Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-01-05
CHAPTER XXI.

nah, O'Rourke threw himself into the
lower berth and lay there, a forearm
flung across his eyes, thinking e.
citedly, disturbed by formless fore
| holdings.
Beside him Danny was packing In
dustriously, with now and again
nause during which he would stand
reflective, his gaze fixed upon bis en-
ployer's face, little puzzled and per-
picked.
The Poopah was pausing overnight
to discharge and take aboard cargo;
for this reason ORourke in his haste
to get ashore had not delayed to take
his luggage with him. On
deck, fore and aft donkey engines
were putting and chugging and chain
tackles rafting as they lifted freight
10 and from the hold and the lighters
alongside.
Abruptly, without moving, o'Rourke
spoke. I'll want evening clothes,
Danny" said he Ills dining I am
tonight with Mr.. Straker and his
niece, Miss Pynscnt who came with US
from Diamond Harbor Twill save
bit of bother to dress before go
ashore"
AVN" said Danny, assimilating.
And the missus?" he SAID
suddenly, some minutes later. M an
in Madam ORourke. sor. Did ye get
20 word from herr
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 fourth which to keep
our tryst. Ills disconnected ] am not
to find her waiting for me, but I'm
satisfied entirely she'll keep faith
And" insisted Danny eagerly
begin yer honor's pardon-but what
will We have 10 tell her. sor?"
O'Rourke sat up. Have to tell
her? What dye mean?'
81 mean. sor. I'm dyin' wild the wish
10 know how It's all turned out.
Phase, yer honor. won't ye be tellin
me? Is ut--is ut all right
BLESS your heart. Danny" laughed
ORourke. IT'S SO dazed I've been
that never thought to tell ye-think-
ing all the time that We knew. lis
all right. indeed, me boy. The Pool OF
Flames in Mr.. Sypher'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. lis
ridiculous. It's absurd. tbs meself
hardly credits the truth Of it all; yet
| was there-saw the man. gave him
the jewel. went 10 tho bank. with him
and for the space Of five minutes sat
at a table. with all that money before
me- counting it over. dill by bill
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,
ORourke,
Thank God" brcathcd Danny de-
votcdly. But did We Earn nothin
about the stone
Little enough, Lanny--only 2 part
of The meaning Of the whole dirilish
business: the rest I'm to know TO-
night. Mr.. Syrher II he tcllin' me
after we've dncd: be wants to hear
me own end oil the story. TOO.
Svpher had very explicitly named
his dinner hour. after the formal Eng
iish fashion nowhere and by nobody
more rigidly observed than By the
Englishman in the Orient: eight for
eight.thirty" he had said And as
Q'Rourke. very digniied and impos.
ing O'Rourke in his evening dress.
waited for a sampan on the lower
grating oil tho Poonah'S passenger
sansplank he had round three-quar-
tiers for an hour for way-ample lels-
ure for an interested inspection OF
that part Of Rangoon lying between
the floating je;ty and Syphcr's resi-.
dence in a suburb near Dalhousle
Park.
Danny remained aboard ship only
temporarily. being instructed 10 folio"
with O'Rourke's belongings to suitable
accommodations already engaged at a
hotel on the Strand, overlooking the
roadstesd; 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 lace" said he soft
~. Ills meseli will be desolated il
she's not aboard that Mcssageries boat
due tomorroV-now that ! can go
back to her, d man of property. no
longer paupcr ncer-do.well,- Think
Of that. ye lucky dog"
A sampan slid noisclessly in beside
the grating O'Rourke let himself eau
tiously into it and incontinen;ly col
lapscd upon the rear scat as the boat
slid away toward the shore lights.
Welding 10 the vigorous sweeps OF the
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