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SYNOPSIS.
Tlio story opens at Monto Corlo with
Col, Tcrenco O'ltourkc, a military freo
lanco nnd (lomolhliiK ot a gambler. In his
hotel Leaning on the balcony ho seea a
tirnntlful olrl who huddenly enters the
lolcvator and passes from sight. At tha
Kamlng tablo O'llourko notices two men
Iwatchlnc him. One Is tho Hon. Uortle
iCllynn. whllo his companion Is Viscount
'Dcs Trebes, a duelist. Tho viscount tolh
him tho French government has dlrectod
him 1o O'llourko as u man who would
tindertakp n secret mission. At his apart
imenl. O'llourko, who had agreed to un
dcrtnko tho mission, finds u mysterious
toitnr Tim vliirmint nrrlves. hnntls a
sealed package to O'Uourke, who Ih not
to open ll until on the ocean. A pair or
dainty sllppem are soen protruding from
under n doorway curtain. The Irishman
finds the owner of tho mysterious foot to
be his wife, Deatrlx, from whom ho had
run awa
y n year provlous. Thoy are
a. nnd opening tho letter ho finds
)niirun Inw firm nffora 111 til
reconcile
that a llangoon law nrm
100,000 pounds for a Jewel known as the
ham nt t.'inm nni inft to him by a dy
ing friend, but now In koeplns of ono
numed Charnbrot In Algeria. O Itourke
worsts tho nobleman In a duel. Tho wife
bids O'llourko farowell and he promises
to soon return with tho reward. He dis.
covers both Glynn and the viscount on
board tho ship. As ho finds Chambret
thero Is an attack by bandits and Us
irlcnd dies telling O'llourko that ho has
left the I'ool of Flame with the governor
general, who at Hlght of a signet r rig
fclvon the colonel will deliver over tho
Jewol. Arriving at Algeria tho Irishman
finds the governor general away, ues
Vrebcs makes a mysterious appointment,
nnd tells O'llourko that he has gained
possession of tho Jewel by stealing u
CHAPTER XI. (Continued.)
"And yo havo to propose 7"
"A plan after your own heart; I do
your courngo tho credit to bellovo it,
monsieur. With another man, whom
I had studied less exhaustively. 1
nhould proposo a combination of
forces, a division of profits." O'llourko
tnado nn Impatient gesture "Cut with
you, Colonel O'llourko. no. I esteem
your address and determination too
highly and pardon mo If i spenk
plainly I dcsplso and hato you too
utterly to bocomo willingly your part
ner." "Go on I begin to Uko yo bottor.
Jfo grow Interesting."
"That does not Interest mo. . .
TUo situation, then, Is simplified. Kb
Bontlnlly it Involves two propositions:
first, wo cannot combine; second, di
vided wo both Tall. Whllo both of us
llvo. mon colonel, tho Pool of Flamo
will nover earn its valuo."
" 'TIb mosolf takes exception to
that. Lot mo onco got mo hands on
tho Btono, monsieur, nnd I'll back mo
Bolf ngalnst a dozen vlcomtes and
honorablcs."
"Whllo I live," tho Frenchman stnt
cd, unrufllcd; "you will not touch tho
Pool of Flamo; whllo you livo, I can
not dlsposo of it to tho best ad
vantagn. It would scorn that one or
tho otlior of us must die."
"I nm armed," romarked O'llourko
slowly, "If yo mean yo'vo brought mo
boro to murder mo "
Monslour speaks pardon crudo
ly. 1 askod you, you came of your
own will to light for tho Pool of
Finnic." O'Rourko otortod; a glint of
understanding danced In bis cngor
oyes. "1 Beo you cntch my moaning.
What 1 havo to proposo Is this: you
will take pon and paper and wrlto
tho namo of tho person who offers tho
reward, with his nddresB. This you
will oncloso in an envelope, soal, and
placo in your pocket Tho Pool of
Flamo you boo I trust you is hero."
O'Rourko got upon his feet with an
exciamntion; tho vicomlo was play
Ing a bold hand. Ueforo tho Irishman
had grasped his intention ho had
thrown upon tho tablo a ruby as largo,
or larger, than nn egg; an oxquislto
Jowcl, superbly cut and pollBhod.
FuBclnatcd, O'Rourko remomborod
lilmsolf and sat down.
"You boo." Tho vicomto's cold in
xIbIvo tones cut tho sllonco. Slowly
ho extended n hand nnd took up tho
great ruby, replacing It In his pocket.
, "There la," ho said ovouly, " a lovol
stretch o: grnss beyond tho vornndo,
IThc night, I admit, is dark, but tho
light (rom thoso long windows should
bo Blilllclent for us. If you slay mo,
tako tho ruby and go In peace: this
not" with a contemptuous glanco at
tho unconscious honorable "will nov
er lilndor you. If you dlo, 1 tako tho
noto from your pocket Tho Issuo is
fair Will you fight, Irishman?"
O'Rourko's list crashod upon tho
table 88 ho rose. "Fight!" ho cried.
"Faith, I did not think yo had this in
yo. Pistols, Bball It bo?"
"Thank you," Bald tho vlcomto, with
a courtly bow, Vbut I am an Indlrtor
nl shot Had you ehojon raptors at
Montu Carlo oua of ua would nover
bavo loft tho field nllvo."
Ho went to a sldo tablo, returning
with u shoot of papor, an envelope,
pon and Ink. And when O'Rourko had
slipped tho papor Into his pockot ho
naw the vlcomto waiting for him by
ono of tho windows, two nakod ra
ptors, slender nnd gloaming and long,
beneath his nrm, As tho Irishman
came up, with a bow, tho Frenchman
' ' presented the hilts of both weapons
'for his choice.
k Together and In sllonco thoy loft
"' 1 tho dining-room, etrodo across tho ver
YOUNG
anda and down, a short stop, to tho
lawn. Tho vlcomto stood asldo quick
ly, bringing his feet together and sa
luting In tho full glare of light
O'Rourko whipped hilt to chin with
consummate grace, bis heart singing.
Work such as this ho loved. Tho
night won pitchy black, tho windows
barred it with radlanco. In tho dark
spaces between a man might oaslly
blunder and run upon his death. . .
. Somowhoro In Ujo shadowy shrub
bery a night-bird was Blnglns as
though its heart would break. Thero
was a swoot smoll In tho air.
His blado touched tho vicomto's
with a shivering crash, musical as
glass.
CHAPTER XII.
Early in tho dull hot dawn n clat
ter of winches and a bustlo of
shadowy figures on tho deck of a
small trndlng vosboI, which had spent
tho night botweon tho moles of tho
harbor of Algiers, announced that tho
anchor was being wolghod.
Whllo thlB was taking placo a small
harbor boat, manned by two natlvo
watormon and carrying a slnglo pas
senger, put out from tho steamship
quay, tho oarsmen rowing with a will
that hinted at a premium having beon
placed upon their speed. Tho coaster
was barely under way, moving slow
ly In tho water, when tho boat ran
alongside A lino wa6 thrown from
tho ship and caught by ono of tho
watermen, tho boat hauled closo in,
and its passenger taken on dock.
An hour later, a plpo between his
tooth, O'Rourko stood by tho holms
mnn. staring back over tho heaving
oxpanso, swiftly widonlng, that lay bo
tweon tho coastor and tho Algerlnn
littoral. Tho world behind was gray
and wan, but the skies ahead woro
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O'Rourko Whipped Hilt to
golden. "A fair omenl
ndventuror hopotully.
breathed tho
Tho bulk of tho groat ruby In his
pockot brought his thought back In a
wldo swing to the girl who would bo
waiting for him nt Rangoon. "Faith,
and I must bo getting below and mak
ing a dab at writing n letter to her.
. . . That was nothing."
Ilo noddod with moaning towards
tho bold profile of Algiers. . . .
An ill wind it was that blew Colonel
O'Rourko Into Athons. ... It has
blown Itself out and been forgotten
this many a day, pralsos bo I but that,
onco It had whisked him thither, Im
mediately It subsided and stubbornly
It refused to lift again and waft him
forth upon his wanderings, in the
courso of tlmo carao to bo n mattor of
grlovous concern to tho Irishman.
All of which Is equivalent to snylnc
that tho dropping breoza of his
flnanccB died altogether upon his
arrival In tho capital of Groeco. Ho
disembarked from a coasting steamer
In tho harbor of tho Plraous encum
bored with a hundred francs or so, nn
Invincible optimism, a trunk and a
kit-box, and a king's ransom on his
person In tho shape of tho Pool of
Flame; which latter was hardly to
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after followed days of Inaction, whllo
his hopes diminished.
Nearly two monthB had elapsed
slnco ho had promised two people
himself and one Infinitely more dear
to him to bo in Rangoon In ninety
days. In llttlo moro than a month
she'd bo waiting for him thero. . .
And where would ho bo? Still wns
ho far by mnny n long nnd weary
milo from tho first gateway to tho
Enst Suez; and still ho lacked many
an aloof and distant dollar tho funds
to flnanco him thither.
If only bo could contrive to get to
Aloxandrla ! Danny was thero
Dnnny Mnhono, ho of tho red, red
head nnd tho ready fists; Danny, who
held tho O'Rourko as only second to
tho Popo In dignity and importance;
who had been O'Rourko's valet in a
hnpplcr tlmo nnd of late In his hum
bler way an adventurer Ilko IiIb mas
ter. Ho was thoro, in Alexandria,
half partner In a tobneco importing
house, by virtue of money borrowed
from O'Rourko long since, at a time
when money was to bo had of tho
man for tho asking. . . . And
Danny would help. . . .
You must see O'Rourko revolving in
his mind this unhappy predicament of
his, on tho last of tho many afternoons
that ho spent In Greece. Drnw down
tho corners of his wide, mobile mouth,
stir up tho devils In bis eyes until
they flicker and flash their resentment,
place a pucker between tho brows of
his habitually serene and unwrlnkled
forehead; and thero you havo him
who sat bcsldo tho little tablo in tho
purplo of tho Zappclon, with a head
bared to tho cool of the evening
breozo, alternately puffing nt a me
diocre cigar and sipping black coffee
from tho demi-tasse at his elbow.
Chin With Consummate Grscs
Now Justus tho sun was sinking be
hind the mountains and Hymettus yaa
clothing its long slopes in vnguo vloloj
light ot raystory nnd enchantment (for
this vlow nlono O'Rourko took hlmsolt
to tho Znppelon daily) the Irishman's
somber modltatlona wero Interrupted.
"Phew! 'Ottor'n tho Bovon brass
Mngcs of 'ell!" romarked n chcorful
volco, not two feet from his oar.
O'Rourko turnod with nn Imper
ceptible Btnrt ho wns not easily eta
tlod. "Truo for yo," ho assented, tak
ing stock of him who. with bis wcath-or-wlso
remark for an introduction,
calmly possessod himself of the va
cant chair at tho other sldo ot tho
tablo aud grinnod a rubicund grin
across It
Ho showed himself a man In stature
no whit inferior to tho Irishman, as
to height; nnd perhaps ho waa a
stone tho heavier of tho two. Ho
lacked, othorwlso, O'Rourko'a alert
habit, was of a Blower, moro stolid
and boofy build. Tho eyes that met
O'Rourko's voro gray and bright and
hard, nnd sot In a countonanco flam
ing rod a color partly natural and
partly tho result of his atroll through
Athens' heated streots.
Ills dross was rough, and thoro waa
this and that about him to toll
O'Rourko moro plainly than words
that bis profession was something
nautical: ho was most probably a cap
tain, from a certain air of determina
tion and command that lurked be
neath his free-and-easy manner.
Therefore, having Bummed the
strangor up in a glance, "And when
did yo got in, captain?" inquired
O'Rourko.
The man Jumped with' surprise and
shot a frightened at least a ques
tioningglance at O'Rourko. Then,
seeing that be was smiling In a friend
ly fashion, calmed and continued to
cool his faco and heat his blood by
fanning himself vigorously with a
straw hat
" 'Ow tho dooco do you know I'm a
captain?" ho demanded, with a alight
ly aggrieved manner.
"It shouldn't tako a man an hour to
guess that, captain any moro than
it would to pick yo out for an Eng
lishman." Tho captain Btarcd, gray eyes wid
ening. "An' perhaps you'll toll me my
nyme next?" he suggested rather
truculently.
"Dlvvlo a bit 'Tls no clairvoyant 1
am," laughed O'Rourko. "But I can
tell yo mo own. 'Tls O'Rourko, and
'tis delighted I am to meet a white
man in this heathen country. Sir, your
hnnd!"
Ho put his own across tho tablo and
gripped tho captain's heartily.
"Mlno's 'Ole," tho latter Informed
him.
"Olo?" queried O'Rourke. "Ole
what?"
"Not Olo nothing," said tho cap
tain with some pardonable asperity.
"I didn't s'y 'Olo, I s'yd 'Olo."
"Of courso," O'Rourko assented
gravely. "I'm stupid. Captain Hole,
and a bit deaf in mo off ear." This,
however, was a polito ilo.
"That explyns it," agreed tho molli
fied man, "It's 'Olo. plyn Wlll'ra 'Ole.
master of tho Pelican, fryghter, Just
in from Malta."
A light of -Interest kindled in
O'Rourko's eyes. Ho reviowod the man
with moro respect, as due to ono who
might provo usoful. "And bound ?"
he insinuated craftily.
"Alexandria. ... 1 Just dropped
in for a d'y or two to pick up a bit
of cargo from a chap down at Piraeus.
It's dovllsh 'ot' and I thought as 'ow
I'd tyko a run up nnd see tho city
'avlng a bit of tlmo free, y'know."
"Surely," sighed O'Rotirke. a far
away look In his oyes. "For Alexan
dria, eh? Faith. I'd like to bo Balling
with yo."
Again tho captain eyed O'Rourko
askance. "Wot for?" ho demanded
directly. "Tho Pelican's a slow old
tramp. You can pick up a swifter pas
sago on 'arf-a-dozen boats a day."
" 'Tls menelf that knows that, sure,"
assented tho Irishman. " Tis but a
trifling difficulty about ready monoy
that detains me," ho pursuod boldly,
with a confldontl.il Jork of his head.
"There's a bit of stuff no matter
what that I don't want to pass
through tho Custom Houso at Alex
andria. I'm not saying a word, cap
tali, but If I could smuggle It into
Egypt, tho profit would bo groat
onough to pay mo passage-money' a
dozen tlnjos over. I'm saying thlB to
yo In strict confidence, for, being an
Englishman, yo. wont let on."
"Novor fear," Holo assorTed stout
lyt "Umrm . . . Er I don't mind
tolling you, Mr. O'Rourko, I some
times do a little In that lino myseir.
Being a casual tramp and sometimes
lyd by for weeks at a stretch for want
of consignment "
"Not anothor woid, captain. I un
derstand perfectly. Will yo bo having
a bit of a drink, now?"
Captain Holo would. "It won't 'urt
to talk thlB over," ho remarked. "For
'aps wo might myko some Bort ot a
dicker." ,
"Faith, 'tla rriesetf that's agreeable."
laughed tho Irishman lightly.
And when, nt midnight that night
bo parted from a moist nnd senti
mental sailor-man, whose capacity for
liquor oven including tho Indescrib
able native retslnato and mnstlcba
had proved enormous, tho arrangement
had beon nrrlvod at, signed, sealed
and delivered by a, clasping of handa.
And it was O'Rourko wnB tho happy
man.
"Tis Danny who'll bo giving mo
tho welcomo," ho assured himself, Bit
ting on the edge ot his bed nnd star
ing thoughtfully into tho dlshovellod
depths ot tho battered steel kit-box
that housed everything ho owned In
tho world for ho was packing to Join
tho Pelican at noon.'
"1 hopo to blven bo has tivo
pounds," announced O'Rourke later,
frowning dubiously.
Five pounds happened to bo tho
sum ho had agrcod to pay Captain
Holo for tho accomodation. It being
furtbor conditioned that tho latter
was to accompany the adventurer
ashore at Alexandria and not part
from him till tho money was forth
coming: somothlng which irked tha
Irlsbmnn'B soul. "Why could ho not
tako mo word for it?" ho demanded
ot midnight darkness tempered by
feeble Iimpllght "But, fnlth, I forget
what I'm dealing with. Besides, 'tis
suro I nra to find Danny."
Ho arose and resumed his packing,
blowing an inaudible little air through
his puckered lips. "DlvvlllRh awkward
if I don't ... By the Gods! I'd
all but mlsrememberod . . ."
Ho tailed to state exactly what be
bad mlsrememberod, but stood mo
tionless, with troubled eyes staring
at the lamp flame, tor a full flvo min
utes. Then
"I'll have to chance It" bo said
slowly. "'Tlsn't aa if It were mine."
Ho unbuttoned tho front of bis shirt
and thru 8 1 a hand between his under
shirt and his skin, tumbled about un
der bis left armpit, his brows still
gathered thoughtfully. Presently be
gavo a little Jerk nnd removed his
hand. It contained a chamois-skin bag
about tho size of a duck's egg, from
which dangled tho stout cord by
which ho had slung it about his nock.
Holding this gingerly, ns if he fear
ed it would explode, O'Rourko glanced
at tho window, drow the blind tight
and tiptoed to the door, where be
turned tho key in tho lock. Then, re
turning to his bed and making sure
that ho was out of range of tho key
hole, ho cautiously loosened tho draw
string at the mouth of tho bag.
Something tumbled out Into his
palm and lay thero like a ball of red
fire, brilliant and coruscant
O'Rourko caught at his breath sharp
ly; his very volco had an ominous
ring In Its timber when ho spoko at
length.
"Blood," he Bald Blowly, "blood. .
. . I doubt not that rivers of blood
havo flowed for tho aako of ye. Be
like ye wero fashioned ot blood in tho
beginning, for 'tis that's your color,
and the story of yo as I'vo heard it is
all told when I've said that ono word
blood! . . ."
And, after a bit "I'd best put It away,
I'm thinking. Twouldn't bo safo to car
ry It that way any longer. If Bomo
thlng should catch in me shirt on
board, and rip it, and Holo happen to
see it why, mo life wouldn't bo worth
a moment's purchase. I'll hide it in
me box there; they'll nlvor suspect"
And with that ho thrust tho Pool
of Flamo back Into tho leather bag,
and the bag into tho depths of the kit
box; which ho presently locked and
notsolessly moved beneath his bed.
After all of which he lay down and
with another sigh slept tranquilly.
CHAPTER XIII.
Somo tlmo in the golden afternoon
of tho following day, the Pelican
weighed anchor and slouched with a
loaflsh air out of tho harbor of tho
Piraeus.
"Plyn BUI 'Ole." the captain said
ho preferred ,to bo called. And "Plain
Bill Holo!" mused the Irishman, lean
ing over the forward rail and sucking
at a short black pipe. "Faith, not
only plain, but even a trifle homoly."
ho amended Judgmatically.
"As for meself," he conpluded later,
"I'm no siren In this rig." And ho
lifted his' eyebrows, protruding his
lower lip, as ho glanced down over his
attlro.
It was a strange rig for tho O'Rourko
to be in: an engineer's blue Jumper,
much the worse for wean, and a pair
of trousers whoso seat, O'Rourko
maintained, was only held together by
Its coating of dirt and grease.
O'Rourko eyed this got-up with dis
dain. "Fortunately," ho comforted
hlmsolt, '"twon't bo forever I'll be
wearing it"
in the present Instance tho dls
gulso was held an advisable thing,
3inco O'Rourke was officially register
ed on tho ship's books as assistant en
gineer. Tho Pelican carried no li
cense for passengers, and in vlow ot
his avowed, purpose it was deemed
unwlBO for the Irishman to risk de
tection by appearing "too tony" (an
expresslonjculled from the captain's,
vocabulary). ". v-nft".-1-
Otherwise, it was understood that
his duties were to consist ot the pur
"bQTI of Ills own sweot will, that ho
was to occupy a stateroom aft, and
that be was to mess at the captain's
table. - -.,
On an evening, some nlno or ten
days after he had left Athens,
O'Rourke at tho forward rail saw tho
long, low profllo or Egypt edgo up out
of the waters, saw It tako color and
form, made out palms and tho wind
mills, tho llght-houso and Pompey's
pillar; and knov that ho was close
upon bis Journey's end.
Her winches rattled cheerfully as
the Pelican dropped anchor, but
O'Rourko did not raovo There would
bo no going ashore, he knew, until
Holo was ready, and that would be
when tho customs officials bad paid
him a call nnd tho usual courtesies
bud been exchanged. The Irishman
had no need to bo in hnsto to change
from hlB present garb to ono that
better suitod blm. So he lolled upon
tho rail and regarded with a kindling
eye the harbor views.
tTO BE CONTINUED.)
Bill the Philosopher.
Wise remark, by Bill, the Philosoph
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Anybody who talks about himself all
the time hasn't time to be a knock
er." Know any of 'em? San Frnnclsca
Chronicle
Another Exciting Gamo.
Friend What wero your sensatloni
In tho wreck?
Victim Just tho same aa In foot
ball. Three coaches passed over m
and then tho doctors came. Punch.
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KEEPING BABIES IN HEALTH
Bucceas of Tent Scheme Last Sum
mer So Pronounced That it
Will Be Repeated.
Mothers of little babies that Buffered
touch from tho lntenso heat in the
early part of July last summer will bo
interested in tho success of the "baby
tent" scheme adopted in somo of tho
big cities.
Tho tents are placed on flat roofs ot
tall buildings and in open lots, with
eight llttlo cradles or cots In each
tent. When all was ready mothers
of babies under two years were Invited
to leave them at the nearest avallabfo
tent over night, so that the young
Bters, in addition to enjoying tho privi
lege of sleeping out of doors, could
also receive tho attention of trained
nurses and doctors free.
Somo of tho tents havo a perforated
Iron plpo extending along the ridgo
pole and connected with tho city water
supply. On very hot nights tho water
was turned on and allowed to stream
flown ovor tho canvas. By evapora
tion It greatly reduced the tempera
ture lnsldo tho tents. Somo of tho
tents wero also kept cool by tho uso
of largo blocks of Ico in tubs before
the entrance. Electric fans blew tho
cold air from tho ico into the tents
sufficiently to keep tho babies comfort
ably cool.
This is tho way somo of the poor
babies aro being cared for, but the
ideas could be utilized by any ono who
had tho welfare of tho baby at heart
Every tlmo the wrong young man
calls on a girl she always says to
somo other girl the next day: "I
thought he never would go home."
DOCTOR'S 8HIFT.
Now Gets Along Without It.
AC
A physician says: "Until last fall I
used to eat meat for my breakfast and
suffered with Indigestion until tho
meat had passed from the stomach.
"Xi.a8t JaJl I began the uso of Grapo
Nuts for breakfast and very soon
found I couUJ do without meat, for my
body got all the nourishment neces
sary from tho Grape-Nuts and slnco
thon I havo not had any Indigestion
and am feollng better and havo in
creased in weight. -"J
"J31mj:q finding tho benefit I derived
from Grape-Nuts I havo prescribed tho
food for all my patients suffering from
Indigestion or over-feeding and also
for thoso recovering from disease
whero I want a food easy to tako and
certain to digest -and which will not
overtax the stomnch.
"I alwayB find the results I look for
when I prescribo Grape-Nuts. For
ethical reasons pleaso omit my namo."
Namo given by mail by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Tho reason for tho wonderful
amount of nutriment, and tho easy
digestion of Grape-Nuts is not hard to
And.
In the first place, tho Btarchy part
of tho wheat and barley goes through
various processes of cooking, to per
fectly change tho starch into dextrose
or gnlpo-sugar, In which stato It is
ready to bo easily absorbed by tho
blood.
Tho parts In tho wheat and barley
which Nature can make uso of for re
building brain and nerve centers nro
retained In this remarkable food, nnd
thus tho human body is supplied with
tho powerful strength producers, bo
easily noticed after ono has eaten
Grape-Nuts each day for a week or
ten days.
"There's a reason." and It is ex
plained in tho llttlo book, "Tho Road
to Wollvllle," In pkgB.
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one npiirnm from time to ,tlme. They
ore Krniiluc, true, and full if humu
laterrat.
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