differences, j and Quick's roars were bringing thera I to their senses. Gradually the tumult j subsided, the contestants separating i and slinking forward to their quarters, j "It may have been chance," ; O'Rourke conceded a bit doubtfully. He swung about and moved ait slow- , ly, examining the deck intently. In a moment or two he stopped and picked' : up a long, thin-bladed knife, doubleedged and keen as a razor. The point' was broken, having doubtless been snapped off at the moment of contact with the deck-house. O'Rourke turned it over soberly. 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