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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-06-28
Copyright 1909, BY Louis Joseph Vance
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Monte Carlo with
Col Terence O'Rourke, a military free
lance and something OF a gambler. in his
hotel Leaning on the balcony he sees.
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
flynn, while his companion is Viscount
pes Trebes, a dnellst The viscount tells
him the French government has directed
MN 10 O'Rourke as man who would
undertake. secret mission. At his apart
ment, O'Rourke, who had agreed to I'M
1ertake the mission, finds a mysterious
sealed package to O'Rourke, who is not
20 open II until on the ocean. A pair of
oalnty slippers are seen protruding from
11h9er q doorway curtain. The Irishman
nnds the owner OF the mysterious feet to
pe MS wife. Beatrix. from whom he had
run away year previous. They are
that Rangoon law firm offers him
1yOVOO pounds for a jewel known as the
Pool of Flame and left to him by a dy-
named Chambret In Algeria O'Rourke
Worsts the nobleman In a duel. The wife
bids O'Rourke farewell and he promises
70 soon return with the reward. He dis
covers both Glynn and the viscount on
board the ship. AS he finds Chambret
mere ts an attack by bandits and his
left the Pool of Flame with the governor
general who at sight of a signet ring
given the colonel will deliver over the
nAAANiHB ut 4At6GEld lHe
nnds the governor general away Des
Trebes makes mysterious appointment,
and tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession OF the Jewel by stealing 1t. In
Q duel O'Rourke masters the viscount,
secures possession of the Pool of Flame
and starts by ship for Rangoon. He inds
the captain to be q smuggler who tries to
steal the jewel. 1t Is finally secured by
the captain and o'Rourle escapes to
land. With the aid of one Danny and
his sweetheart. O'Rourke RECEIVERS the
Pool Of Flame. On board ship once more.
pound for Rangoon, a mysterious lazy
appears. O'Rourke comes upon lascar
9bout to attack the lady, who is Mrs.
Prynne, and kicks the man into the hold.
Mrs. Prynne claims she is en- route for
Indiana on mission for the king.
O'Rourke is attacked by the lascar, who
secures the Pool of Flame, the captain
ls shot and the lascar jumps Into the sea.
The ship arrives In port. Danny hands
ORourke the Pool OF Flame which he
has stolen from Mrs. Prynne. It Is the
real Jewel, the one lost at sea being q
counterfeit ORourke goes to Calcutta
and discovers Des Trebes disguised. He
now knows that Mrs. Prynne was an &C
complete.
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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:
ORourke was not one to resist its al
lure. -Four bells saw him lounging at
the rail below the bridge, staring hun
grily over toward the land. It was in
his mind that another twelve hours
or so would see him relieved of his
trust; and as the time drew nigh i'm
patience burned holly within him; he
had become full weary of the Pool Of
Flame and was anxious to be free of
the thing, to have it's chapter in his
history closed forever.
Far over the water a white and
flashing light lifted up and caught his
eye, a nameless beacon bright against
the darkness at the base of the Ara
kan hills, guardian of the perils of
those shallow seas. And simultane-
ously he became conscious Of a pres
ence at his elbow; as he turned sharp
| ~ llG Gububn blIi duuISbbSu hluu III
voice sweet-toned and quiet.
What is that light. If you please,
Colonel O'Rourke?"
Faith, that can't say. Miss Pyn-
sent"
Her eyes flashed laugh upon him
in the gloom. Then you know my
manner"
Even as yourself knew mine.
'Twould be strange otherwise, with
our ships company so small"
But l." she returned. animated, IAN
such an Insignificant person-while
you are the Colonel O'Rourke."
"Ye do me an honor I'm not deserv-
ing, Miss Pynsent, but tbs proud
am entirely that humble soldier of
fortune should be known to We be
reputation"
"Oh, I've grown quite weary of your
fame, Colonel O'Rourke," she coun-
tered with a trace of laughing impu-
dence. Hardly anything has inter
ested Monsieur De Hyeres, these past
few days. save anecdotes of your ex-
ploits."
"'Tis kind of him, to be sure. ]
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lonely to it's dim and far horizon. then
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
Honour7"
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 believe
it is my pleasure to recognize Mon
sier lie vicomte des Trebes7"
"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 a mistake. l am merely a
French gentleman without a title;
Raoul de Hyeres is my name"
"Ahl" said the wanderer Twas
the resemblance misled me. Pardon,
monsieur"
Granted, my dear sir. :. Des
Trebes? The name has a familiar
sound. Do not remember reading
somewhere that the vicomte des
Trebes died last spring? In Tunis,
was it? 9. Suddenly, believe"
us 1t so2" said O'Rourke drily. "Pos
sibly. The vicomte lived in the man
ner Of those who meet with sudden
deaths"
The subject languished, and after a
few more noncommittal observances
De Hyeres wandered off, presumably
in search Of the English girl, to whom
he had been paying assiduous atten.
ton.
On closer scrutiny, she had proved
to be a remarkably pretty girl; al
though. in point of fact, O'Rourke, for
all that he admired her looks Inn
mensely, had purposely avoided her
This he did from motives Of prudence;
he mistrusted the combination formed
by De Hyeres and the girl The latter
might be all that she looked and claim
ed to be: a sweet, wholesome and rath
er ingenious young Englishwoman, ar
orphan, resident in Rangoon in the
household of an uncle, to whom she
was returning after a visit with
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Of Flame TO the Buddha from which II
was originally stolen. But he. too,
was afraid. He's superstitious about
the stone-believes It bad luck to
touch 1t so long as It remains away
from its Buddha. SO he came to US.
/ myself am not superstitlous.
but
He ceased to speak abruptly. for the
Pool of Flame lay naked. binding
marvel, in the hollow OF bis palm.
O'Rourke heard him gasp and was
conscious of his FASTENED respiration.
Watching the man intently, he saw
a strange shade of pallor color his
face.
"'Tis meself," said the adventurer,
that's no more superstitious than ye.
sir. Yet I'm willing to confess I'm
glad the things out Of me hands at
last"
Sypher seemed to recollect himself
as one coming out of a state Of stu
por. He stood up and buttoned the
ruby carefully into a pocket of his
trousers. Come" he said crisply.
Let us step across the street to the
bank. The moneys there for you, sir
the reward"
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Tho ejaculation sprang TO O'Rourke's
lips before he could restrain It,
Yes. Do you know him? He's the
junior, you know, Of the firm Of Sec
retain and Sypher."
Solicitors. are they not7 &.
No; It's me misfortune not to know
your uncle. But the name of his firm
I've heard"
The genial nature Of the Irishman,
which had insensibly warmed to the
girls charm, withdrew abruptly, tor
toise-like, into a shell of reserve. The
element of coincidence had again en-
tered into his affairs, and he had
learned bitter lesson from experience
Ito distrust coincidence on general
principles. There's naught so com
mon in life as condolences" he phil
osophlsed, "and be the same token
naught so dangerous"
For which reason he invented an
early excuse to terminate the CONVEX
sation, and ungallantly withdrew to the
seclusion of his stateroom, where he
passed a night that seemed intermina-
BILE; for he lay long in a wakeful pan
ic of imagination, scheming out hun
dred stratgems whereby he might con-
fuse as many possible attempts to pre-
vent the due and safe delivery of the
Pool Of Flame into the hands of Mr..
Lansdowne Sypher.
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must cultivate his acquaintance and
learn from him to know meself.
see."
If she detected the irony she over
looked or failed to understand 1t.
He's. very entertaining" she com
mented, pleasantly. But then most
Frenchmen are, don't you think2 |
hope to see much of him In Rangoon. -
80 he's landing there. too?"
O'Rourke filled in the pause.
II believe so. And you. Colonel
ORourke?"
81 may have to wait over until the
next steamer" he admitted warily.
Il sympathise heartily with your
disgust at the prospect" laughed the
girl
"Eh2 And whyl IT'S a land of fair
repute for climate and beauty"
"Ah. but l live in Burmah, you see,
and so have come to know 1t far too
well. But that's the way with all ex-
patriates. Isn't tito hate their homes
so far from homer"
Must ye endure It. then. Miss Pyn-
sentY"
AN orphan has little choice. II
seems my kismet to abide in Rangoon
forever and a day. You see, my only
living relative is an uncle, Mr.. Lans-
downe Sypher. and he's got no one
else to keep house for him"
"Iiansdowne SypheT |"
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friends in Simla On the passenger
list her name stood as Emilia Pyn-
sent. But the adventurer felt 1t the
course of wisdom to deny himself the
pleasure of her acquaintance. 80 long
as she permitted the attentions of the
Frenchman.
Altogether, considering the hot
weather and such self-imposed re-
strictions, O'Rourke considered the
voyage hardly success from a social
point of view. He kept pretty much
to himself and to Danny. and to make
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 a
ship with a small saloon list, unless
one is willing to be purposely rude
and discourteous. For all his wari-
ness the Irishman was to carry with
him a personal impression of Miss
Pynsent.
On the last day Of the passage, To-
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A Iudae WIthout PrIsoner,.

St. Helena is curiousity among our
colonies. inasmuch as its governor is
also chief justice, although he may
never have opened law book. The
retiring ruler, Sir Henry Galloway, is
q soldier. and in reviewing his aine
years administration the little local
paper mentions that he presided at
SO courts Of quarter sessions. but at
q Of them there was no business ex.
cept presentation of white gloves. The
absence Of serious crime is declared
to be both remarkable and gratifying
in view Of the struggle for existence
and the fact that since the withdrawal
OF the garrison st. Helena has been
in a state OF bankruptcy London
Chronicle.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-06-28
CHAPTER XXX.

Back in his stateroom on the Poo
nah. O'Rourke threw himself into the
lower berth and lay thsre. forearm
flung across his eyes, thinking ex-
citedly, disturbed by formless fore
bodings.
Beside him Danny was packing In
dustriously, with now and again a
pause during which he would stand
reflective, his gaze fixed upon his en-
ployer's face. little puzzled and per-
picked.
The Poonah was pausing overnight
to discharge and take aboard cargo;
for this reason O'Rourke 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
to and from the hold and the lighters
alongside.
Abruptly, without moving, O'Rourke
spoke. I'll want evening clothes.
Danny" said he. "'Tis dining am
tonight with Mr.. Straker and his
niece, Miss Pynsent, who came with US
from Diamond Harbor. Twill save
bit of bother to dress before l go
ashore"
"Aw-w," said Danny, assimilating.
"And the missus?" he said
suddenly, some minutes later. MAN
in Madam O'Rourke, sor. Did ye get
no word from herr"
For what else would I 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 four-in which to keep
our tryst. 'Tis 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 ye have to tell her, SORT"
ORourke sat up. Have to tell
herr What dye mean2"
II mean, Eor, Pm dyin' wild the wish
to know how ut's all turned out.
Phase, yer honor. won't ye be tellin'
me? Is ut-is ut all right?"
BLESS your heart, Dannyl" laughed
O'Rourke, "'Tis so dazed I've been
that never thought to tell ye-think-
ing all the time that ye knew. 'Tis
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. 'Tis
ridiculous, tits absurd. IT'S meself
hardly credits the truth of it all; yet
was there-saw the man. gave him
the Jewell went to the bank with him
and for the space of five minutes sat
at table, with all that money before
me, counting 1t over, bill by bill. a
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!" breathed Danny de-
votedly. But did ye Farm nothin'
about the stone?"
Little enough, DanRy-only a part
of the meaning of the whole divilish
business; the rest I'm to know to-
night Mr.. Sypher II be tellin' me
after we've dined; he wants to hear
me own end of the story. too"
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-06-28

Humor's Place In Lie.
Humor makes for righteousness and
deoeuoY and humanity,
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

So many OF us boiler, as we
wear the heavy collar, that the
world is set against us and our
plans; as we figure our condition.
we shut down on all ambition,
and prepare to get our compile.
ment of cans. But the truth is,
could you hit it, and you never
would admit it, that you, your
self, are more than half to blame
you're not treating yourself fair
ly if you don't treat yourself
sqarely, and that S the only way
to play the game. For the whole
world hates a mummy and smart
people dodge a dummy; make
noise, grab all the credit you car
take, and the world will not re
ject you, it will make room anc
respect you-so give yourself
the best of every break.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
THE WORLDS GREAT
EST MULE SHOW
At Tennessee State Fair, Sep
TENDER 1921, 1912.

The greatest Mule Show ever held in
the world will take place at the Team
essee Stale Fair September 1921,
1912. The mule interests, being one
Of the greatest industries in the state,
needs IeVivine and new life This in
dustrY deserves 10 be in the front ranks
and second 10 no industry in the State
OF Tennessee. II is believed that the
climatic influences, limestone water
feeds, and even atmospheric conditions
Of the state will 90 10 producing the
best mule that can be raised anywhere.
Tennessee stands first as'to price aud
quality oil the mule raising states Of the
Union. Kentucky is second and Miss
our third, AT the last general reckon
ING The Tennessee mule was pui al an
average value of SIP each, Kenluck,
at sos. and Missouri at St04. The
100000 mules we're valued S35,000,
900. To encourage the breeding Of
mules, and to put the industry on a
higher plane, aud bring to the atlen.
ton Of the people Of the whole world
the great possibilities Of mule raising
in Tennessee, the management OF the
Tennessee State Fair, at the world,
great Mule Show at the big Aencultur
al Exposition this fall, has offered a
Mule FuluriiY and the entrance fee
has been placed at only ST, no Other
payment being required. farmers VIII
oreu then mares to jacks last seasof
nominate each mare IN the great Tenn
essee State Fair Mule Futurity. Tn,
produce Of these mares will be shown
at the great Mule Show at the Tennes
see State Fair this fall, as sucklines
aud the money will be divided into fiv,
divisions Just think Of it, a winner il
some classes will get as much as St6C
in a single premium. For information
conditions of the entry, ETC, address
W Russwurm, Secretary, Nashville
Tenn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

Hon. l. 3 White of Lawrence
County, former State Senator, and
who has been an announced candi-
date for Congress for over a year,
will not be Il candidate before the
primary of April q, according to
a statement made to IA representa-
tlye of this paper. Mr.. White
takes the very sensible view that
the short time to intervene before
the primary makes it an absolute
impOssibility for HIM TO make a
canvass Of the ten counties, com
prising the district, and this with
the heavy expense required by the
committee forces him out of the
primary.
Senator White is a strong regu-
lar, and has a positive strength
where he is known, but feels that
his hopes Of success depend entire.
ly on meeting the voters of the en-.
tire district and presenting hl'
claims face to face, and this viii
take time. He pleaded earnestly
and ably for a different date at The
Franklin meeting but IN vain. Ho
Is a strong party man, and Away:
bows to the party mandates, buf
finds the committees action, evl
IDENTIFY in the interest of Que candi
date, debars him from being can
didate.
This leaves Senator Turner will
out opposition in the primary anc
unless the committee yields to tn,
clamor Of public dlsapproyal ant
changes the date, he will be de
clared. the regular nominee and th,
primary called off.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
MAURY REGULARS
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS

Be it resolved that this Committee as
such interested in the general welfare
Of the party and DESTROYS Of complete
and full vote as possible in all pri.
maries, hereby expresses its regret that
the Hon L. P Padeett, who has on
many occasions been given the Demo.
cratic nomination for Representative in
Congress for the Seventh Congressional
district, has seen fit to refuse to enter
the primaries Of April 81. 1912, for the
reason that this failure to do so will
discourage many Democrats, lessen
their interest in the primary and pre-
vent the party from polling its full
strength vote in this district at the said
date
His wearing the yoke uncomplainely
would doubtless have increased the
vote in the senatorial and euberuatorial
primaries many thousand Of votes.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
BIG CORN SHOW
AT Tennessee State Fair, Sep.
TENDER 1921, 1912.

The unprecedented success Of the
Great Mid Winter Corn Show, promoted
by the MANAGEMENT OF The Tennessee
State Fair, and held at the State CAPT
lol in Nashville, December, 1911 has
prompted even a greater Corn Show for
the Tennessee State Fair, which will be
held in the city Of Nashville, September
10 II, 1912 The MANAGEMENT Of this
great Agricultural and Industrial Ex-
position have decided 10 make the Corn
Show one Of the big features Of the
ecmine annual fair Liberal premiums
will be offered for corn in ten ear lots.
There will be premiums for individual
members Of the Bows Corn Club, also
for best County Exhibit made b, mem
bers Of the Boys Corn Club Besides
money premiums special premiums viii
be offered, consisting OF p ows, harrows,
movers. harness saddles and other use.
lul articles
Both the Mid'Wlnler and the State
Fair Corn Shows all over the country
are attracting considerable attention,
and the wonderful development in the
growing Of corn by scientific methods
resulting from these corn Demonstra'
tiOns has been nothing short Of marvel
Gus The growing Of corn in the Slate
Of Tennessee is one OF our biggest in
dustries, aud the great Tennessee Fai
as 10 other lines Of Agricultural work
are putting forth every effort 10 place
enuessee IN Tie irou. ranks OF tu0
wealth producing states For Inlorma
ton regarding the Big Corn Show a
the Tennessee State Fair address J v
Russwurm, Secretary, Nashville, Tenn.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
Notice to Teachers.

The Lawrence County Teachers As.
ISOLATION will meet on Saturday March
9, in the Court house for discussion in
the books of the Teachers Reading Cir
Gle Course.
The High School teachers will meet
al $50 m for discussion in the books
Of the High School Course and the pri.
mary and secondary teachers will meet
at 10 for discussion of Chamberlain's
Standards 10 Education. The first
five chapters in Chamberlains has been
assigned for this meeting
All teachers Of the county are not
only requested to attend these meetings
but are urged TO do so,
Jesse McArtor, Co. Supt.
From Summertown Press
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06
The Conference
for Education

The Conference for Education in the
South will meet Tor its fifteenth session
in Nashville, Tenn, April 3-5, 1912.
Many Of the most prominent publicists
in America and the South will be pres
ent at that meeting In view Of the
importance 10 educational development
which this conference has always ex-
erted it is expected that large crowds
will attend from all over the country.
As the meeting is held al an important
educational center this year, it is the
expectation that unusually large nun.
bers will attend and that an exception
ally stronf program will be presented.
The railroads have granted very lib
eral rate Of little over one fare for
the round trip from points within the
State of Tennessee. Tickets will be
on sale April 1 2 and 3, with a final
limit of April 20.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-06

In another part of this paper
will be seen some ads Of the state
fair showing what they propose to
do IN the way of entertaining the
people this fall. The management
promises their moneys worth to
all who attend the great show.
They are petronizing the press lib
orally and spending large sums to
acqualnt the people with what
they propose to do, The public
can't do better than to respond to
the liberal spirit of the manage
ment.