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The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
SYNOPSIS.

IT The ,rs story opens at Monte Carlo with
lance and something, Of gambler. in his
elevator and passes from sight. At the
gaming table O'Rourke notices two men
Glynn, while his companion Is Viscount
Des Trebes, duelst. The viscount tells
MIN the French government has directed
undertake secret mission. At his apart
ment,, ORourke, who had agreed to un-
5I.ru the mission: flnds mysterious
sealed packagee, to o'Rourke, who is not
to open It until on the ocean. A pair OF
dainty slippers are seen protruding from
@mds a. doorway curtain The lris an y.
be his wife, Beatrix, from whom he had
run away a year previous. They are
a Raneoon a the ARM et ers re h
100000 pounds for a jewel known as the
Pool Of Flame and left to him by a dy
ns ee nSs po% IN kesRns 4
worsts the nobleman III duel The wife
bids o'Rourke farewell and he promises
to soon return n, with the reward He dis
board the ship; As he finds Chambret
there there, is g.; an alta. attack BY bandits and his
FRI fnd hs dea ~ R tI that he has
given the colonel will deliver over the
jewel arriving at Algeria the lf1Snman
finds the governor general away. Des
Trebes makes a mysterious appointment.
and tells O'Rourke that he has gained
possession of the jewel by stealing 1t. In
duel ORourke masters the viscount,
secures possession Of the Pool Of Flame
and starts by ship for Rangoon. He finds
the captain TO be a smuggler who tries to
steal the jewel. 1t is finally secured by
the captain and O'Rourke escapes to
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, a mysterious lady
appears. O'Rourke comes upon a lascar
about to attack the lady, who is a Mrs.
Prynne, and kicks the man into the hold.
Mrs. Prynne claims she is en- route for
Indiana on a mission for the king.
O'Rourke is attacked by the lascar, who
secures the Pool of Flame, the captain
is shot and the lascar jumps into the sea-
The ship arrives in port. Danny hands
O'Rourke the Pool of Flame which he
has stolen from Mrs. Prynne 1t is the
real Jewel. the one lost at sea being a
counterfeit C'Rourke goes to Calcutta
and discovers Des Trebes disguised. He
now knows that Mrs. Prynne was an ac-
complete. Finally. he gets to the lawyer
who has offered the reward, delivers the
jewel and gets the money Going to the
residence of the lawyer on invitation
ORourke finds him murdered and Des
Trebes ia found dying.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
A Man Stood In One of the Windows.

to O'Rourke. AS he continued to speak
the coolies scowl darkened and he i'll
terrupted with a negative motion of
his head. The subchief repeated his
remarks with emphasis. For reply he
got monosyllable that sounded. as
much as anything else. like an oath.
Couch looked up. He says he wants
water, and I suspect he won't speak
until he gets 1t. Can you-?"
ORourke fetched the half-empty
carafe and Couch put 1t to the coolies
lips, permitting him to drink AS much
as he liked. But as soon as tho bottle
was removed the fellow shut his
mouth like trap and refused word
In answer to the lieutenant's demands
and uersuaslons.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
I'm Couch, lieutenant sub.chief o
police for this dfafriof d,

I'm Couch, lieutenant sub-chief Of
police for this district"
Saint Patrick would be no more
welcome" declared O'Rourke. Il was
on the point Of trying to get We by
telephone when We saved me the trou-
Bile. How the divvle did We happen
to drop In so opportunely?"
Il was coming upstream in the po-
lice launch, on the night tour of in
spection, and stopped at the landing
Just below this-the grounds here run
down to the river, you know-to tele-
phone back to headquarters on bust
ness. The exchange. operator suggest
ed look In here and see If everything
was all right-said he'd been unable
to get any response since nightfall. /.
Now?"
Carefully and concisely O'Rourkc
wove the events of the day into a
straight narrative, starting with the
delivery to Sypher of the Pool OF
Flame, touching briefly upon Des Ire
bes' part-so far as he understood 1t
and concluding with the death OF
the coolie. The sub-chief of police
eyed him throughout with gravely
concentrated interest, nodding his
understanding.
Il see," he said slowly. "You make
1t clear enough. Moreover, you've
CONVINCED me. | didn't really believe
from the first you'd had any hand in
this CHASTITY mess, but couldn't take
chances, Of course. You're at liberty
to take up these pistols as soon as you
please; in fact, l advise you to do
SO Immediately. From what's taken
place already, you may have need OF
EN- within the next ten seconds. :.
Now for this coolie. If he's able to
speak, I'll get some information out of
HIM"
"'Tis too far gone he is, I'm fear
ing"
We'll soon find out" The English
man bent over the man, who was now
very quiet, but, by the constant flick
er of his cunning eyes, still conscious.
A hasty examination told the investi-
gator all he needed to know about the
nature of the wound. Hell not last
long" said Lieutenant Couch, and be-
gan to converse with the local YER
nacular of Pidgin-E English, about one
word in ten of which was Ineligible
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
Ladies Object to Profanity,

The woman golfers OF New Yurs
have made objections to swearing On
the links and have discussed the muc.
ter in their clubs. The men who play
over the links are all supposed to he
gentlemen, but sometimes they are
not careful OF their language, and
ladies have been made very Indignant
by some speeches. 1t has been sus
gested that notices he placed in the
clubhouses, but the fact that tina
ladies have discussed the suh,acs
Will. no doubt. DO all that In eesse,,
SarH.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29

was accomplishing the feat without =
of uncertainty.
ORourke sat beside him. In the
stern police orderly acted as me-
chanic. attending to the motor. These
three, no more, made up the rescue
party
Though devoured by impotence and
anxiety, O'Rourke forbore to question
Couch, hesitating to divert his atten-
ton from his task and knowing that
as soon as he could the young lieu
tenant would speak. From the time
when the coolie had yielded, there
had been not a seconds rest for eth
er; neither had had time to confer
save on questions of the most imme-
date moment; and control of these
Couch had voluntarily and naturally
assumed, deciding. acting and direct
Ing in the same thought apparently.
Your wife, with Miss Pynsent,"
said Couch abruptly, without looking
round-"at least / presume it's Mrs,
ORourke, from what you say-have
been kidnapped by gang of highbind
ers and are now aboard junk In tho
lower river, which will sail for God.
knoWs-where at the turn Of the tide.
That's the only thing that saves EN-
Well be on 'em before they're able to
force way down the river"
ORourke groaned, holding his head
with both hands. my wife ="
he said brokenly.
Il know" Couch interrupted grim
ly; II know how you feel. Miss Pyn-
sent is there, too, you see"
oh" said ORourke, II didn't I'M
derstand that. I'm sorry" He
dropped a hand on the younger mans
shoulder and let it rest there briefly.
please God" he said reverently.
therell be many another polluted
yellow soul yammering at the gates
of hell this night"
"Amen!" said Couch. We
sha'n't be long now"
Silently O'Rourke removed his coat
and waist-coat, his collar and lawn
tie, and turned back his cuffs. Even
ing clothes are hardly the thing to
fight in," he said; but I'm thinking
twon't make a deal of difference to
me. Got any cartridges for Webley
mark IV?"
wheeler has. Give Colonel
O'Rourke few, Wheeler" said Couch.
the orderly.
The latter rummaged in locker
and pressed into O'Rourke's hand half
a dozen cartridges, with which the
adventurer proceeded to replenish the
empty chamber in his revolver.
I'D only discharged one," he OBJ
served, "but It's likely We'll need that,
even, with only the three of us
against Il ;unk-1oad.
"Oh, telephoned for reinforce
ments, of course" returned Couch.
They ought to be there ahead OF
u.s."
What did the coolie tell We, If we've
time to TALK"
Couch laughed. II daresay you're
how l made him speak at
Ill.,"
That's the true word for ye"
II threatened to cut off his silly pig.
all and send him naked and dishonor.
I'd to the ghostly halls of his ances-
.ors. It's wonderful how much those
,allous brutes dote on that Necora-
ion. | told him further, that if he
led, when / found it out I'd return
and shave him bald as an egg, even II
he were dead by that time So per.
'uaded the truth from him, the whole
;tory-from his side of it."
I'm listening. ;"
(TO BE CONTINUED,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29

brations of motor running at high
tension, sped down the silent reaches
OF Rangoon River like hunted ghost.
She ran without lights, these having
been extinguished by COUGHS direc-
tons, regardless of harbor regulations
or danger. Happily the hour was late
enough to relieve them of much fear
OF trouble with other craft; the upper
reaches Of the river were practically
deserted.
In the bow Couch was handling the
wheel with the nonchalance of one
from whom the river had no secrets
by night or day. To O'Rourke it seemed
no light task to pilot so slight craft
at such high speed through that
StyGian darkness: yet the sub-chief
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
LAND DECISION UPHELD
Case win Affect Hundreds of Homo.
steaders In West.

Bozeman.-Word has been received
that the decision of the local land of.
hce in the case of Mrs. e. L. Houston
against B. w. Spaulding, a desert land
entryman, which. 1t is said, will affect
hundreds OF homesteaders through the
West, has been confirmed by depart.
ment officials in Washington Mrs.
Heuston's contention that the land in
question was not desert land, as ad.
joining land Of similar character was
yielding profitable crops without irri.
gatien, was sustained. The decision
recognizes the modern methods of dry
farming.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29

stubborn BRUTE" growled Couch
Most of these animals here belong to
| some devlish tong or other, and they'd
rather die than say anything touching
on the business of the society or af.
fecting the interests Of brother.
member. But think know a way to
bring him to reason. Hand me that
knife, please"
Wondering, O'Rourke rendered him
the weapon that had brought death to
Sypher. The lieutenant wiped 1t cal
lously on a corner of the coolie's
blouse and held the keen shining
blade before his eyes, accompanying
the action with few emphatic
phrases. A curious expression, COM
pounded of sullen fury and abject pan
tc fright, showed in the Chinaman's
eyes, and his lips we're as if by magic
unsealed. However reluctant, he be-
gan to chatter and spoke at length,
delivering himself of a long state
ment which Couch punctured now and
again with pertinent, leading ques-
lions.
At length, throwing aside the knife,
he jumped up, strong excitement burn
ing in his eyes. I've got enough from
him." he said rapidly. "Ill explain
later. You'll help-of course; your
wife's involved as we'll as Miss Pyn-
sent. But don't think you need fear;
Wen be in time. Are you ready? &.
Half a minute; I've got to use
that telephone"
He ran out into the hall, rang up
and shouted number into the re-
ceiver, and for few moments spoke
rapidly in Burmese dialect.
O'Rourke gathered that he was speak
ing with a native subordinate at the
police headquarters in Rangoon.
Couch swung back into the study.
Got those revolvers, sir? Then come
along; We'll have to run for 1t. For
tunately our launch is handy; other
wise -
He sprang across the veranda and
down to the lawn, O'Rourke pelting
after him.
CHAPTER Xxxlv.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
CHAPTER xxxn.-(continued.)


With each development the mystery
was assuming more fantastic proper
tons, becoming still more impene
trable and unsolvable. But he had nc
leisure in which to ponder it now II
Des Trebes We're to be restored. And
O'Rourke worked over the man as
tenderly as though they had been life
long friends. with skillful fingers es.
timating the nature ana extent of his
wounds, with sound knowledge OF
rough and ready surgery doing all
that could be done to bring him back
to consciousness.
At last Des Trebes sighed feebly; a
spot of color, febrile. tickle, evanes-
cent, dyed his cheeks; his breath rat
tied harshly in his gullet; his eyelids
twitched and opened wide. He glared
iblankly at the face above
"Des Trebes!" cried O'Rourke. "Des
'T1ebes!"
His voice quickened the intelligence
OF that moribund brain. A flash of
recognition lighted the staring eyes.
The lips moved without sound.
"Des Trebes!"
"Ah, yes the Irish
The whisper was barely articulate
O'Rourke put to his lips cup Of
brandy diluted with little water.
Drink" he pleaded, "and try to tell
me what's happened to We. Who gave
ye these wounds? Try to speak,"
~
not tell"
"But-good God. man! we've been
murdered"
The white lips moved again; the
ndventurer bent his ear low to them.
We have both lost
but you your wife :.
MY wife!"
In a frenzy O'Rourke resumed his
efforts to strengthen the dying man
with spirits and water, but Des Ire
bes, with a final effort, obstinately
shut his teeth, moving his head i'm
perceptibly from side to side in token
of his stubborn refusal.
So he died, implacable. In death
the chiselled features remained set
in smile sardonic and triumphant.
Dying, he gave no comfort to his
foe.
For little time longer O'Rourke
knelt at Des Trebes' side. watching
and wondering. Eventually he sighed
heavily, shook his head, shrugged his
shoulders and rose. And, rising, he
perceived for the first time that he
was no longer alone with the dead in
that place.
Kneeling in silence by the vicomte's
side he had till then been hidden from
the inner doorway to the room by the
drapery of the center table. And evil
IDENTITY it was this circumstance which |
had emboldened a man to slip in from
the main hall and approach Sypher's
dasl al the back Of the room.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
DRY FARMING.
Desert Land" Entryman Loses Claim.
-Hundreds Of Cases involved,

Bozeman.-Word has been received
that the decision Of the local land of.
flee In the case Of Mrs. q. l.. Houston
against B. w. Spaulding, desert land
entryman, which, it Is said, will affect
hundreds Of homesteaders through the
west, has been confirmed by depart
ment officials at Washington.
Mrs. Houston's contention that tho
land In question was not desert land,
as adjoining land of similar char
acter was yielding profitable crops
without irrigation. was sustained. The
decision recognizes the modern meth.
DDS of dry farming.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
INDIANS ADOPT MEN.
louis w. Hin Becomes Gray E4orss
and Charles Griffin Lame Bull.

and Charles Griffin Lame Bull,
Glacier Park.-Louis w. Hill, chair
man OF the board Of directors of the
Great Northern railway, Harvey H.
EittneE Of Spokane and Charles Griffin
OF St. Paul, We're adopted into the tribe
OF Blackfoot Indians at the celebration
OF the night-of -black-tail at st. Marie's
lake. Hill became Gray Horse, Bit,
ner was ehristened Mountain Chief,
and Griffin was given the name Lame
Ball.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-08-29
CHAPTER Xxxlv-

CHAPTER XXxlV.
A night Of velvet blackness, softly
Opaque. lay upon land and water. The
police launch, shuddering with the vi
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-26
MENACE TO GREAT LAKES.

The cities of the Great Lakes can
not too soon arouse themselves to
the danger threatened by the lakes
to-gulf deep waterway project. The
plan is that a channel at least four
teen feet deep shall be provided as
soon as possible between Chicago
and New Orleans In the waterway
made available by the Chicago drain
age canal, the Illinois river into
which 1t empties, and the Mississippi
It is proposed later to increase the
depth to twenty feet.
The Buffalo chamber of commerce
has already sent a vigorous protest
to the secretary of war, pointing out
that the water in Lake Erie was q
foot lower in 1911 than in 1908. y
Is self-evident that this result was
brought about. In some measure al
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-26
you CAN'T TELL.

And now what is this that we
have? The Australian mail that
came to London. the other day brings
the intelligence that scientists have
found that the south pole is will-o'-
wisp that dances around daily with
in a diameter, the area of which is
variable and uncertain, maybe two
miles and probably thirty.
Either the explorers down at the
south pole have been taking much
too much three-star or the old pole
is dancing with Joy because it has
been discovered. Then again might
it not be possible that news that the
Erie railroad is to paint up it's Ham.
mond depot this spring is the cause
OF the old poles giddy doings?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-26
TAFT'S SPEECH.

The magnificent speech of Presi-
dent Taft in Massachusetts, simply
warns the cookies of ones heart and
makes his friends reiterate, .'Oh why
didn't he start sooner?'
If ever Roosevelt was shown up
in his true coIors it was yesterday.
Had that speech been made in Indi-
ana 80 of her delegates would be at
the Chicago convention to vote for
Mr.. Taft. Had it been made in Penn
|sylvania and Illinois what different
result would have been noted.
The hypocrisy of Roosevelt was
never made more manifest. His in
Inconsistencies, the untrue charges he
has been responsible for were shown
up splendidly by President Taft.
What revelation it was.
Now what have the disciples of
Ione Theodore Roosevelt got to say?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-26
CLEAN UP THE ALLEYS.

The cities in the Calumet region
which do not order and provide for
the cleaning up of garbage and re-
Unsettled alleys may have something
to regret before the summer is over.
Some of the alleys In Hammond
for instance are a crying shame.
They are neglected by both property
owners and the municipality combin-
ed. Waste and accumulations of
the fall and winter months are
promiscuously heaped in spots ad-
jacent to houses providing for the
breeding of flies and other malignant
insects which scientists have proven
perilous to humanity. People will
clean the interior of their houses
twice year but the backyard and
the alley are always neglected when
as a matter of fact they need just as
much attention as the former They
breed more disease by far and it is
to be hoped that the street cleaning
department of the various cities will
order thorough cleaning up OF
these pestilential typhoid spots as
soon as they possibly can.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-26

trail of their absent governor. Wood
work Wilson.
A MAN has quit Kansas City because
it is too noisy to pray in. Let him
seek out Valparaiso as his future
habitant.
THE reason why a certain Indiana
woman never married is because she
was superstitious and turned down her
first proposal. She never got second
one.
WE have sent in recommendation
TO the secretary of war that those two
Indiana Harbor docs who had a little
three-round bout be certified mill
tary surgeons. The country needs good
scrappers.
DOWN in Lowell they refer to THE
TIMES as 1.-The great daily" This ought
to rub some of the varnish off of the
'steemed Chicago Tribs gall knobs.
A HAMMOND cop has been promoted
after twelve years of faithful service.
No doubt Mayor Knots lets a few tears
drop when he reads this. Chances are
that If Tom had kept on the Hammond
department he might now be sergeant
of the mounted squad.
OLD Andy Carnegie is having the
earth re-measured. If Andy will wait
a few years until some of those Miller
sadn dunes are removed he will find Old
Earth's girth considerably reduced. all
of which would effect a considerable
savings in the size of the tape line to be
purchased.
THE brand of water they have down
around st. John must have great virtues
in it since lot of citizens down there
sustained a relapse an hour after drink
ing some of 1t. We clip this from the
st. John correspondence of THE TIMES.
Adam Gard. the genial old bach
elor on Spring Hill. took a party, in
Guiding the gravel road supervisor,
the town marshal, judge and Andrew
Doctor, the painter. over the northern
part OF Lake county on Wednesday in
his automobile. The Judge. marshal
and the road supervisor are sufferers
from rheumatism, and the ride in the
sunny air was a great benefit to them,
also the water-cure treatment by Mr..
Gard. They felt well coming home,
but are sorry to report that all had a
relapse after an hour at home on
Spring HILL
| HAS any one seen our special CORE
spondent, Hennery Coldbottle?
LATER-The town marshal at Dyer
reports seeing Hennery riding a
motorcycle at break speed in the
direction of Spring Hill.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-04-26
III E A II ID
r u B E

SOME one says that the weather man
is unreliable. Well. we guess yes A
regular liar and almost as unreliable
as the weather itself
HENRY FULLY and Minnie Five
have received marriage license in
Chicago. Here is a case where one add
ed to five makes two, but in this day
of higher mathematics there is no tell
ing but that in ten years time one and
five may be seven.
WE will bet you that in six weeks
time Teddy and Willum will be at II
fighting like cats and dogs.
THE French government is to teach
the Paris telephone girls how to pro-
nounce. Imagine how nice 1t would be
If our central would cut out that busy
pleezecallagain.'' MISUNDERSTANDING
up" and "canthearyouspeaklo
pleeze."
WHEN a man has three kids that
need to be fed the happy novelty that
attended birth of the first one wears of
by the time that the fourth one ar
rives.
H. j. ANSWERING your query
would say that Memoirs of Harry Moose
have not been published. but they NAV
be.
IF the mems vests keep getting any
higher some of the ultra fashionables
are liable to be taken for ministers.
GOV. MARSHALL says that mar
should not seek the presidency. Let
it come to him. SO far the presidency
has no inclination to come his way. II
your Uncle Tom Knots years ago sat
around waiting to be hit with the Gary
mayoralty he would still be a COP in
Hammond. Blessed are the meek. but
save the quotation for the next world
GARY'S per capita is s1.f274o says
the state statistician. We haven't thai
much Is 1t possible that the stats
tician cruised only among the city con
tractors?
A YOUNG man looking for a wife
now days doesn't want to be too par.
ticular as to whether she has any mu.
steal ability. This Is one accomplish
| ment the wise will pass over. Many
family discord has started from piano
pounding.
| CHICAGO EXAMINER headlines yes
| terday: Pupils Cool Amid Flames"
| UNDERSTOOD that the good pe-pul
| of New Jersey are about to put som,
] of Champ Cfarks blood houns' on TIL