Wagoner County Courier (Wagoner, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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SYNOPSIS
The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col Terence O’Rourke a military free
lance and something of a gambler in his
hotel Leaning on the balcony he sees a
beautiful girl who suddenly enters the
elevator and passes from sight At the
gaming table O’Rourke notices two men
watching him One is the Hon Bertie
Glynn while his companion Is Viscount
Des Trebes a duelist The viscount tells
him the French government has directed
him to O’Rourke as a man who would
undertake a secret mission At his apart
ment O’Rourke who had agreed to un
tdertake the mission finds a mysterious
letter The viscount arrives hands a
sealed package to O’Rourke who is not
to open it until on the ocean A ‘pair of
dainty slippers are seen protruding from
under a doorway curtain The Irishman
finds the owner of the mysterious feet to
be his wife Beatrix from whom he had
run away a year previous They are
reconciled and opening the letter he finds
that a Rangoon law firm offers him
100000 pounds for a Jewel known as the
Pool of Flame and left to him by a dy-
ing friend but now in keeping of one
named Chambret In Algeria O’Rourke
worsts the nobleman In a duel The wife
bids O’Rourke farewell and he promises
to soon return with the reward He dis-
covers both Glynn and the viscount on
board the ship As he finds Chambret
there Is an attack bv bandits and his
friend dies telling O'Rourke that he has
left the Pool of Flame with the governor
general who at sight of a signet ring
given the colonel will deliver over the
Jewel Arriving at Algeria the Irishman
finds the governor general away Des
Trebes makes a mysterious appointment
and tells O’Rourke that he has gained
possession of the Jewel by stealing It In
a duel O'Rourke masters the viscount
secures possession of the Pool of Flame
and starts by ship for Rangoon He finds
the captain to be a smuggler who tries to
steal the Jewel
CHAPTER XIV— (Continued)
He ran as seldom be had run be-
fore straining and laboring stumbling
recovering and plunging onward And
by the gods wasn't it hot! The
khamsin raved and tore like a spirit
of bell-flre through that narrow alley
turning It into a miniature Inferno
But in the course of some minutes
the end of the tunnel came in view
a lighted rift between house walls
giving upon the illuminated street be-
yond The sight brought forth a fresh
burst of speed from O'Rourke He
dashed madly out of the alley
stumbled and ran headlong into a
strolling Greek who grappled with
him at first in surprise and then In
resentment while the clamor of the
pursuing rabble shrilled loud and
near and ever nearer
Exhausted as he was the Irishman
struggled with little skill before he
mastered his own surprise and In tne
end saw his finis written along the
blade of a thin keen knife which the
Greek nad whipped from the folds of
his garments and jerked threateningly
above his head
’ It was falling when O’Rourke saw
It In another breath he had been
stabbed Unexpectedly the Greek
shrieked dropped the knife as though
It had turned suddenly white-hot In
his bands and leaped back from
O’Rourke nursing a broken wrist
while a voice as sweet as the singing
of angels rang In the fugitive’s ears
though the spirit of its melody was
simple and crude enough
"O’Rourke be all th' powers! The
masther himself! Glory ye beggar
tls sorry I am that I didn’t spilt the
ugly face of ye wld me sthlck!
This way yer honor! Come
wld me!”
Blindly enough (Indeed the world
was all awhirl about him) O'Rourke
his arm grasped by a strong and confi-
dent hand permitted himself to be
swung to the right and across the
6treet In a thought blackness again
was all about him but the hand
gripped his arm hurrying him onward
and he yielded blindly to its guidance
— without power for that matter to
question or to object what breath
he had he sorely needed And as blind-
ly he stumbled on for perhaps another
hundred yards while the voice of the
rabble made hideous the night be-
hind them Hardly Indeed had the
two whipped into the mouth of the
hack-way ere it was choked by a
swarm of pursuers But — "Nlver
fear!” said the voice at his side
“Tie ourselves that’ll outwit them
Here now yer honor do ye
go straight on wldout sthoppln' ontil
ye come to an Iron dure In a dead wall
at the end av this Knock there
wanes count tin and knock again
I’ll lead 'em away and he wld ye again
In a brace av shakes!”
Benumbed by fatigue and exhaus-
tion O'Rourke obeyed He was aware
that bid preserver with a wild whoop
had darted aside Into a cross-alley but
hardly aware of more Mechanically
he blundered on until brought up' by
a wall that closed and made a cul-de-sao
of the way
With trembling hands he felt before
him fingers encountering the smooth
cool surface of a sheet of metal This
then was the door As carefully as
be could be knocked counted ten and
knocked again — while the mob that
had lusted for his blood trailed off
down the side alley In frantic pursuit
of his generous preserver And be
heard with a smile the latter’s shrill
defiant Irish yells luring them further
upon the false scent
“If ’tis not Danny” gasped the ad-
venturer “then myself's not the
O’Rourke! Bless the lad!”
But as he breathed this benediction
the Iron door swung Inwards and he
stumbled across the threshold half-
fainting hardly conscious that he had
done more than pass from open night
to the night of an enclosed space His
foot caught on some obstruction and
he went to bis knees with a cry that
was a cross between a sob and a
groan and Incontinently- fell full
length upon an earthen floor his head
pillowed on his arm panting as If his
heart would break
In the darkness above him someone
cried aloud a startled cry and then
the door was thrust to with a clang
and rattle of bolts A match rasped
loudly and a flicker of light leaped
from a small hand lamp and revealed
to Its bearer the fagged and quivering
figure on the floor
Some one sat down beside him with
a low exclamation of solicitude and
gathered his head Into her lap Some
one quite simply enfolded his neck
with soft arms and pressed his head
to her bosom and as If that were not
enough kissed him full and long upon
his Ups
"My dear! My dear!” she murmured
in French "What has happened O
what has happened? My poor poor
boy!”
Now the Integral madness of all this
was as effectual In restoring O'Rourke
to partial consciousness as had been
a douche of cold water In his face
Blankly be told himself that he was
damned and that It was all a dream
And yet when he looked It was to
see dim In the feeble glimmer of the
lamp the face of a woman as beauti-
ful as young as young as beautiful
One glance was enough O’Rourke
shut his eyes again “If I look too
long” he assured himself "she’ll van-
ish or — or turn Into a fiend Sure 'tis
a judgment upon me! Too long have
I been an amorous dram-drinker this
will undoubtedly be the delirlum-tre-mens
of love!”
And with that he passed quietly into
temporary unconsciousness
CHAPTER XV
He opened his eyes again alone on
the cool damp earthen floor but as-
sured that the feminine element In hla
adventure had been no hallucination
after all for he could see the girl
standing a little to one side and look-
ing down upon him her face so deep
In shadow that he could gather noth-
ing from Its expression whether it
were of displeasure or of perplexity
From this and that however he de-
duced that she discovering herself
lavishing endearments on the wrong
man was not utterly delighted with
the situation The circumstances tak-
en Into consideration such a state of
mind he thought not unreasonable
and being now to some extent recov-
ered he saw no profit In making her
suffer more So with a show of
faintness not wholly assumed he
rolled his head to one side opening
wide his eyes and looked the woman
In the face Inquiring with bis faint
thin brogue: “What’s this now me
dear?"
The glrl’B face darkened She shook
her head Impatiently “I have no Eng-
lish” she told him In excellent French
“Who are you? Why do you come
here? You are not Danny!”
"Oho!” commented O'Rourke know-
ingly "and that’s the explanation Is
It?" He sat up embracing his knees
and drawing a rueful face "Faith me
dear" he admitted “I concede ye the
best of the argument thus far I am
not Danny — ’tis true as Gospel”
She frowned "Then what are you
doing here monsieur? How did you
learn — who told you — the signal?”
"Faith from no less a person than
Danny Mahone himself He showed
me the way and bade me knock — but
nlver a word said he of yourself me
dear”
"Monsieur does not recall that I ad-
mitted him?" she persisted but with
a lightening face "nor anything that
happened thereafter?”
“Not the least In the world What
did happen no y?”
But she flanked that embarrassing
question adroitly evidently much re-
lieved by O'Rourke’s reassurance
Which was just what he wished her
frame of mind to be "Nothing that
matters” she replied continuing to
employ the French tongue and that
very prettily with a fetching little ac-
cent "I think you fainted Then — but
you know my Danny?”
“Your Danny!” said O'Rourke his
mood quizzical “None better me dear
I've known him since he was so high
or thereabouts” And he held a palm
some six Inches or so above the floor
"And be — he brought you here?"
"Who else? How else would I be
knowing the signal? Ye see there was
a bit of a shindig down the street and
me In the middle thereof and getting
all the worst of It — if ye must know—
when along comes Danny and lends
me a hand and whips me off here and
says he’ll be back in a moment He’ll
tell ye the details himself but I”—
he eyed her quizzically — "would now
ask ye to overlook the unceremonious
manner of me entrance and a certain
lack of dignity as to me attire which
I beg ye to believe is not me ordinary
evening dress and — and faith! me
throat is baked entirely If me clothes
are not May I ask for a drink at
mademoiselle’s fair hands?”
He was on his feet now and en-
joying the situation hugely "And 'tis
the Irish eye for beauty Danny has!”
he told himself "I commend his taste
the rogue!”
For the girl was exceedingly fair to
see slender and straight and girlish
and sweet a Greek If he were to
judge of her features and her dress
and In that odd light with perturba-
tion in her pose a smile half-perplexed
trembling on her Ups (because of
O’Rourke's conceit) and the shadow of
anxiety clouding her eyes she made a
charming picture Indeed
She was quick to grant hlaj request
“Danny will explain" she agreed with
conviction “This way then If you'
please monsleurt and” — as they passed
through a low doorway — “If you will
have the patience to wait here I will
fetch wine”
She smiled enchantlngly dropped
him a bewitching little courtesy with
a deference evoked no doubt by the
man’s subtle yet Ineradicable air f
distinction and left him wholly capti-
vated “Bless her heart and pretty
face!’' he murmured eyeing her re-
treating figure " ’Tis Danny who’s
the lucky dog not that he’s
not deserving
He reviewed his refuge summarily
discovering that he stood In one cor-
ner of a small courtyard the center
of a hollow cube of masonry a dwell-
ing of two stories round whose upper
floor ran an inner gallery to which
steps led up from the epurt and from
which access' was to be had to the liv-
ing rooms — all dark and silent
In the center of the oourtyard a
little fountain tinkled a tiny Jet of
water rising from the central upright
of stone to spray the black Btar-smlt-ten
pool beneath There was a little
Exhausted as He Was the Irishman Struggled With Little Skill
plot of grass likewise with flowers
generous of their cordial perfume
The girl came silently out from the
shadows beneath the gallery bringing
him a cup and a jar of earthenware
brimming with wine
He accepted the service with a bow
“Mademoiselle Is as kind as she is
beautiful 1” said he and with the ap-
preciation of a connoisseur first
watched her blush then drained the
Jug to Its last drop and felt the grate-
ful fluid grapple with his fatigue tem-
per It and send new strength leaping
through his veins "And as good' I’m
sure as she Is kind” he added and
“Ah!” he sighed resuming his seat
but rising again and quickly as a
Second summons clanged upon the
Iron door and sent the girl flying to-
wards the rear of the house
"That will be Danny now’
O’Rourke opined as she swept past
him
She murmured a response he did
not clearly catch “What’s that?” he
called after her
“Or possibly” she repeated pausing
at the eh trance to the rear chamber
“It may be Monsieur the Captain
Hole!”
“The dlvvle!" cried O’Rourke and
was on his feet in a twinkling cast-
ing about him for a weapon "That
can’t be — ”
Nothing offered Itself suitable either
for offense or defense save and except
the Jug he had been drinking from
and the Irishman was weighing this
thoughtfully with a definite intention
of hurling it at Captain Hole’s head
If Indeed he' had heard aright when
the entrance of quite another person
relieved his mind however tempo-
rarily It was Danny plainly enough Dan-
ny the same as of old with his l)alf-
sheeplsh half-impudent grin and his
shock of flaming hair his upper Up
that was long even for an Irish boy’s
his roving and twinkling blue eyes
bis tlp-tllted nose his short sturdy
physique
"Faith” said O’Rourke "the gods
are not so unkind after all! ’Tis as
welcome as the shadow of a great rock
In a weary land the sight of y
Danny I” And “Danny!” he observed
with some severity ‘TU ask ye to ex-
plain what the dlvvle at all ye’re do-
ing here"
' Danny’s assurance deserted! him on
the Instant He had done his former
master a signal service that night but
In his estimation nothing more than
was due the O'Rourke Whatever ho
felt he looked to perfection a hoy
caught at mischief — hanging his head
and eyeing O'Rourke under his brows
shamefaced and 111 at ease
“Awl” he deprecated “sure now
yer honor now — ”
“Danny” demanded O’Rourke stern-
ly “does Miss Cleopatra here under-
stand English?”
“Dlvvle a word!" the ex-valet 'pro-
tested earnestly "Beyond Greek and
French and Arablo Sure she’s Ignor-
ant as 'Paddy’s pig!’’
So much waa plainly evident from
the girl's manner and expression of
puzzlement Reassured O'Rourke pro-
ceeded: ‘"Tis good hearing! Faith If she
understood the King’s English ’tis
me hair ahe would be tearing out by
the roots In one minute Danny I
gather that the lady la b way of 11k-
log ye more than ye deserve H It
In love with you she la?”
Danny stole a sidelong glance at the
girl “Beggln’ yer honor’s pardon” he
stammered "and I belave she is that”
“Umm!” snorted O'Rourke “And
what If ye please about poor Annie
Bragin at home? Is It marrying a
Greek ye would' be and leaving poor
Annie to cry her eyes out for ye ye
worthless scut?”'
"Dlvvle a bit respects to yer hon-
or I Sure ’tis only for amusement—”
“And who may ahe be that ye make
so frep to amuee yourself with her?”
“The daughter av me 'partner yer
honor Noccovie the Greek tobaccy
merchant”
"This will be his house then?”
“No sir but a — a sort av a store-
house In a way av speaking "Tis Jlst
'round th corner they do be livin' In
a gran’ fotne house sir”
"Then what's the young lady doing
here?”
“Waiting for me to “take her place
Bir Noccovie Is away and — and” In
a blurted confession “ ’tis a bit of
hashish smuggling we be doing on the
side The stuff Is always brought
here sor and tonight’s the night a
consignment's due”
“Ah-h!” observed O’Rourke darkly
One by one It seemed he was gather-
ing the trumps again Into his own
hand He resumed his eatechlsm of
the boy
"Danny Is this the way a decent
man should be behaving himself?” he
browbeat him ' “Is It your mother's
son and the sweetheart of Annie
Bragin that's become no more than an
Idle breaker of hearts? v Danny Dan-
hy what would Father Malachl be
saying If he could hear what ye've
Just told me? Whin boy did ye con-
fess last?”
Danny cowered - “Aw dear!” he
whimpered “Aw dearie-dear! And
meself meant no harm at all!’’
“Thin take your llght-o’-love home
Danny and come back to me here at
once with a change of clothes!”
“Ylss yer honor I’ll do that yer
honor But will ye hark for the signal
at the door and let Cap'nHole in?”
It was true then!
"I will But see that ye don't for-
get the change of clothes Danny and
don’t be lingering too long over your
fond farewells with the lady If ye’re
not looking for a hiding and—
Danny!” x-
“Yls sor?” ’
“Have ye a revolver?"
"Here sor” ' ‘
"Give It here and bring another
back with ye Lively now!”
Alone O’Rourke seated himself on
the edge of the fountain and consid-
ered gravely the uncertainties of life
“ ’Tis fate” he concluded soberly at
length "And 'tis lianf ujon efevea
Thfz set an®
cargo before midnight and — meself
sorely needs a bath”
Deliberately he stripped off rags and
tatters and plunged into the fountain
Danny was back with the promised
wearing apparel ere he had finished
splashing
And while O’Rourke dressed and for
long thereafter the two sat and
smoked and confabulated talked of
Men and Things and the turn of the
Wheel of the World
(TO BE CONTINUED)
CUT RATE FOR AN AMERICAN
Judge Donnelly’s Amusing Experience
With the 8harp Irish Cab
Driver In Dublin
Chief Justice Joseph O Donnelly of
the 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 he would
take to drive me to Hotel he
said “The driver looked at me and
said: ‘You are from the stages aren’t
you?’ I answered yes
“ 'Well' he said 'since you are from
the states and I’ve driven nothing but
Englishmen all day I’ll drive you to
the hotel for three shillings'
“As I thought that was reasonable
I got Into the hack We drove on and
on for hours over hills and across
streams until we finally got to the
hotel While driving I wondered at
the difference between this back
driver and those In America and won-
dered what an American back driver
would say If I were to hand him three
shillings for such a long ride
“I went to bed and Blept sound that
night When I woke up early in the
morning I went down and out on the
front steps I almost fainted for di-
rectly In front of the hotel was the
self-same depot that I arrived at on
the train I suppose the back driver
thought he was having a pile of fun
while driving me around the city and
country"
In the Garden of Eden
"Did you know this was my birth-
day?" asked Eve
“Could 1 forget It?” answered Adam
“Let’s see— how old are you this year
—now don't answer— let me guess
Vour are— eh— seven 1"
“You hateful wretch!” cried Eve
“I’m only five and you know It '
“But that Is Just like you men —
you try to pretend that the time Is
dragging and that your wives are
growing old! Just because you are
over six and hBve lota of gray halra
you think you can Insult your wlfel”
Eden was never the same after that
tiff
Inexpensive
"I am thinking of going to Europe
on a vacation’’
“You arel I didn’t know you had
that much money”
"I haven’t but you see' It doesn’t
cost anything -to think of going ”
Llpplncott’l
HER AILMENT
A COMMON ONE
Happy Experience of Mrs Dillinger
Who Finally Found Relief in
Carduif The Woman’s Tonic
West Baden Ind — "For about four
years” says Mrs Sarah Dillinger of
this place "I suffered with an ailment ‘
common to women and I was so poor-
ly that I could not do my work
Since taking Cardul the woman’a
tonic I am stout and able to work all
day bard It Is certainly a great
medicine for women I recommend
It to a great maby ladles
My daughter Is now taking Cardul
and It seems to be helping her al-
ready although she has now taken
only one bottle
Cardul Is the best medicine I ever
took It has done me so much good I
It saved my life and 1 can’t praise
It too much"
Every woman would always keep
Cardul handy for use when needed it '
she knew what benefit It gives In
cases where weakened vitality makea
the body and brain seem tired and
worn-out
A few doses of Cardul at the right
time will often- save much suffering
by preventing a more serious sick-
ness T6 relieve pain and misery due to
womanly troubles nothing has been
found during the 60 years that It has
been before the publlo to take the
place of Cardul
’ Won’t you try It?
K D — Write tot Ladles' Adviser?
Dept Chattanooga Medicine Co Chat
tanooga Ten a (or Special Inatrne
tloaa and 64-page book -Homo Treat
Bleat for Women" aeat la plain map
per on requeet -
Saving 8tepa '
Gibson — But the house Is over a
mile from the station you admit
Agent — Yes hut the rooms are so
small you will only have to walk the
baby eight feet from his little crib—
Harper’s Bazar
An Ananias
' “G W Smith says he loves to lire
in the suburbs in winter"
“Humph 1 And the rascal was horn
on Washington’s birthday and named
after him too"— Judge
TO DRIVK OMALARI
Take the Old Standard GROV
TONla
mnala it
bowing it ia slmpl
form at
8 TA9TBLH
ou know what yon are taking
The formula it plainly printed on every bottle
bowing it ia simply Quinine and Iron In a tasteless
orm and the most effectual form For grown
people and children SO rents
Many a man Is kept busy during his
spre time In explaining things to his
wife -
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrnp for Chllftsa
teething often the game reduces Inflamma-
tion allays pain oure wind oolle S6o a bottle
On the road to success It Isn't every
man who knows when to change cars
As a stimulant an ounce of censure
is often worth a pound of praise t
Dyspeptic despair not I While there’s
Garfield Tea there’s hope
Don’t kick till you know Just where
the phoe pinches
sharpen the appetite
assist the stomach
prevent constipation
TRY THE
BITTER8 TODAY
It does the work All Druggists
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land in ens of thea
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very year
Land purchased 9
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ere has reoently
ohanged hands at
2300 an acre Tha
crops frown on there
lands warrant the
You can
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farming’ and grain growing In
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Saskatchewan and Albsrta
Fraa homestead and pro®
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Panics will provida homes
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