The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-04-17
CHAPTER XXX.

nah, O'Rourke threw himself into the
lower berth and lay there. q forearm
flung across his eyes. thinking ex-
bodings.
Beside him Danny was packing In
dustriously, with now and again .
pause during which he would stand
reflective. his gaze fixed upon his en-
ployer's face, a little puzzled and per-
picked.
The Poonah was pausing overnight
to discharge and take aboard cargo;
for this reason O'Rourke In his haste
his luggage with him. On
deck, fore and aft donkey engines
were putting and chugging and chain
tackles rafting as they lifted freight
to and from the hold and the lighters
alongside.
Abruptly, without moving. O'Rourke
spoke. I'll want evening clothes.
Danny" said he. "'Tis dining 1 am
tonight with Mr.. Straker and his
niece. Miss Pynsent, who came with US
from Diamond Harbor. Twill save a
bit Of bother to dress before 90
ashore"
"Aw-w." said Danny, assimilating.
= And the missus?" he said
suddenly. some minutes later. Man
In Madam O'Rourke. sor. Did ye get
no word from her?"
For what else would be driving
to every hotel in the town after leav-
ing Mr.. Sypher. Danny. but to inquire
for her? She's not here; but she'll
come. be sure. She's still got several
days-three or four-in which to keep
our tryst. It's discontented 1 am not
to ind her waiting for me. but I'm
satisfied entirely she'll keep faith"
And" insisted Danny eagerly
''beggin' yer honor's pardon-but what
will ye have to tell her. SORT"
o'Rourke sat up. Have to tell
her? What dye mean?"
Il mean. sor, I'm dyin' wild the wish
to know how utis all turned out.
Phase. yer honor. won't ye be tellin'
me? Is ut-is ut all right?"
Bless your heart, Danny" laughed
O'Rourke. IT'S 20 dazed I've been
that I never thought to tell ye-think-
ing all the time that ys knew. It's
all right. indeed. mo boy. The Pool of
Flames in Mr.. eypher's keeping and
the moneys in mine-in the bank,
Danny. payable to me order. Think Of
it-one hundred thousand pounds OF
real money. and all me own. It's
ridiculous. It's absurd. It's meself
hardly credits the truth Of 1t all: yet
I was there-saw the man, gave him
the jewel. went to the bank with him
and for the space Of I'VE minutes sat
at table. with all that money before
me. counting It over. bill by bill, a
square hundred Of them. each for a
thousand pounds. guaranteed by the
Bank Of England! Think OF
that-all that belonging to me-to me.
O'Rourke! :"
Thank God!" breathed Danny de-
votedly. But did 70 Farm nothin'
about the stonsf
Little enough, Danny-only a part
Of the meaning Of the whole divilish
business; the rest I'm to know to-
night. Mr.. syphsr II be tellin' me
after we've dined; he wants to hear
me own end Of the story. too"
Sypher had very explicitly named
his dinner hour, after the formal Eng
lish fashion. nowhere and by nobody
more rigidly observed than by the
Englishman In tAs Orient; Eight for
eight-thirty," he had said. And as
O'Rourke. . very dignifled and impos-
ing O'Rourke in his evening dress.
waited for . sampan on the lower
grating of the Poonah's passenger
gangplank he had q round three-quar-
tiers for an hour for leeway-ample leis-
ure for an interested inspection OF
that part Of Rangoon lying between
the floating jetty and Sypher's resi-
dencs In . suburb near Dalhousie
Park.
Danny remained aboard ship only
being instructed to follow
with O'Rourke's belongings to suitable
accommodations already engaged at
hotel on the Strand. overlooking the
roadstead; from whose windows
O'Rourke was promising himself the
pleasure of Watching the arrival Of
the steamship bearing his wife to his
arms.
Bless her dear facet" said he soft
~. IT'S msssN will be desolated II