Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-09
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SYNOPSIS.

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The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col Terence ORourke, military free
lance and something of gambler, IN MS
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: BERTHE
Giynn, while his companion Is Vlscount
Des Trebes, a duelist The viscount tells
him the French government has directed 1
him to ORourke as man who would
undertake a secret mission. AT his apart
ment. O'Rourke, who had agreed to UNI
Adertake the mission. finds mysterious
letter. The viscount arrives, hands
sealed package. to O'Rourke, who is not
to open it until on the ocean. A pair of
dainty slippers are seen protrudlng from
under doorway curtain. The lrlshman
finds the owner of the. mysterious feet to
be his wife, Beatrix from whom he had
away a year previous. They are
Teconciled, and opening the letter ne mos mos
that a Rangoon law firm offers him
100000 pounds for a jewel known as the
Pool of Flame and left to him by dy-
named Chambret in Algeria; O,Rourke
w0rsts the nohleman in duel. The wire
bids O'Rourke farewell and he promises
10 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 By bandits and ms
left the Pool of Flame with the governor
general. who at sight of a signet ring
given the colonel will deliver over the
SeWel. Arriving at Algeria the lrlshman
ends the governor general away. Des
Trebes makes a mysterious appointment,
and tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession of the jewel by stealing 1T. In
a duel O'Rourke masters the vlscount,
secures possession of the Pool Of Flame
and starts by ship for Rangoon; He s, nnd as
the captain to be q smuggler who tries to
steal the jewel It is finally secured py
the captain and O'Rourke escapes, TO
land With the aid of one Danny and
art RECEIVERS
Pool of Flame On board ship once more,
bound for Rangoon. mysterious lady
appears O'Rourke comes upon lascar
about TO attack the lady. who is a Mrs.
Plynne, and kicks the man into the hold
Mrs Prynne claims she IS en- route for
Indiana on a mission for the KING.
O'Rourke is attacked by the lascar, who
secures the Pool of Flame, the captain
Is shot and the lascar jumps into the sea.
ORourlSe the Pool of Flame which ne
has stolen from Mrs. Prynne. 1t IS the
real jewel, the one lost at sea petng
counterfeit. O'Rour6e goes to CalcuIIa
and discovers Des Trebes disguised. lie
now knows that Mrs. Prynne was an ac-
compliee, Finally ne gets to the lawyer
who has offered the reward, delivers the
Jewel and gets the money. Going TO the
residence of the lawyer on invitation,
0'Rourke finds him murderea ana Les
and O'RourI1e assists him in unraVelnS
the mystery. O'Rourke leaves with the
seward.
CHAPTER xxxiV.--(c ontinued)
HE confessed he was in the pay
like these chaps we're after now-of
a highly respectable Chinese merchant
cad head of one of the tongs-one OF
the richest men in Rangoon, who, 1t
seems, was also after that ruby. l
can't imagine what he wanted OF 1t,
but that'll come out, probably; the
mans rich enough to buy dozens OF
stones as fine However
gather he'd laid his plan far ahead.
The coolies intimated you'd been
watched all the way from Bombay At
all events, the brutes were ready
when you arrived Sypher was
doomed man from the moment you
handed over the Pool of Flame. They
surrounded his house this night, com
Ding up from the river, just as soon as
1t was dark enough to conceal their
actions. Then they found third ele-
sEgsent In the business-your friend Des
'Yrebes, all unsuspicious of them, Turk
Ang on the ve:anda and watching Sy-
.pher through the window. So they
waited to see what he was up to. And
spretty DON they found out Sypher
came downstairs, went to the safe and
opened it; | presume he had the stone
lin his hand, ready to put away. While
tie was standing there the Frenchman
slipped up behind and stabbed
him, annexing the stone and leav-
ING the way he got in. The in
slant he stepped off the veranda the
Chinese got him; but he managed to
scream before they could silence him
and drew the attention OF the house
hold, Miss Pynsent, your wife and the
servants. So to cover things UP they
had to gather them all in. The serv-
ants were killed-there were three OF
them--and the women
Neither man spoke for time Then
Couch resumed
This coolie was an outsider-a
servant of the merchant s-not one
OF the junk gang; so he stayed ashore,
and thought it would be fine young
scheme to return and do little loot
tng on his own I've telephon-
ed the head office to arrest that
cursed merchant and confiscate his
ElouSe and goods ana deIaln anybody
they could catch connected with him,
The nets well enough laid. and
taiRk
The lights of the city became Wis
THE, strung along the right bank of
eae river as the launch rounded a
asead Couch swung the little boat
cat into midstream "Half-speed, |
Wheeler" he said. adding to OsRourke:
-Cve got to pick out that junk pre-
s2Es4.e the right one wiz have all sail
SGT and be moving downstream with |
che tide: it's just on the turn now
aad fortunately there's no wind worth
ute8tioning. . / wish could
see something of the other launch,
He Qeered anxiously into the ohscur