The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-09-05
SYNOPSIS.

lance and something. of a gambler in his
hotel: Leaning on the balcony he sees a
beautiful girl who suddenly 6 enters the
gaming table O'Rourke notices two men
watching him: One is the Hon. BERTHE
bes dueat The IS es
him the French government has directed
him to ORourke as man who would
,nd,. axe secret mission At his apart
letter: The viscount arrives. hands
sealed package to O'Rourke, who is not
to open it until on the ocean. pair Of
dainty slippers are seen protruding from
under a doorway curtain. The Irishman
fin finds s. the e owner Of the mysterious feet to
,r,seoonciled; and opening the letter he finds
t1n tn Rangeon law firm offers him I'm,
Pool Of Flame and left to him by a dy-
ing friend but now in keeping Of one
bids O'Rourke farewell and he promises
to soon return with the reward. He dis
6osrG be bp ynn he tine s
there is an attack by bandits and his
friend dies telling, O'Rourke that he has
Left the Po 9d Of Fa 6f With VI the ds rn
given the colonel will deliver over the
jewel. Arriving at Algeria the Irishman
rd the pas
and tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession Of the jewel by stealing it. In
a duel o'Rourke masters . the yis count,
and starts by ship for Rangoon: He finds
the captain to be a smuggler who tries t., to
Ste steal ahf ewe ha + ay seeqred GS
land. With the aid of one Danny and
his sweetheart. O'Rourke RECEIVERS the
Pool of Flame On board ship once more.
bound for Rangoon, mysterious, lady
appears. O'Rourke comes upon a lascar
about to attack the lady. who is Mrs
Mrs. Prynne claims she is en- route for
ORourke is attacked by the lascar, who
Is shot and the lascar jumps into the sea
The ship arrives in port. Danny hands
oRou,k1e the Pool of Flame which he he
real jewel, the one lost at sea being a
counterfeit. O'Rourke goes to Calcutta
and discovers Des Trebes disguised. He
complete. Finally he gets to the lawyer
who has offered the reward, delivers the
jewel and gets. the money. Going to the
O'Rourke finds him murdered and Des
Trebes is found dying. An officer appears
and O'Rourke assists him in unravellng
the mystery. ORourke leaves with the
reward.
CHAPTER overwhelmingly
He confessed he was in the pay
like these chaps we're after noW-of
highly respectable Chinese merchant
and head of one of the tongs-one OF
the richest men in Rangoon, who, it
seems, was also after that ruby. |
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
ing up from the river, just as soon as
it was dark enough to conceal their |
actions. Chen they found third ele-
ment in the business-your friend Des |
Trebes, all unsuspicious of them, lurk-
ing on the veranda and watching Sy-
pher through the window. So they |
waited to see what he was up to. And |
pretty soon they found out. Sypher |
came downstairs, went to the safe and |
opened it; presume he had the stone |
in his hand, ready to put away. While
he 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 kilied-there were three OF
them-and the women :"
Neither man spoke for time. Then
Couch resumed
This coolie was an outsider
servant of the merchant's-noto one
and thought it would be fine young
scheme to return and do a littls loot
ing on his own I've telephon-
ed the head Office to arrest that
cursed merchant and contiscate his
house and goods and detain anybody
they could catch connected with him.
The nets we'll enough laid, and
think :"
The lights of ,ae city became Wis.
ible, strung along the right bank of
the river as the launch rounded
bend. Couch swung the little boat
out into midstream. "Half-speed,
Wheeler" he said, adding to O'Rourke:
i've got to pick out that junk. l pre-
sumo the right one will have all sail
set and be moving downstream with
the tide; it's just on the turn now
and fortunately there's no wind worth
wish I could
seq something of the other launch"
He Deered anxiously into the ohacur.