t - LOUIS JOSEPH YANC ILLUSTRATIONSBY ELLSWORplYOUNG COPYRIGHT 1909 By X,OUOSEPH VANCE. synopsis. Tho utory opens nt Monto Carlo with Col. Terence O'llourko. n, military froo lanco and MOtiirtlilnK or a Rambler, In hlfl liotel. . Leant riff on tho balcony lio noes u beautiful girl who suddenly enters the elevator and pannes from sight. At tho Kainlnt; tnbio O'llourko notices two men watching him. Ono Is tho Hon Unrtle Glynn, whllo IiIh companion Is Viscount Des Trches, a duelist. The viscount tells him tho French government has directed him to O'llourko as 11 man who would undertake a secret mission. At his apart ment, O'llourko, who had agreed to un dertake tho mission, tlnds u mysterious letter. Tho viscount arrives, hands a sealod packngo to O'llourko, who Is not to open It until on tho ocean. A pair of dainty sllnpors aro soon protruding from under a doorway curtain. Tho Irishman finds the owner of tho mysterious fcot to he his wife, Beatrix, from whom ho had run away a yoar previous. They are reconciled, and opening tho lottor ho finds that a Rangoon law (lrm offers him 300,000 pounds for a Jewol known as tho Pool of Flamo and loft to him by a dy ing friend, but now In keeping of ono named Chambrot In Algeria. OTlourko worsts tho nobleman In a duel. Tho wlfo bids O'llourko farewell and ho promises to soon return with the roword. Ho dis covers both Glynn and tho viscount on board the ship. As ho finds Chambrut there Is an attack by bandits and his friend dti'M telling O'llourko that ho has left tho Poo) of Flamo with thn governor general, who at sight of a signet ring f;lvon tho colonol will deliver over the ewol. Arriving at Algeria tho Irishman finds the govornor general nway, Dos Trebes makes n mysterious appointment, and tells O'llourko that ha lias gained I'ossesslon nf tho Jowol by stealing It, In h duel O'llourko masters tho viscount, secures possession of tho Pool of Flamo Pnd starts by ship for Rangoon. lie finds ho captain to bo a smuggler who tries to etcal tho Jewel. CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.) Ho rnn as Boldom ho had run be foro, Btrnlntng and laboring, stumbling, rocovorlug and plunging onwnrd. And, by tho gods, wnsn't It hot! Tho khamsin raved and toro llko a spirit of holl-flro through that narrow alley, turning It Into n inlulnturo Inferno But In tho courso of somo minutes, tho end of tho tunnel enmo In view; a lighted rift between house wails, giving upon tho Illuminated street bo yond. Tho sight brought forth n fresh burst of speod from O'llourko. lie dashed madly out of tho alloy, stumbled and ran headlong Into a strolling Greok, who grappled with him, at first In surprlso and thou In resentment, whllo tho clamor of tho pursuing rabblo shrilled loud and, noar and ovor nearer. Exhausted as ho wns, tho Irishman struggled with llttlo skill beforo ho mastored his own surprlso j nnu in tno end saw his flnls wrltton niong the bndo of a thin, koon knlfo which tho Grook nad whipped from tho folds of his garments and Jerked threateningly above his head. It was fulling whon O'llourko saw it. In another breath ho had been stnbbod, Unexpectedly tho Orook shrieked, dropped tho knlfo as though it had turriod suddenly white-hot in IiIb hands, and leaped back from O'llourko, nursing a broken wrlat: whllo a volco as Bwoot as tho singing of an,gols rang In tho fugitive's oars, though tho spirit of its melody was olmplo and crude enough. "O'llourko, bo all th' powers! Tho masthor himself! Glory, yo beggar, Ub sorry I am that I didn't eplit tho ugly faco of yo wld mo sthlck! . . . This way, yor honor! Corao wid mol" Illindly onough (Indood tho world vla all awhlrl about him) O'Rourko, IiIh arm graspod by a Btrong and confi dent hand, pormlttod hlmsolf to bo flwung to tho right and across tho fitroet. In a thought blackness again was all about him, but tho hand gripped his arm, hurrying him onward; and ho yloldod blindly to its guidance without powor, for that mnttor, to question or to object; what breath Iho had ho soroly uoodod. And as blind ly ho stumblod on for perhaps another hundrod yards, whllo tho volco of tho rabble inado hideous tho night bo blnd thorn. Hardly, Indeed, had tho two whipped Into tho mouth of tho back-way oro It was chokod by a Bwarm of pursuors. Hut "Nlver foarl" said tho volco at his bUIo. '"TIb oursolvos that'll outwit them. . . , Hero, now, yor honor, do yo go straight on wldout athoppln' ontil yo coma to an Iron duro In a docd wall at tho ond av this. Knock thoro wanco, count tin, and knock again. I'll load 'em away and bo wld yo again in n brnco av shakos!" Ronumbod by fatigue and oxhaim- tlon, O'llourko oboyod. Ho was awnro that his preserver with n wild whoop had darted aslda Into a cross-alloy, but hardly nwaro of moro. Mechanically bo blundored on until brought up by & wall that closed and mado a cul-du-pao of tho way. With trombllng handa ho folt bofnro him, lingers encountering tho smooth, cool surface of n shoot of metal. This, thon, waB tho door. As carefully as he could ho knockod, counted ton, and knocked again whllo tho mob that had lusted for his blood trailed off down the side alley in frantic pursuit of hla gonorous prcsorvor. And ho board with a Bmllo, tho lattor's shrill vm JMmsm Mr -v AsSizr" "i ,p.tb"24 J l JKii;i I ' I doflant Irish yolls luring them further upon tho falso scont. "If 'tis not Danny," gaBpod tho ad venturer, "thon mysolfa not tho O'llourko! Hless tho lad!" Hut as ho breathed this benediction tho Iron door swung inwards and ho stumbled across tho threshold, half fainting, hardly conscious that ho had dono more than pass from open night to tho night of an enclosed spaco. ills foot caught on somo obstruction nnd ho went to his knees with a cry that was a croiis between n Bob and n groan; nnd Incontinently fell full longth upon an earthen floor, his head pillowed on his arm, panting as It his heart would break. In tho darknesa above him someone cried aloud, a Btnrtlod cry, and then tho door waB thrust to with a clang and rattlo of bolts. A match rasped loudly and a flicker of light leaped from n small hand lamp and rovealed to Its bearor tho faggod and quivering Ilguro on tho floor. Somo ono sat down beside him with a low exclamation of sollcltudo and gathered his head Into her lnp. Somo ono quite simply enfolded his neck with soft arms and pressed his head to her bosom, and as If that wero not onough, kissed him full and long upon hla lips. "My dear! My dear!" alio murmured In French. "What has happened, O, what has happened? My poor, poor boy!" Now tho Integral madness of all this wns as effectual In restoring O'llourko to partial consciousness as had boon n doucho of cold wator In his face. Blankly ho told himself thnt ho was damned, and that It was all a dream. And yot, whon ho looked, It was to sco, dim In tho fcoblo glimmer of tho lamp, tho fnco of a woman as beauti ful as young, as young as beautiful. Ono glance was onough. O'llourko shut his oyos again. "If I look too long," ho assured himself, "sho'll van ish or or turn Into a flond. Sure, 'tis a Judgment upon mo! Too long have I been an amorous dram-drinker; this will undoubtedly bo tho dollrlum-tro-mona of lovo!" And with that ho passed quietly into tompornry unconsciousness. CHAPTER XV. Ho opened his eyes again, alone on tho cool, damp, earthen floor, but as sured that tho fomlnlno olompnt In his ndvonturo had boon no hallucination, after all; for ho could sco tho girl standing a llttlo to ono side nnd look ing down upon him, hor faco bo deep In shadow that ho could gather noth ing from ItB expression, whothor it woro of dlsploasuro or of perploxlty. From this and that, however, ho do duced that sbo, discovering hersolf lavishing ondonrmonts on tho wrong man, wns not uttorly dollghtod with tho situation. Tho circumstances tak on Into consideration, Buch n atato of mind ho thought not unreasonable; and being now to somo extent recov ered, ho saw no profit In mnklng hor auffor moro. So with tt show of fnlntness not wholly nssumod, ho rolled his head to ono sldo, opening wldo hla oyes nnd looked tho woman In tho faco, Inquiring with his faint, thin broguo: "What's this, now, mo dear?" Tho girl's faco darkoned. Sho shook hor head lmpatlontly. "I havo no Eng lish," Bho told him In oxcollont French. "Who aro you? Why do you como hero? You aro not Danny!" "Oho!" commontod O'llourko know ingly, "nnd that's tho explanation, ia it?" Ho sat up, embracing his kneoB and drawing a rueful faco. "Faith, mo dear," ho admitted, "I concede yo tho best of tho nrgumont, thus far. I nm not Danny 'tis truo aa Gospel." Sho frownod. "Thon what nro you doing hero, monsieur? How did you lenm who told you tho signal?" "Faith, from no less a person than Danny Mnhono hlmsolf. Ho showed mo tho wny and bado mo knock but nlver a word Bald ho of yoursolf, mo doar." "Monsieur does not recall that I ad mitted him?" Bho poralstod, but with a Ughtonlng faco, "nor anything that happened thereafter?" "Not tho least In tho world. What did happen, now?" Hut Bho flanked thnt omharrussing question ndroltly, ovldontly much re lieved by O'llourko's ronssurnnco. Which was Just what ho wlshod hor framo of mind to bo. "Nothing that matters," she replied, continuing to omploy tho Fronch tongue, nnd that very prottlly, with a fetching llttlo ac cent, "t think you fnlntod. Thon but you know my Dauny?" "Your Dauny!" said O'llourko, hla mood quizzical. "Nouo bettor, mo doar. I'vo known him alnco ho waa so high, or thereabouts," And ho hold n pnlra .somo six inches or bo nbovo tho floor. "And ho ho brought you hero?" zitti-rr s7jl. wmm. w ni.i iws u m v fe ssr- - "Who olso? How olso would I bo knowing tho signal? Yo see, thoro was a bit of a shindig down tho street and mo In tho mlddlo thoreof and getting all tho worst of It If yo must know whon niong comes Danny and lends mo a hand and whips tno off hero and says ho'IJ bo back In a moment. He'll tell yo tho dotnlls himself; but I" ho eyed hor quizzically "would now ask yo to ovorlook tho unceremonious manner of mo entrance and a cortaln lack of dignity ub to mo attire, which I beg yo to bolievo is not mo ordinary evening dross, and and faith! mo throat Is baked ontlroly, if mo clothes aro not. Mny I ask for a drink at madomolsollo's fair handB?" Ho was on his feet now and en Joying tho situation hugely. "And 'lis tho Irish oyo for beauty Danny has!" ho told himself. "I commend his taste, tho roguo!" For tho girl was exceedingly fair to seo; alondor and straight and girlish and sweet; a Greek, If ho woro to Judgo of hor features and hor dre33, and In thnt odd light, with perturba tion In her poso, a smllo half-perplexed trembling on her lips (becauso of O'llourko's Conceit) and tho shadow of anxiety clouding hor eyes, she mado a charming picture Indeed. Sho was quick to grant his request. "Danny will oxplaln," she ngreed with conviction. "This way, then, If you please, monsieur, and" aa they passed through a low doorway "If you will havo tho patlonco to wait bore, I will fetch wine." Sho smiled onchantlngly, dropped lilm a bewitching llttlo courtesy with a doforenco evoked, no doubt, by tho man's subtle yet Ineradicable air of distinction, and left him wholly capti vated. "Bless' her heart and pretty fnco!" ho murmured, eyeing her re treating figure. " 'TIs Danny who's tho lucky dog . . . not that he's not deserving. . . ." Ho reviewed his refuge summarily, discovering that he stood in one cor ner of a small courtyard, tho center of a hollow cubo-of masonry; a dwell ing of two atorles, round whoso upper floor ran an lnnor gallery to which steps led up from tho court nnd from which ncces8 waa to bo had to the liv ing rooms all dark and silent. In tho centor of tho courtyard a llttlo fountain tinkled, a tiny Jet of wator rising from tho central upright of stono to spray tho black, star-smitten pool beneath. There was a llttlo mfWlufiBSmVnn uRfl I IS mil 1 1 liffi S". nonKG smmBmmmmS&&BSE Exhausted at He Was, the Irishman Struggled With Little Skill. plot of grass, Ukowtso, with flowerB gonorous of their cordial pcrfumo. , Tho girl cumo Bllontly out from tho shadows boucath tho gallery, bringing htm n cup and n Jar of oarthonwaro brimming with wine. Ho accepted tho servlco with a bow. "Madomolsollo Is aa kind as she is beautiful!" said ho, and with tho ap preciation of a conuoissour first watched her blush, thou drained tho I Jug tq its last drop and folt tho grate- ful fluid grapple with his fatlguo, torn por it, and send now strength leaping through his vcinB. "And as good, I'm sure, as she is kind," ho added; and "Ah!" ho sighed, resuming his seat but rising ngaln, and quickly, as a second summons clanged upon tho Iron door and sent the girl flying to wards the rear of tho house. "That will bo Danny now," O'Rourko opined as Bho swept past him. Sho murmured a responso ho did not clearly catch. "What's that?" ho called after her. "Or, possibly," Bho repeated, pausing at tho entrnnco to tho rear chambor, "It may bo Monsieur tho Captain Hole!" "Tho dlvvlo!" cried O'Rourke, and waa on hla feet In a twinkling, cast ing about him for a weapon. "That can't be" Nothing offered Itself suitable either for offenso or defense, savo and excopt tho Jug ho had been drinking from, and tho Irishman was weighing this thoughtfully with a definite Intention of hurling It at Captain Hole's head, If Indeed ho had hoard aright, when the entrance of qulto another person I rcllevod hla mind, however tempo rarily. It was Danny, plainly onough; Dan ny, tho samo as of old, with his half sheepish, half-impudent grin and his shock of flaming hair, his upper lip that waa long even for an Irish boy's, his roving and twinkling blue eyes, his tlp-tllted oso, his short, sturdy physique. "Faith," said O'Rourke, "tho gods are not so unkind aftor nil! 'TIs as welcome as tho shadow of a great rock In a weary land, tho sight of ye, Danny!" And "Danny!" ho observed with somo severity, "I'll ask yo to ex plain what tho dlvvlo at all ye're do ing here." Danny's nssuranco desorted him on the instant. Ho had dono his former master a signal dervlco that night, but In his estimation nothing more than was duo tho O'Rourko. Whatever ho felt, he looked to perfection a boy caught at mischief hanging his head and eyeing O'Rourko under his brows, shnmefaced and ill at ease, "Aw!" ho deprecated, "sure, now, yor honor, now " "Danny, demanded O'Rourko stern ly, "does Miss Cleopatra hero under stand English?" "Dlvvlo a word!" tho ex-valet pro- tested earnestly. "Beyond Greok and Fronch ond Arabic, suro, sho's Ignor ant aa Pnddy'a pig!" So much was plainly evident from tho girl's manner and expression of puzzlement Reassured, O'Rourko pro ceeded: '"Tla good hearing. Faith, If sho understood the King's English, 'tis mo hair sho would bo tearing out by tho roota In ono minute. Danny, I gathor that the lady is be way of Ilk- Ing yo more than yo doBorvo. Ifl 1 In lovo with you Bho ia?" Danny stolo a sidelong glanco at tho girl. "Beggln' yor honor's pardon," ho stammered, "and I bolavo sho Is that." "Ummt" snorted O'Rourko. "And whnt, if yo pleaBc, about poor Annlo Bragln, at homo? Is It marrying a Greek yo would bo, and leaving poor Annlo to cry hor eyes out for ye, ye worthless scut?" "Dlvvlo n bit, respects to ycr hon or! Suro, 'tis only for amusement" "And who may Bho bo, that yo make so free to amuso yoursolf with her?" "The daughter av mo partuer, yor honor, Noccovlo, tho Greek tobaccy merchant" "This will bo his houso, then?" "No, sir, but a a sort av a Bthore house, In a way av Bpeaklng. 'Tla Jlst 'round th' corner they do bo llvln' in a gran' folno houso, sir." "Then what'B tho young lady doing hero?" "Waiting for mo to tako her placo, sir. Noccovlo 1b away and and," In a blurted confesalon, "'Ub a bit of hoBhlsh smuggling wo bo doing on tho side. Tho stuff la alwaya brought here, sor; and tonight's tho night a consignment's due." "Ah-h!" observed O'Rourko darkly. Ono by ono, It seemed, ho was gather ing tho trumps again into his own hand. He resumed his catechism of tho boy. "Danny, is this the way a decont man should bo behaving hlmsolf?" ho browbeat him. "Is It your mothor's son and tho sweetheart of Annie Dragln that's becomo no moro than an idle breaker of hearts? Danny, Dan ny, what would Father Malachl bo saying if ho could hear what yo've Just told mo? Whin, boy, did yo con fess last?" Danny cowered. "Aw, dear!" he whimpered. "Aw, dearie-dear! And moself meant no harm at nil!" "Thin take your llght-o'-lovo homo, Danny, and como back to mo hero at onco with a chango of clothes!" "YIbs, ycr honor. I'll do that, yer honor. But will yo hark for the signal at tho door and let Cap'n Holo In?" It was truo, then! "I will. But seo that yo don't for got tho chango of clothes, Danny, and don't bo lingering too long over your fond farewells with tho lady, If ye're not looking for a hiding, and Danny!" "Yls, sor?" "Have yo a revolver?" "Here, sor." "Give It here, and bring another back with ye. Lively, now!" Alone, O'Rourke seated himself on tho edgo of tho fountain and consid ered gravely tho uncortnlntlcs of life. " 'TIs fate"," he concluded soberly, at length. "And 'tis hard upon eleven now. They will not daro to run that cargo before midnight; and mesolf sorely needs a bath." Deliberately ho stripped oft rags and tatters and plunged into tho fountain. Danny was back with the promised wearing apparel ero ho had finished splashing. And whllo O'Rourko dressed, and for long thereafter, the two sat and smoked and confabulated, talked of Men and Things nnd tho turn of tho Wheel of tho World. (TO BE CONTINUED.) CUT RATE FOR AN AMERICAN Judge Donnelly's Amusing Experience With the Sharp Irish Cab Driver In Dublin. Chief Justice Joseph G. Donnelly of tho civil court, In Illustrating an Irish man's idea of wit, told a story of an adventure with an Irish hack driver in Dublin, relates the Milwaukee Wiscon sin. "I asked him how much ho would tako to drivo me to Hotel ," ho said. "The driver looked at me and said: 'You are from tho states, aren't you?' I answered yes. " 'Well,' ho said, 'since you aro from tho Btates, and I've driven nothing but Englishmen all day, I'll drive you to tho hotel for threo shillings. "As I thought that was reasonable, I got Into tho hack. Wo drovo on and on for hours, over hills and across streams, until wo finally got to tho hotel. Whllo driving, I wondered at the difference between this hack driver and those In America, and won dered what an American hack driver would say If I wero to hand him threo shillings for such a long ride. "I went to bed nnd slept sound that night When I woke up early In tho morning, I went down and out on tho front Btcpa. I almost fainted, for di rectly In front of tho hotel was the self-same depot that I arrived at on tho train. I suppose the hack driver thought ho was having a pllo of fun whllo driving mo around tho city and country." In the Garden of Eden. MDld you know this waa my birth- day?" uBkcd Evo. "Could I forget.lt?" answered Adam. "Let'B seo how old are you, this year now don't answer let mo guess. Your are ah seven I" "You hateful wretch!" crlod Eve. "I'm only Ave, and you know it "But that Is Just Hko you men you try to pretend that tho time Is dragging and thnt your wives are growing old! Just bocnuso you are over six. and bnvo lots of gray hairs, you think you can Insult your wife!" Eden was never tho eaino after that tin. Inexpensive. "I am thinking of going to Europe on a vacation." "You aro! 1 didn't know you had that much money." "I haven't, but, you boo, it doesn'l cost anything to think of golns." Llpplucott's. Whenever You Use Your BacK "Eftrr uocs a anarp PUture tellt Pain Hit You? S'f- Tt... - .1 1 Blck kidneys, es pecially if tho klifney action Is disordered, too, passages scanty or too frequent or off -color. Do not necloct any llttlo kidney 111 for tho slight troubles run Into dropsy, gra-l, stono or Bright'a disease Ueo Doan'a Kldnoy Pills. This good remedy cures bad kidneys. A TYPICAL CASE I a Warner JOT N. Garfield Are.. Pocatello. Idaho, sarsl "Kleiner complaint often confined me to bed for weeks. I passed kldner stones and the psin was terrible. Morphine was mr onlr relief until I nsed Bean's Kldner rills. Af tir taking this remedy the stones dissolved and passed without pain. I am now froo from kldner trouble." Get Doan's at any Drug Store, 50c. a Dox Do ail's pnisy MORE HOSPITALS ARE NEEDED Situation Improved, but Further Work Is Needed to Stamp Out Tuberculosis. Only four states, Mississippi. Ne vada, Utah and Wyoming, havo no beds whatever in special hospitals or wards for consumptives. Eight years ago when tho National Association for tho Study and Prevention of Tubercu losis was organized, thero wore 28 states in which no hospital or sanlto rlum provision for consumptives exist ed, and the entire number of beds in tho United States waa only 10,000. "While these figures would indicate a remarkable growth In antl-tubercu-losla activity," says Dr. Livingston Farrand, executlvo secretary of tho National ascoclatlon, in commenting on tho subject, "there aro still prac tically ten Indigent consumptives for every ono of the 30,000 beds, Including thoso for pay patients. In other words, we have from 250,000 to 300,000 con sumptives in this country too poor to provide hojjpltal care for themselves. If tuberculosis la ever going to be Btamped out In tho United States, more hospital provision for theso foci of infection must bo provided." CERTAINLY. Tho Philosopher It'a tho man with, a pull that gets ahead. Tho Politician Yes; but it'a the man with tho head that gots a pull- Hope Eternal. Every new day and night of Joy or sorrow is a new ground, a now con secration, for the love that is nour ished by memories as well aa hopes. Gcorgo Eliot A girl expects a man to think her hair is naturally curly even when she knows that ho knows it isn't GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP No Medicine So Beneficial to Brain and Nerves. Lying awake nights makes It hard to keep awake and do things In day tlmo. To tako "tonics and stimulants" undor such clrcum3tancos Is like set ting .ho house on flro to see if you can put it out Tho right kind of food promotes re freshing sleep at night and a wide awako individual during tho day. A lady changed from her old way of eating Grape-Nuts, and Baya: "For about threo years I had been a great sufferer from indigestion. After trying several kinds of medicine, the doctor would ask mo to drop off potatoes, thon meat, and so on, but in a fow daya that craving, gnawing feel ing would start up, and I would vomit everything I a to and drank. "When I started on Grape-Nuts, vom iting stopped, and tho bloated feeling which was bo distressing disappeared entirely. "My mother was very much bothered with diarrhoea beforo commencing the Grape-Nuts, becauso her Btomach wai so weak sho could not digest her food. Slnco using Grape-Nuts food Bho Is well, and Baya sho don't think she pould do without It. "It la a great brain restorer and nervo builder, for I can sleep aa sound and undlsturbod aftor a supper of Grapc-NutB as in the old days whon I could not realize what they meant by a 'bad stomach.' Thoro is no medl- clno so beneficial to nerves and brain aa a good night's sleep, such as you can enjoy after eating Grape-Nuta." Namo given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. 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