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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
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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.
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"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
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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
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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.
"Faith, I don't like to think it was
intentional?but me head would have
been split had It come two Inches to
the left."
He returned to the bridge, calling ! !
Quick aside. "You're armed?"
"Certainly?always armed when I'm J
dealing with these devils. Why?" ;
O'Rourke showed him the knife. !
Quick laughed at his theory. "Noth- j j
ing In it," he was pleased to believe.
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