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CHAPTER XIV.

Mrs. PryEne. reused out of her semi
stupor by O'Rourke's cry, with some
return of her habitual clearness of
thought, stepped to the companionway
and called for her maid.
O'Rourke passed a hand over his
eyes, and brought it away black with
blood, but was no more than half
aware of this. Dazed and h~eart-brok-
en-. he stared biankiy round the sham
bles that was the deck, then, recover
ing slightly. saw Cecile join her mis-
tress, and realized that, whatever his
personal grief. pain and despair, he
must play the part of the O'Rourke.
So he turned and staggered down into
the saloon.
Danny was in his berth, sleeping the
childlik; and loglike sleep that was
v e his. Dravos, below, his ears deaf
ened by the mighty chant of his en-
gines, had been no more conscious OF
the drama on deck than had Danny.
O'Rourke caught the boy with hands
that gripped his shoulders cruelty. and
shook him awake. then methodically
booted him up the steps t the deck.
Once here, Danny came to his prop.
er senses and fell with a will to the
tasks O'Rourke set for him. With Ce-
ellie he lifted the unconscious captain
and bore him down 20 his berth. then
left him to the ministrations of mis-
tress and maid and returned to throw
overheard the last corpse. that of the
lascar whom the serang had set to
STAY the ~adventurer from behind.
O'Rourke himself proceeded to tie
bridge. where he found the helmsman
still at the wheel. soberly keeping the
vessel OF her course. The circum.
stance at the time surprised him; but
1t afterwards was developed by dint
of crossexamination OF the remainder
of the e that the serang had spe-
cially exempted Quick and Dravos
from the general massacre. they being
held necessary to the navigation of
the ship. He had likewise put strict
lntuctions on the hslmsnsan not to de.
ssft 0s whcel, whatever the tide al
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limp. he advanced without a pause un-
til about six feet from the Irishman;
at which distance O'Rourke. collect
ing his wits. found voice enough to bid
the fellow. sStop!"
The seranE halted. impassiye. un-
moved.
"The sahib has called" he said in
an even voice. * am come. What 10
the sshib's will with mey
His words. together with his half
indolent. half-defiant. wholly contemp-
tuous bearing. supplied the enc thing
needful to restore to the ~adventurer
his self-control. O'Rourke drew him
self up, master OF self once more. and
looked tie lascar In the eye.
"You stand" he said slowly. choos
Ing his words. ION the edge OF the
grave. Do you comprehend that,
dog2-
AYE. sahib!"
II have called ye. Their. 20 demand
back that which Is nairS. the leather
bag which We stole whAn ye slow your
brother, pretending falsely It was no
who had slain the captain. counsel
". speak truth and render hack 70
me- that which We have stolen-
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The serang stiffenet, his eyes glist'
ening in the moonlight. "Sahib!" he
cried as II In supplication.
mo words, dog!" cried O'Rourke
sternly. DO as | bid ye, or abide the
result Of disobedience!"
THE sahib," said the serang slow.
ly. is full of yes and wisdom. He
sees what no man would believe he
could see. ! am content" He bowed
his head with curious submisslveness.
stretching forth his palms as IL In
token o. surrender.
O'Rourke caught at his breath. He
had scarcely hoped for this; he had
merely called the serang aft as the
leader of the lascars, hoping to fright.
en- him into revealing whichever OF
his comrades had stolen the great
ruby-if he knew.
"Ye have, then. the leather bag?" he
demanded, exultation in his voice.
AYE. sahib; or, II not that, | have
that which was therein"
THE stone?"
AYE, sahib.'
Then give ii me-"
II an the sahib's slave The Sc.
rang flashed a strange smile at the
revolver In O'Rourke's hand. His at
titude puzzled O'Rourke; he would
hardly have believed this of the man;
rather he could have conceived of him
as denying the theft to the last and
fighting like an unclaimed fiend to re-
tain his booty. His present pose was
out Of character. or the Irishman mis-
judged him.
Out of character or no, 1t was com
Portable. The serang, with head bent,
was fumbling in the folds OF his sash:
O'Rourke thought him owe long about
Il, yet was inclined to give him time
IL view of his abject surrender.
At length, still smiling oddly, the
man lifted his eyes and stretched
forth a hand tight closed. THE sa-
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patrfe, whether ror or against DIE
brethren. The stabbing OF Quick
seemee to have BEEN accidental. or
necessary under circumata1 C unfore
seen.
AS a matter of fact, the remainder
of the lascars were thoroughly cowed
and proved unbelievably docile for the
balance of the trip.
Thus it was that the voyage OF the
Rance from Alden to Bombay was
pushed through without further fatal
ity. To the Irishman, however, must
so more than aalf the credit; for for.
ty-eight hours he never left the bridge
nor once closed his eyes In siunber. .
It was not indeed until the Rance,
on the stroke of the hour. the evening
of the fifteenth day OK Jrne, walked
smartly into Bombay harbor, the IN
%ternational code signal M" flutter'
ing from her peak, rounded Coiabra
and dropped anchor off the point; not
until Danny and Dravos. free at length
from their toll in the broiling engine
room, came on deck to relieve him.
that O'Rourke collapsed-stumbled
down the bridge ladder and lurched
drunkenly down the saloon compan-
ionway. His head humming with
sleep, his brain bemused with fatigue
and pain, his eyes heavy, he brushed
by Mrs. Prynne without seeing her or
ever hearing her low cry Of pity and
solicitude; and so entering the first
stateroom that he came to, threw him
self. already asleep, into the berth.
AS he did so a loaded revolver
dropped from his numb fingers.
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the woman stood above the captain.
His arm was paining him somewhat.
with the Irritating. singing ache that
such wounds produce, and he thrust
n revolver into hts pocket, clasping
a hand above the hurt.
In a fash realization OF his loss
came to him; he clutched the rail with
a cry. The Pool of Flame, his sacred
trust, was gone! His eyes searched
the deck wildly. but found no trace Of
the round leather bag with its prect-
Gus burden, Despair gripped his heart
IN a clutch of ice, and for a space the
ship reeled about him.
He found himself gazing blankly in
to the woman's solicitous eyes. What
is ii? What Is it?" he heard her voice
repeating breathlessly. He knew that
his own lips moved for some seconds
without sound as he stroye to answer
her. The words, wien they came,
should have been quite unintelligible
to her; he realized this almost as soon
as he had uttered them: The Pool
OF Flannel"
Then he stumbled forward, crying
aloud for the serang. Halfway to the
ladder he halted; that individuals
head and shoulders were lifting above
the level of the deck. O'Rourke COW
cred him and called him aft as he
again retreated to the scene of the
tragedy.
Had he been in a condition to think
coherently. he might have acted more
prudently. But maddened, he a
able TO grasp but one fact; that the
Pool of Flame was gone and must be
recovered at whatever hazard.
The !ascar came with what might
have seemed suspicious alacrity. con
sidering the fact that he was coerced,
that O'Rourke held him at the pistols
point. Gaunt and sonibre in the
moonlight, moving noiselessly in his
bare feet. head up and arms swinging
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fAPTER xxiv.-(continued.)
} came directly to the adventurer,
put 30 much as a glance for the
! OF lascars or the grim evidences
upon the deck. O'Rourke
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lacks Originality.

"Bilkins tells me that he has lately
subscribed for a new thought maya
zine"
Il hope it's perusal will inspire him
with some thoughts. Nobody
talks about the weather more than
Bilkins does"
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Just Dying to Do 4.

Servant--No. the vicar IL NOT In lust
now. Is there any message.
Old Woman (eheerfully)-wsil. tell
him that Martha Higgins would like
10 be buried ut two O'Clock ,nsr,crfov
s1tsrnoon.-L0ndon 0pinioS.
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~ Wto bGGtu Will dliUtl.
rteyer he decided to -elieve OF the
6ng. whether his judgment said CT
man. Guilty" or Not Guilty" he
ed risk nothing with the womsn
Ssent. He could not tell what he'll
murder and mutiny he might not let
sss upon the Rance, did he make
10 m-adyised or hasty move. Alone.
. could have faced the situation with
umanimity; with the m by his
iae. he felt as though h~andcufed.
-Y0u are hurt. Colonel O'Itourke?"
"A mere scratch. madam-an inch
akin shaved OF me arm. Be good
nough to return to the saloon. waken
sEEny and send him to me-"
Rbe ignored the curtness of his tone,
faEa ms she ignored his wish. What
baz ~happened?" she demanded, rang
ing herself by his ssfs. who is that
--AAsve on the deck?" Her voice riR-
Jaas n note. foreboded hysteria.
-Quick-stabbed. ! didn't want ye
Fa8 see. A lascar ran amok, cut down
Ahs captain. was killed himself--kind.
sssass" the i~rrepressible humorist
arske out" Of our little brown brother.
RiaR sorang."
HIS eyes never left the latter; not
m instant did he take his attention
xrmn the cluster OF dark figures: he
NRs more than every ready to defend
hinzseh should they make any overt
zuese. deeming his attention distract.
a.
What will you do?'
-fiaw can l sayf DO We, for the
asas NJ God, get below and leave me
90 Zeal with these fiends in me own
xKmh5nn."
Which" she returned equally. "is
szzEisesy what | shall not do.
N that's the case" he said brus-
9sesy. have the kindness o hand me
Chm revolver by the captains side, and
~ might see II the poor fellow still
aaiesx-
ass heard a quick rustic OF skirts
end she woman's hand closed over his.
Erassing into his palm the veapon he
haR desired. AS promptly. without
Susaher words. she turned to Quick.
HHs adventurer deliberated briefly.
mfh1a she bent over the captain, max.
Sac = hurried examination. He 10
hadiy wounded" o'Rourke heard her
M. as he arrived at his decision. but
ma dead"
Praise God for that! 1
snzsa ask We. madam. to back me up.
NJ - necessary to clear the decks. Are
~ ready He saw. out of the tai:
az Ais we, that she had sprung 70 Ter
xsxl Nov. We ours" he Numbered.
.wszA i menacing pistol In either hand.
xsa forward. the lot Of we. Move. ye
ik~Anxkguardst"
zhey went expeditiously. crowding
hesxean the deck-house and the rail.
zhnsdling together a. II for mutual pro-
skaeAzon. The ssrang was the last to
mppsI and wert reluctantly. or seemed
-
Yet that was no time to Judge him
~ 4 minor fault. O'Rourke herded
~ pack before him. watched them
9xrnmblo down the ladder 10 tho fore
@gecf then backAd ~ the spot where
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A WnNnEREuI nIScnYERY.

Is ransacked blythe s~cientit cforthe comfortan and hap
pinessof man. Science has indeed made giant strides
in the past century, and among the-by no means
least ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In medicine is that of
Therapion, which has been used with greatsuccess in
French Hospitals and that IL is worthy the attention
of those who suffer from kidney, bladder, nervous
piles, sc, there is no doubt. In fact itseems evident
from the big stir created amongst specialists. that
THERAPiON Is destined to cast into oblivion all
those questionable remedies that were formerly the
sole reliance of medical men. 1t is of course impos-
sible to tell sufferers all We should like to tell them
In this short article, but those who would like To
many-we might almost say, miraculous cures,
should send addressed envelope for FREE book 70
DIR. lie Clerc Med. Co, Haverstock Road, Hampstead,
London. Eng. and decide whether the
New French Remedy s'THERAPiON" No. l, Nos
or No. 3 Is what they require and have been seeking
In vain during a life of misery, suffering, i'll health
and unhappiness. Therapion Is sold by druggists or
mall SlI00. Fougera Co, 80 Beekman st., New York.
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SYNOPSIS.

opens at Monte Carlo with
D O'Rourke, a military free
omething OF a gambler, In his
hing on the balcony he sees a
ri who suddenly enters the
passes from sight. At the
se O'Rourke notices two men
Inn. One II the Hon. Berthe
be his companion Is Viscount
a duelist. The viscount tells
eench government has directed
Rourke as a man who would
a secret mission. At his apart
burke, who had agreed TO I'M
10 mission. finds a mysterious
ae vtscount arrives, hands a
kage to O'Rourke, who IL not
until on the ocean. A pair OF
)pers ire seen protruding from
NORWAY curtain. The Irishman
owner OF tile mysterious feet 10
re, Beatrix. from whom he had
a year previous. They are
], and opening the letter he finds
Rangoon law firm Offers him
lnds for a jewel known as the
Tame and left to him by a dy-
4. but now I'm keeping OF m
hambret In Algeria. O'Rourke
o nobleman In a duel. The wife
burke farewell and he promises
eturn with the reward. He dis
9TH Glynn and the viscount on
Q ship AS he finds ChRrlbret
an attack by bandits and his
a telling O'Rourke that he has
'ool of Flame with the governor
who at sight OF a signet ring
colonel will deliver over the
at Algeria the Irishman
governor general away. Des
axes n mysterious appointment,
O'Rourke that he has gained
of the jewel by stealing IL. In
,'Rourke masters the viscount.
ossesslon OF the Pool OF Flame
J by ship for Rangoon. He finds
In 20 be a smuggler who tries TO
jewel. IL Is finally secured by
ain and O'Rourke escapes 10
It'll the aid OF one Danny and
heart. O'Rourke RECEIVERS the
lame. On board ship once more.
8 Rangoon, a mysterious lady
O'Rourke comes upon a lascar
attack the lady. who Is a Mrs.
ind kicks the man into the hold.
nne claims she Is en- route for
on a mission for the king.
is attacked by the lascar.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-06
DISCOVERY OF THORPE. Glen Warner Impressed When Indian Vaults Bar at 5 Feet Inches.

Indian athletes of exceptional ability
 have been numerous in the past de-
 ca1e but there is one today who is the
 athletic marvel of the age. James
 Thorpe, a Sac and Fox Indian, is that individual. Thorpe is distinctively a
 Carlisle product. His start in athletics was ordinary, but his advance has
 been meteoric. And he is not yet
 through. There isn't a thing in an
 athletic way that Thorpe cannot do,
 and do it as well as the best, and in cidentalIy he is one of the most learned
 Indians at Carlisle. Thorpe is at home
 in any event On the track and field, is
 the pitcher of the bali nine, left half
 back on the football team, center on
 the basketball team and a member of any other team that should happen
 along it Carlisle. And he captains every team he plays on. He is also an expert shot and likes to hunt.
 One day in the early spring of 1908 there was the usual vact bunch of In dians doing stunts on the Indians ath- letic field. A few feet away from the high jumping standards was a little Indian, very much intereste. He was dressed in Overalls and a blue blouse, just as he had cCme out of the shop in which he was learning a trade. When the high jun Ders were ..:cougn they went away without taking down the crossbar. The little Indian walked up to the bar. and then under it, for it was higher than his head. Then he walked back a few paces and surveyed the bar. Taking a short run he Ian guidly approached the standards and easily cleared the crosspiece. The height was feet s inches. There was someone else watching the Indian in the working clothes. The watcher was 1 Glen Warner Warner had been watching the high jumpers from a dis tance and noticed the movements of 1 the lad without a costume as the Oth- CTS moved away, and he never let his gaze wander.
 Thorpe had no more than landed on Mother Earth than Warner was saying to him in his droIl way: Here, you, Indian: go over there to the gymnasi- um and get a track suit on and come right back here" And from that day
 to this Thorpe has continued to grow and improve. He was feet inches in height at that time and weighed 127 pounds. He now weighs 1S0 pounds and is feet II 3-4 inches in height. And since then he has cleared feet { inches in height
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At Allen farm, Pittsfield, where Ba- den, 2.05 1-4, the champion money
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Concerning the merits and demerits of the Minnesota" shift, it seems to me that the coach who adopts this style has taken away from the quarter back all judgment in the matter of picking his holes, because when the team arrives in It's legal formation, and the ball is snapped, it is impossible to tell where the opponents are going to be at that moment. In this respect such a form of attack is unscientific because although it may find an open ing on one rush, on the very next rush the play may be called at the point where the opponents defence is strongest. Another inherent weakness in this style of attack is in the posi- tion of the linemen when the ball is snapped It is impossible, for a line man to assume his proper stand with any consistency when he is called up- on to jump from nine to ten feet and land in the proper position. This point was conclusively proved Saturday when Harvards repeatedly drove back Princeton's offensive line.
 Harvard's attack was founded up- on quite different principle, in that there was never any attempt to de- ceive the opponents as to the nature of the formation. Furthermore. the plays were run after due deliberation on the quarterbacks part, and were always at supposedly weak spot in the opposing lthe.
 In a great majority of cases the Harvard line admirably advanced, but during the first half of the game Princeton's defense was too stubborn to make any consistent ground against and Harvard wisely chose kicking game.
 Had Harvard elected to rush the ball in the earlier part of the game I be- lieve she could have carried 1t with marked success. I do not mean to criticise Gardner for not doing so. In fact I wish to congratulate him upon his unerring judgment throughout the game, but I do believe Harvard's at tack was much stronger than was realized up to the time when she se- cured the touchdown in the fourth period. It was then, for the first time that the real strength of Harvard's offence was shown.-Percy Haughton in Boston Herald.
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JOHNNY KILRANE
 HAS EARNED TITLE
PIucky Featherweight Winner in Ev-
 cry Bout With One Exception.

Johnny Kilbane the boss feather weight pugilist of the world, is a much abused person to his way of thinking and also in the opinion of a host of his admirers. Johnny has been banned time and again for his alleged indifference in his bouts since ne ac- quired the 122-pound crown by de- feating Abe Attell in Vernon, Cal, Feb ruary 22 last.
 When one looks over the record of Kilbane from the time he started his upward climb by his defeat of Patsy Kline in Vernon, July 15, 1911. one is forced to the conclusion that the Sixth city lad has done everything that the public has asked of him, and it looks as if some of his detractors have been very unjust in their scathing crit icism.
 Kilbane has met and defeated F boys, starting with July 15, a year ago, up to the present time, one of the pair. Eddie O'Keefe, twice. In his other fight with Jimmy Walsh, in Bos- ton, the referee gave a draw decision, although a number of fair critics at the ringside said that Kilbane won handily.
 Just look over the list of boys Kill bane has met during the last fifteen months: Patsy Kline, Joe Rivers, Frankie Conley, Charlie White, Abe Attell, Frankie Burns, Jimmy Walsh, Tommy O'Toole Tommy Dixon, Johnny Dundee, Jack Moore, Johnny Albanese and Eddie O'Keefe Just two of this number were soft marks, Moore, the negro of Pittsburgh, and Tommy Du- gan of California. The others repre- sent the class of the featherweight world.
 Kilbane did not bar anyone. He knocked out the toughest of the bunch. the Mexican, Rivers, and also knocked out Dugan. He had Conley, Kline and Attell in a bad way. And he has de- cisively defeated most of the others Johnny thinks he has done everything that could be expected of him. He says that his detractors have overlooked the fact that the picking for. him has not been so soft as has been the case with Wolgast, Mcfarland and other topnotch fighters. Practically all of the boys he has met have been tough propositions,
 In finish fights Johnny feels certain that he could knock ouot any or all of his opponents. There is little of the brute in Kilbans, but when pressed, as was the case in his last fight with Rivers, he showed a knockout punch. In his other bouts he has been content to win on points, sometimes by large
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were the pitchers to hand the Red Sox a drubbing without a tally, while one was counted off the champions hurler. Next to Joe Wood, the one and only reliable Ed Walsh of the White Sox had the most success in this line of business He set the Red Sox and Athletics down without a tally, while Callahans lads scored the huge total of one run for him. Walter Johnson, the speedball hurler of Washington, succeeded in winning only one game of this kind, that from the Yankees.
 Nap Fucker of the Superbas and George Suggs of the Reds were next to Hendryx in the National. Each of these was bracketed on two occasions. Both of the Brooklyn southpaW's wins came over the Pirates, while Suggs put one of his games over the Pirates and the other over the Superbas. The rest were evenly divided by six hurlers, each winning one contest
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SINGLE RUN GAMES SCARCE.
Only 13 Are Registered in Major
 Leagues for 1912.

Joe Wood and Hugh Bedient of the Whitney's powers of self expression Red SoX and Claud Hendryx Of the Pirates were the most successful pitchers in the major leagues in hurl- ing 1 to games during the campaign just closed. Each one of these star righthanders put the opposition down without a tally, while his team was able to cross the payoff station only once. Thirteen may be an unlucky number, but just the same this is the number of contests that were decided in both the National and American leagues by the small margin of 2f0 feet The Giants, champions of the Tom Lynch organization, won the 18th l to contest, and maybe this had something to do with the team losing the championship. You never can tell, This may be true, and then again it may not be.
 The Red Sox and Nationals worked in the greatest 1 to 0 games in the American league. Each team officiated in five. The new worlds champions won three and lost two, Joe Wood gaining the victories, while the Ma tionals landed on the right side of the score twice and were nosed out three times. Ed Walsh and Vean Gregg
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Totals .. .... ........ 1S3 33,65O
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winning trotter of 1912. was bred, four sisters of the great son of Bingara have been foaled but only one, a four year old. is living. If the other three were living the quartette would bring a lot of money if offered for sale this fall.
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HOUCHTON ON MINNESOTA SHIFT
Harvard Head Coach Considers Play Uncertain and Un- scent6c-Linesmen Cannot Assume Proper Positions Formation Avoided by Harvard Team.

margins, as was the case with Kline, Conley, Attell and Burns, and on other occasions by narrow margins.
 Kilbane's record and money he has earned is shown in the following table: Dates. Opponent. Result RdS. Purse.
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Football Games.

The convent school team challenges any local football team under 14 years Answer this challenge through The Bulletin.
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HARNESS HORSE NOTES.

Belvasia, 2.06 1-4, by Bingara, has been booked to The Harvester. POI.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-06

Trainer Bob Bever who has been at Worcester for some years, has located at Buffalo, where he has bought a home.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-06

The winnings of the Geers stable this season amounted to S41,400.
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Pickles, 2.O3 1-4, is now owned by J. H. Bronson of New Haven, Conn.