Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-28
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sumablg upon gthe consideration that
he could .sdsY o'Rourke's word and
that most aEsuredly he would learn
notaing frqm him until hssss sddsst.
was compSsed with, he growled an Or
der to aSsnn to unlock and remove
the handcdsffs. The 'Englishman obey
Free. oftourke stretched himself,
ruhbed his wrists, and observed q
collection OF his pocket hardware ly-,
ing gpon the seat by him, thrown
81 tlSsby Glynn in his disgust ct not
! r6i8s Ynat he sought.
'Ya Not be wanting to deprive
4ae CT ~ few trifes, me gay high
.avu,e1t thinking?n he inquired
plasi ly OF pair. "If ye'ye no OBJ.
iss ~ ~ RI t,v'ss 50 free as to tas0
~ AXE what want, returned
ra~,.esBBfr:a,., ,s in Zone. But
Si,ETe you three SffnSss; ITO tell me
where you have put that letter -
Indeed? Your courtesy oyerpowers
ne." The Irishman took up his watch
and calmly made note Of the hour
hard apon three in the morning; then,
with easy nonchalance slowed 1t away
with ne rest of the miscellaneous col
lectiou-the knives, coins and keys,
his wzilet, tickets and so forth.
Year time" the voice of the Vi
oonte interrupted this occupation, SIS
gp" He fingered his revolver Where
is that letter? am losing patience"
Where rust nor moth cannot cor
ript nor thieves break in to steal"
0'Rourke misquoted solemnly.
Steady. Don't call names-or I'll
forget meself. mean that the letter
IS in fragments, scattered to the four
winds Of heaven, destroyed. There ye
bave your answer. Ye fools, did ye
thiak would carry it about me?"
BY God!y said G!ynn tensely. mo
don't shoot him, Des Trebes! He's
ie',ing the truth. Make him tell what
" Is in the letter."
I'm afraid it's useless" o'Rourke
TaoclIed them. 81 have forgotten the
contents What use to me to re-
f1ember?" he demanded, inspired
FWhat made ye think would have
1t at ell? Sure, and the letter was
e-operly Chambret's. Why would /
uct turn it over to him."
"oh, cut it," Glynn interrupted i'm
patiently. I'VE know he's dead. The
rows was photographed IN from the
column day before yesterday"
"Quite so. Yet, II ye know so much,
iL--as gather-ye suspect that Cham
nret turned over this precious jewel
20 me, why do ye not demand it as
we'll as the letter? Not that have
!. either"
Because we jolly we'll know you
haven't got the ruby blurted the
Englishnan. -.
BE quiet!" snapped the vicomte.
Quite right" echoed o'Rourke with
assumed indignation. BE quiet, Ber-
Eie. Children should be seen and not
heard. Mind your uncle And, "Oho!"
he commented to himself. "And they
/ Enew 1 didn't haye.the Pool Of Flannel
Let me think. :, (. Oh, faith, It's
ilst bluflng they are!"
Ftyou say" the vIscomte continued
spwly and evenly, you've destroyed
t.e letter"
O'Rourke took up pipe and tobacco.
y told ye," he replied, filing the
bowl, that the letter was non-eXist-
et. Now, me man." he continued, with
agtimperceptible change of tone, drop
the bluff. Turn that pistol away FROM
me. Well know that ye won't shoot,
for ii ye did We would put beyond
your reach forever the information
that would win ye the reward-al-
ways providing We had got possession
of the ruby, be hook or crook. 'Twould
be crooks, I'm thinking"
He lit match and applied the
fame TO the tobacco There's me last
word on the subject" he added in
distinctly, putting and eyeing the pair
through the cloud of smoke.
The revolver waved in the yicomte's
hand; he was livid with passion and
disappointed, yet amepabia TO rca-
son. Glynn bent and whispered brief.
ly in his ear, and the Frenchman, nod
ding acquiescence, laid aside his
weapon. The Honorable Bertie con-
tinued 10 advise with nim in whispers
until 0'Rourle, though quite at loss to.
understand this phase of the affair.
saw that their attention was momen-
tariiy diverted and, with swift move
mensse eieaped over, sDasehgd sip iilt. re,
volye, ard, with a hirr O. bis na1,d.s
flung It ols Of the %siEdcw.
Giynn started 5asi, gitf an oath,
bis ts,n5 ge:pg toward i!is POCKET irae