Show s ERIAL STOR y e Flon 1 ca rime man lotis LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE madl by ellsworth ITI gi bir byr toa joeph anc ance f SYNOPSIS e at monte carlo with na 0 atory free roe ol 01 a gt in ills fig on it lt tie sees a lean ent rs the suddenly ad girl who front might at r the a ter 1 notices 1 two 0 me 1 rourke ible 0 t nj ifon one iq tho g alm to Is count cot 14 the viscount tells a trebe bent 1 has directed 1 french governa the would i allo urke its a m in who ill 10 rt at aass 01 ke bourke a who mission mw agreed mysterious to un inis sion aln dg a a jairrles rles hands air the 41 who is not la to 0 ito urke of it until on tie ti e A pa ir from V P im are seen pr fr iman tw curtain the may he mysterious feet to lawle beatria arc m whom 0 he had of No fe ar pening kor t I 1 I 1 oun le letter they it e finds him are 8 a rangoon law firm offers ads for a known an the me and left to film by a dy rd but now in kee kp ing f one 08 algarra embret in fr algeria 0 rourke ed c J in a duel the tho wife hiie ilithe 6 the nob lerrAn art farewell and he prom promises loon return with the reward he lie kh boh glynn and the viscount on X the hip ship As A he finds chamaret Ch ambret is ban fil attack by V bandits and 1119 tal dies di 0 rourke that ho has fool ot flame with the governor benl erli who wid at t sight of 0 a signet binic 1 s the kolonel ft tit deliver over the rd L arriving at alberia algeria the irishman athe the governor tO general away dee des IKS ba makes a appointment eu 0 rourke that he has if rained anwa odilon ot of the ali jewel by stealing ste allne it in liel lit masters the viscount eslon of the pool ot of name by ship for or rangoon he finds can to be a ani s who tries to 1 ae twel it a finally 11 seafred by i cwm and 0 rourke escapes ta t il i with the sid id of one danny and we sweetheart 0 rourke recovers cevera re the diet of flame on board ship once more d far for raccoon rangoon a mysterious lady atus drourke PRo urke comes upon a anscar act to attack the rady lady who la in a mrs wt e and kicks the man into the hold i claims she Is en route for idaa on oil a mission for the king maurke e la Is attacked by the lascar CHAPTER continued she sh cane e directly to tho the adventurer boat olt eo go much hp ap a glance for the of lascars or the grim evidences freedy edy upon the deck I 1 still his teeth with exasperation rum saleter beyer be he decided to I 1 ellee ellei e of the fur whether ills judgment said of ban guilty or not guilty he be life ri rik risk nothing with the woman I 1 ta kal L he could not tell what bell hell fac birder tuder and mutiny he be might not let apon DO the ranee did he maka mala or hasty basty move wild aid hare bate faced the situation situa tinn with alty with the woman by b his ae felt as 13 though handcuffed 1 too ire are hurt colonel I D cratch scratch madam an inch 41 a saved ed ott off me arm be good uto to return to the saloon waken I 1 and 1 send him biru to me Shila ored the curtness of his tone Ushe e snored ignored his wish what hs holed led she demanded sy rang itself by LIS side who is that el on 03 deck her tier lr voice ris foreboded hysteria ahti stabbed I 1 W A lascar want ye ran amok cut doya n was 28 killer killet himself kind ae irrepressible humorist tot f our little brown I 1 brother ea yes 8 never left the latter hullt not did he lake take the bla his attention ire cluster ahn r ot oi d rl figures agures gures be alf bud 0 thel the every r eady to defend make dm any overt bis big attention distract ahat will itow you do call I 1 a god G d do ye for the th get 1 below ow add and leave with me these alta fiends in n m me e own the returned 01 equably is bat auit the I 1 au shall not do I 1 llie case he said brus eh the 1101 ter by kindess a boband band me the 1 tight captains side and see e if tho the tv poor fellow still S 1 baard aa baan tit oens 4 4 quick rustle 1 88 of 0 torta s hand aag into closed oer over o er his hill t desired inthe As palm the capon he tb orda ter words the promptly tu without t ildI turned to quick tt ilia bent be deliberated briefly ov 1 harried 5 over r the captain capt aln anak 1 v 0 elded ded ile e ie to irria 14 t rourke t heard heart her ad vedat decision but abst for hit ye i madani to b back ack me up it to 1 necessary to clear the decks are e ready ho lie saw out C of f t tho be tall of hie his eye thai that she bad bod sprung to her feet feel ow 0 cuts be he thundered with a menacing pistol in n either hand got forward the lot of 0 o moe mote ye blackguards black guards al they went expeditiously crowding between the deck house and the rail roll huddling together as tie if for mutual pro the was the last just to move ond and wont went reluctantly or be emed to yot yet that wae was no time to judge him for a hinr fault OHo Ollo urko urho beida the pack before him watched them scram amblo blo down the ladder to the fore deck then backed to the spot where here tho the woman stood above the captain ills arm arta was palming him somewhat Eeme what with ith irritating stinging acko acho that such wounds produce and be thrust one 1 into his tits pocket clasping a hand band above the hurl hum in it lash flush realization of his lose came to him he etched lut ched the ml mil with ith a ev e v the pool at 0 flame bis his sacred trust was gone his ilia eyes searched the deck v wildly but found no trace of the round leather bag with ita its precious burden despair gripped hia 1118 heart it lit a clutch of ice and for a space the ahia reeled about him he lie found himself gaall alanl in III to the womans solicitous eyes what Is it what Is its it ho he heard her tier voice ij breathlessly he lie kuc that his own on lips moved for some seconds without sound as he tie strove to answer hor her tho the words when they came should bavo have been quito quite unintelligible to her he realized this almost as ail soon as ho he had uttered them the pool of flame flamel then bo ho stumbled fordam for wari erring aloud for the halfway to the gaddor hp halted that individuals back that in mine tho the leather bag c e etole tole ben ye slew your brother protruding prote prate falsely it wa is he sho s ho lind had elain slain hie the captain I 1 counsel ye speak truth and rende bad to me that bleb lime etolen stolen the stiffened bis his cea ellet ening in tho the moonlight sabiel Sab ibl bo he cried ns as ir fr 11 a no words dog cried OK Ollo ourlie urke do an fix I 1 bid ae 0 o or abide the result of disobedience I 1 the thie eab eald said the etow slow IY is 1 full of or ces and abdom ho sees what no believe be could see I 1 am ani content he lie bowd his ills head curious submissiveness stretching forth hie his police aa as it I 1 in token 0 0 bourke caught at his 1 breath he ile had sea cely hoped for this he hail had acrel called thu aft as the leader of the lascari la scare scars hoping to frighten 1 tim im into revealing whichever of 5 comrades had stolen the great ruby if it he know ve ye have lave then tho the leather bag he bb exultation in bla alco 1 ae ac sahib or if not that I 1 have that holcli was therein tho the atcho A e sahib then give it me aul the saheb sahibs s slave tho the se rang nahed a st raniro smile at the revolver lu in 0 rourkes ei band hand hie ills at puzzled ho he hardly hae hate believed this of tho the mad rather be he could hae hate conceived nf nt him 1 ah u denying the tbt tb t to the last and fighting I 1 ne to an unchained blead to re tain his booty hie ills present pose WB was out of character or the irishman into 1 judged him aut of character or no it was comfortable for table tho the with bead head bent was fumbling in the folds of ot Us sash 06 at 97 avi F r 4 1 A 4 6 ay iy tv flung the pool of alami with all his HI might head and shoulders were ere lifting above the lev leval 11 of the deck 0 rourke cov areil bim him and called him aft as ail he again retreated to the scene of the tragedy had he been in a condition to think coherently be might have acted more prudently but maddened be he was able to grasp but one ace fact that the pool of flame was gone and must be recovered at whatever ba tevor hazard lazard the lascar came with bat bit might have seemed suspicious alacrity con si dering the fact that he aas as coerced that held him at the pistols point gaunt and sombre in the moonlight moving noiselessly in n bis his bare feet head up and arms swinging limp be he advanced without a paus until about six feet from the irishman at which distance 0 OHo rouche urke collect ins ins his alt ito f found lound voice enoah enough to bid the fellow astl the baited halted unmoved the labib has called he paid n an even voice valce 1 I am colbie come what Is the sahib a will with me hh words together with hi his a half indolent half defiant wholly contemptuous bearing supplied the one thing needful to restore to the adventurer his self control drew himself up master of self once more and looked the lascar in the eye you stand he be said slowly choosing bis his words ou od the edge edze of the grave do you comprehend that aye sahib 1 I havo have cabied called ye then to demand OR ourka thought him over long abol abolt t it yet was as inclined to give him time li it view of his abject sul at length still smiling oddly the nan n an lifted his eyes and stretched forth a band hard tight closed the sahib ho he said gently shall see that I 1 hia his servant spoke truth let ut this wel welsh 11 II eitl the sahib for mercy de be lold told the brown fingers lin unclosed closed and in the hollow of his palm trembled that which seemed a ball of crystallized crystall zed rose fire the stone that man has named pool of flame uttered a to low cry cf stepping fori forward ard to snatch up tho the jewel simultaneously be was as aware asare of a gasp from the direction of the woman follo followed ted ere he hc could account for them by two to listol shots the adventurer groaned pitching forward blindly one side of his head from the car ear to the temple quiver aquiver a with an agony as it t a white hot iron had seared him there he tie stretched forth an arm aimlessly and gripped an un iron stanchion stopping his fall and hung there for what hat r seemed an eon con sea and ables sv swimming imming blood red be fore bis his eyes in his ears a thunder as of or mighty waters rushing ou ous s tue efort 0 of t will he be kept dy by a supreme himself half erect clinging to the rail rall ald opened his hi eyes so briefly had I 1 pain bI bildad Idad him that it was patent barely a a second bad elapsed sir since sirce ce the to his left a shots the firing ot 0 stricken lascor was still in the act of 0 falling before him mr mrs stood motionless lepa her ace a mak mask of revolver still poised to the right the ernwine a kria kris was mas a his tits ere fixed upon the woman who bo hid had eel not nt at nit tight hie tits plans tried to rail n to her tier for it utis 08 plait that war nr at balled b hat lint sho she tind find done heedless of nil all but bill the mn bhe had killed but it nap wa all if ho the bullet thai that created bla his tempi had temporarily p him hie his tongue clao to the roof root of bis big mouth und ho lie could cioe speak Puw Pui verless erles he lie he lie watched yat elied the gather gathor together like somo some gaunt cat nud espriu in lit to strides ho he hae hate becu been uron uron tho womac and tho night bad beon been crowned n ishits most pitiful crime yet la in eldair jat dalr saw tho the trian falter and fall tall back dropping the kris an act clutching frantically nt at noab ing stupid dl the nd saw the smoke trickling froin train the muzzle of his tits a bosn n re revolver olver and knew knem chrt ahr t some how flow ho lie had ma tinged to pull tho the trig ger ills heart leapt in lit his tits breast brt so keen as his gratitude trembling iu in every limb b essayed a second time to tire and put a inal period to the sc beranga ranga career hut but his tits shot cut nide and the 04 cl clauder c under jammed so that tho the hammer not rise a second time with an oath ho he lot go the rail and nt attempted tempted to bridge the distance beleen himself and the lascar ft bo ho as now cow at a cono ble distance reeling nay toward the rail dut but his tits sapped by loss of blood failed iian and mal ico fee infused new now vigor into the new cew power to accomplish ble his final fiendish act acl grinning GrInn loR with anguish the man leapt iway way from staggered and jerking back his arm lung the pool of flame from him with all his might paused petrified with despair the great stone glinting in the moonlight liko like the ery hoart heart of ore described a long and flaming arc and the seu sea lea jt it up vath a hiss to welcome it and it aas as conf A bitter cry broke train the irish mans lips he lie made for the nian man whom be he would gladly have killed with iab bla his bare hands blinds dut but again bo be failed the lascar perhaps guessing his intention efte at the last too quick for him I 1 by fly a supreme wort tho the gaunt seized the grafl lifted himself upon it and dropped over the aide side following that to win which bo he bad had div on bis Us life ute CHAPTER mrs roused out of her semi stupor by ea es cry with tome lome return of hor bar habitual clearness of thou tho itt stopped stepped to the companionway and called for bar her maid passed a band hand over his ayos and brought it away black with blood but was no more than half ball aware of this dazed and heart broken brokon be bared blankly round thi the sham bles that was tho the deck then ing slightly saw cecile loin join her mis tresa tress and nd realized that whatever his personal grief pain and despair he must the part of the so be he turned and staggered down don into the saloon danny was as in his berth sleeping the chil dilk and sleep that was as ever ills tits drives below bis his ears deafened by the mighty chant of bis his en glues gines had been no maro conscious of the drama on deck than bad danny 0 caught tho boy with bands hands tl abat at grip gripped 1 d d bis his should re ra cruelly and shook hi him m awake aake then methodically booted him up the steps to the deck once here danny cime to lit his a proper senses and fell with a will to the tasks set for tar him with cedie cecile be he lifted the unconscious captain and bore bare him down to his berth then left him to the ministrations of mistress and maid and returned to throw overboard the last corpse that of the lascar whom bom the bad set to slay tha thu adventurer from behind himself proceeded to the bridge where he found the helmsman still at the wheel soberly keeping the vessel on her churbe courbe u the circumstance at tit the time him but it afterwards was developed by dint of cross examination of the remainder of the crew that the had specially exempted quick and dravos from the general massacre they being held ne necessary essary to the navigation of the ship ho he had like likewise wige put strict inductions on the bel helmsman not to desert desort the wheel whatever hat ever the tide of battle whether for or against bis his brethren the stabbing of quick seemed to h have ave bo beun en accidental or necessary under circumstance circumstances unforeseen As a matter of tit fact the ii of the lascars were thoroughly iohd and pro ed unbelievably doelle do elle for the balance of the trip thus it was that the voyage of the ra ranee n ee f from rom aden to dombay bombay aca pushed through without further fatality to the frish frishman mau however must go acre more than half halt the credit for for ty elgha hours he nover ifft tho the bridge nor closed hip eyes in slumber it wad w ont tint indeed until the ilane tone on aft the stroke of the hour the e 0 I 1 i i n I 1 of the fifteenth day of ot juno june walked n I 1 k a smartly into bombay harbor the in codo signal NJ fluttering from front her penk calabra ind and dropped 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