Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-03-06
Danny would help.

You must see O'Rourke reYolvfnEJn
his mind ,thi, unl,appy .psedicament ok
his, on the last OF the many aifsrH6oha
that he spent in Greece. Draw do#n
the corners of his wide, mobile mouth,
stir UP the devils In his eyes undt
they flicker and flash their resentment,
place a pucker between the brows 81
his habitually serene and unwrinklsH
forehead; and there you have him
who sat beside the little table in t&e
purple Of the Zappeion, with a head
barred to the cool of the evening
breeze, alternately putting at a me-
diocre cigar aad slipping black co9ee
from the denli-tasse at his e'6ow.
Now just as the sun YVES sir..ing b.
hind the mountains and jJ?yaettus w8
clothing its long slopes in vague vioiSt
light of mystery and enchantment fSr
this view alone O'Rourke took himsen
to the Zappeion daily the IrishmaRs
somber meditations were interrupted.
"Phew! 'Otter'n the seven brass
'inges of 'ell!" remarked a cheerful
voice, not two feet from his ear.
ORourke turned with an imper-
ceptible start-he was not easily sta
tied. "True for ye," he assented, talk
ing stock of him who, with his weath-
er-wise remark for an introduction.
calmly possessed himself of the va
cant chair at the other side~of tho
table and grinned a rubicund grn
across it.
He showed himself man in stature
no whit inferior TO the Irishman, Is
to height; and perhaps he vas q
stone the heavier of the two. Ffe
lacked, otherwise, O'Rourke's alerb
habit, was of a slower, more stolH
and beefy build. The eyes that md
O'Rourke's were gray and bright and
hard, and set in countenance liam
ing red-a color partly natural and
partly the result of his stroll through
Athens heated streets.
His dress was rough, and there wes
this and that about him to tel
O'Rourke more plainly than words
that his profession was something
nautical; he was most probably a cap
tain, from certain air OF determine
ton and command that lurked be
!. meath his free-and-easy manner.
N,Therefore, having summed the
stranger Eup in glance, "And whsn
get in. captain?" inquired
The man Nmped with surprise and
sAot a frightsped-at least ques-
tioning-glance St o'Rourke. Then.
seeing that he was miling IN a lrlsn1.
ly fashion, Gained Md continued b
cool his face and heath ms Oiooa ~
tanning himself vigorously WIN =
straw.hat. ,,.a
"Gw the dooce do you knew I'm. =
oaptain?" he demanded, with a q Nc
ly aggrieved manner.
"It shouldn't take man an hour: :tH
guess that, captain-any more than
it would to pick ye out for an Eng
Iishman."
The captain stared, gray eyes wild
ening. "An' perhaps you'll tell me my
ny1ne next?" he suggested rather
truculently.
"Divvle a bit. 'Tis no clairvoyant I
am" laughed O'Rourke. "But I can
tell We me own. 'Tis O'Rourke, and
it's delighted I am to meet whtsa
man il this heather country. Sir, yc1r
hand!"
He put his own across the table ard
gripped the captains heartily.
Mines Ole" the, latter informed
him.
"ole?" queried oRourke. "oia
what?"
Not Ole nothing" said the cap
tain with some pardonable asperity.
81 didn't s'y ole, I sgd ole"
"of course" ORourke sssentea
gravely. I'm stupid, Captain Hole.
and bit deaf in me off ear" This
however, was polite lie.
THAT explyns IT," agreed the rnofA-
fed man. Its 'ole, plyn Wi!rm 'osss.
master of the Pelican, fryghter, jus,
in from Malta"
A light of interest klndled n
ORourke's eyes. He reviewed the man
with more respect, as due to one wte
might prove useful. "And bound
he insinuated craftily.
alexandria. I just drcppsa
in. for a d'y or two to pick up ba
Of cargo from a chap down at FiraeuS,
It's devlish 'ot and I thought as ON
I'd tylie a run up and see the c1y
-aving a bit of time free, y'kncw."
Surely" sighed oRourke, a faz
away look in his eyes. For A,ezaa-
dria, Ell? Faith, I'd like to be sailing
with ye."
Again the captain eyed o'RourlY
askance. "Wot for?" he demandeS
directly. "The Pelican's a slow oA
tramp. You can pick up swifter pao.
sage on 'arf-a-dozen boats a day." :
"'Tis meself that knows that, sure"
assented the Irishman. "'Tis bet a