The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-04-17
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
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cigarette, inhaled deeply and returned
the cigar with a formal phrase Of
thanks. He fingered for moment,
putting and gazing of over the black.
starlit expanse Of the Bay of Bengal.
observed quietly: II am not mistaken.
I believe, In understanding l have the
honor to address Monsieur lie Colonel
O'Rourke, Chevalier of the Legion OF
Honour"
"You are not mistaken, monsieur"
returned O'Rourke pleasantly. then
with the directness which he some
times found useful, watching the man
closely as he spoke: And I believe
It il my pleasure to recognize Mon
sier Le Vicomte des Trebes?"
"Des Trebes. monsieur" The
Frenchman's look Of wonder was be-
yond criticism and there was no least
trace Of discontinue to be detected
in his manner. But no. You are
under q mistake. l am merely q
French gentleman without a title;
Raoul de Hyeres is my name"
"Ahi" said the wanderer. "'Twas
the resemblance misled me. Pardon.
monsieur"
Granted. my dear sir. =. Des
Trebes7 The name has a familiar
sound. Do I not remember reading
somewhere that the Vicomte des
Trebes died last spring? In Tunis.
was IT. Suddenly. believe"
rs It sof" said O'Aourke drily. Pos
sibly. The vicomte lived in the man
ner Of those who meet with sudden
deaths"
The subject languished, and after .
few moro noncommittal observances
De Hyeres wandered on. presumably
IN. search Of the English girl, to whom
he had been paying assiduous atten.
ton.
On closer scrutiny. she had proved
to be . remarkably pretty girl; al
though, in point Of fact, O'Rourke. fol-
all that he admired her looks I'm
imensely, had purposely avoided her
This he did from motives Of prudence:
he mistrusted the combination formed
by Do Hyeres and the girl. The latter
might be all that she looked and claim.
ed to be: sweet, wholesome and rath.
er ingenious young Englishwoman, an
orphan. resident In Rangoon In the
household of an uncle. to whom she
was returning after . visit with
friends in Simla. On the passenger
list her name stood as Emilia Pyn-
sent. But the sdventurer felt 1t tho
course Of wisdom to deny himself the
pleasure Of her acquaintance. SO long
as she permitted the attentions Of the
Frenchman.
Altogether, considering the hot
weather and such selfimposed re-
strtctions. O'Rourke considered the
voyage hardly a success from a social
point Of view. He kept pretty much
to himself and to Danny, and to mako
assurance doubly sure he instituted a
new regime with regard to the Pool
Of Flame: that Jewel never left his
stateroom. When O'Rourke was on
deck or at meals. Danny sat behind
bolts. alert and under arms. and vice
versa. By night they stood regular
watches together. the one on guard
while the other slept. Clearly the ad.
venturer was determined that no lack
OF safeguards on his part should again
deprive him of the ruby.
But It's no easy matter to avoid
meeting any particular person on =
ship with q small saloon list. unless
one IS willing to be purposely rude
and discourteous. For all his war;
ness the Irishman was to carry with
him a personal impression OF Miss
Pynsent.
On the last day Of the passage. to-
ward evening, the Poonah raised the
coast Of Burmah; by dark she was
steaming steadily southwards along
the littoral, heading for the delta of
the Irrawaddy.
A still. bright night with little wind:
O'Rourke was not one to resist its al
lure. Four bells saw him Longing at
the rail below the bridge. staring hun.
grily over toward the land. 1t was in
his mind that another twelve hours
or 30 would see him relieved of his
trust; and as the time drew nigh i'm.
patience burned hotly within him; he
had become full weary of the Pool OF
Flame and was anxious to be free of
the thing, to have its chapter in his
history closed forever.
Far over the water a white and
flashing light lifted up and caught his
sye, a nameless beacon bright against
the darkness at the base Of the Ara
kan hills, guardian of the perils OF