Show SERIAL RIA L STORY 00 0 depool of a 06 lose LOUIS VANCE br by tt yount u five Ms ism 1909 by louie luls coph ace SYNOPSIS at mont monts carlo coull with ith ens story no h Is a military free L terence 01 in his hi and nd something of a gambler aci to 0 el 1 leaning on the balcony he see adful girl who suddenly aud denly enter enters the latof and passes from light at the table 0 bourke notice two men ait ecung hire him one Is 1 the hon bertle hll tits companion la is viscount Vla count n a duelist the viscount vla count tella tells ithe i tb french gove government rement haa has directed to 0 rourke aa as a man who would 2 a at his hi apart der dentate tate a secret mission at who had agreed to ako the mission m Is sion finds a mysterious I 1 tr the arrives vea hando hands a iud ed package to ar durke who la is not it until on the ocean A adv of ropi opo open uty slippers are seen protruding prot rudin from a deorsay doom ay curtain the irishman kli ida the owner of the mysterious feet to ib bis wife beatrix from whom he had a previous they are a adiar year onci led and and the letter he finds find lit it a rangoon law firm offers him ma pounds for a jewel known an the 0 A o 0 of founds flame and left to him by a dy r friend but now in keeline heep lne ot of one erd chambier Cham Chamb biet tet in n algeria iti the nobleman in a duel the wife ata aa s farewell and he promises toon soon return with the reward he lie die dl both glynn and the lacount ou on bird ad the ship CHAPTER VII continued eudawn y dawn they were ready to start lil A to in the level rays of a sun that bed ed a dazzling sphere of intoner er rubt light poising itself in the eastern of the orld as if it undecided baether Bb ether or no to take up its flight SM a the firmament the little cara cars a rocked out into the fastness of desert the irishman in the van ath g a blooded mehari as one to the amess 1 born on the seventh night they 1 hard on the heels of the flying col acs ics having for seven days pursued als way and that zigzagging into e heart of the parched land how w when they were come within x bours hours of their goal reluctantly 9 liter after nightfall gave ment rient to halt hall conceding the nelty for weariness weighed upon belr shoulders ti great burden and e camels bad had become unusually outa and evil tempered if rest were ere ded them presently they would ome obstinate and refuse to follow I 1 road men closed bis his eyes and lost clous ness with a sensation or falli headlong into a great pit pil of 11 an bottomless eternal yet it mohrland oh illand wed ed no more than a moment ere rk 9 was up and rubbing sight 0 his eyes shaken out of slumber 7 bis his guide be RO tumbled to his feet and lurched y ird the camels still sull but bif b if 14 e when his sense cleared ir wion possessed him his guide bad had tn ell overzealous balous ea lous he tut turned ned upon the aad d seized him roughly by the what the divet he grumbled an ring Y between 0 o a yawn and a cha chatter ater teeth aleein for the air was bitter cold not yet up ansh something in the ds no stilled his wrath the on at gg 99 are au about us they leave erl passing sing us throughout tho t ya knew this and did not wake e bre nere was no need we could not moved ore ere this without deletion ow they P are pre re all a astir a stir and we la in ie 0 night reek may pass for them until tha abo th alra guide tu gurnei arned away sy to rouse the prodding S them up mutinous sarun alid ugly in another five ird otea ate they y ere again moving or t n ily the time the silver rini of nion moon peered ovel the edge or the ret ther viere pelting on at full spied speed es apparently ardently arent ly detected undetected by the egg aa hour ur passed and the chill achl 1 in the lecaine bud wore ole intense dawn was kr rl left ie A A sense ot of security of dancia U behind hind came to the irish ba u began gan to brealie more free though ough still the polished butt of a C rifle 00 swinging eloe irom the sad D a R comfort to has palm trew crew utah J more confident roon mon tally at if the ing the desert take shape on ua and aoa show snow itself de deson so tvan ates every ry hand aa As a b he gained assurance from Ze though badi the eue guide turned in bis his ud cried F warna kg the tou ilir 0 m t that hat moment on both wielded merciless merc whips for out ot at tho moonlit waste wastes behind them bad had shrilled R voice 1 cruel and wild announcing noun cing discovery and nd the inception of the chase the fugitive fugitives bad need 1 of no sharper spur A rifle shot rang harp sharp on an the echoes of at that cry but the bullet must have fallen tar far abort A moment inter later in deed they opened a brisk scattering tare ineffectual though the balleta dropping right and left in tho the and sand proved that the chase bad had got within range even with that warning the end was nearer than he had dreamed or hoped it camo came in a twinkling and as a unexpected as a bolt out of at a clear sky a of at fire ahead a snap and tho the song of a bullet speeding dart hie his bead head thi gulite ulde pulled up with a lerk jerk i reining in to desperately swung til tits camel wide to bo tho threatened collision simultaneously the sharp qui vive viver oi of a french sentry rang out loud and sweet to boar bear thank godi godt said tho the adventurer in bis his heart and aloud FrI friend endal I 1 he cried driving past the entry sentry in a cloud of dust dy by a blessed miracle the man was ro alck lck of witt and swift to grasp the situation equation of which however be he must have had some warning from the rattle of firing he ile screamed something in 0 rourkes Rou rhes tar ar as the latter passed and turning threw throw him self flat and began to pump the trig ger of his carbine emptying the magazine at the on line of tou abegg the alarm was hardly needed Ollo OHo urke and the guide swept on over the slip of a depression in the desert and halted in the midst of a camp already quickened and alive with shadowy figures running method icalla to their posts carbine and ac coutren cout rement ent gleaming in the moon light men of the camel crops hardened to and familiar with their work they buckled down to it in a bust ness like way that thrilled the heart of in a trice they were doubling out past lines of tethered behara past the white hillocks of the officers shelter tents and like the sentry throwing themselves down upon the ground to take shelter of whatever inequalities the face of the desert offered and their firing ringed the bivouac with a fringe of flame slipped from bis his camel and d turned to watch the skirmish 7 L 0 lo 10 t dalo N T they had literally caught him napping alasad Alas massed cd the Toua regg egr in strength greater than the adventurer hd had d believed something like two hundred mounted roen ruen in all charged down town upon the camp as if to over overrun run and it it yet at the critical moment when it seemed that of a surety there was DO no stopping them they divided and swung rund r und the camp in two wide circles e scattering att ering into open order and firing as they scattered here and there a horse fell a rider threw out his hands and toppled from bis his faddie faddle a IL camel seemed to buckle at full tilt like a faulty piece of machinery in the flying appeared and so caps raps wings for the men a of f the flying column were picked hots they had bad need used to be who bad such tasks as this to cope with nor tor for that matar were the tou arega the only sufferer mutterers hero her and there in the camp ft a man plunged e d tar ward lo 10 and on tho the aring lino line beloud the tents now and agat a sharpshooter shuddered and iny still upon hie his arms even at ee elde side im officer was shut abot as a be ran to the front trout and would have fallen bad had not the irishman caught him with ready arm arins and let him easily to the earth As he did so the stricken man rolled an agonized eye upward OM et be he said between a groan and a sign olgh and ORo urko kneeling at his side and peering into bla his face gave a bit tor cry for be bad had found chambrot ambret Cb CHAPTER VIII vill preparations for breakfast were to ward an aroma of coffee and bacon hung in the still crisp crimp air the troop ers era were bustling about as it nothing had happened laughing and joking cleaning rifles feeding the me hara striking tents drawing water from the palm ringed well round which the camp bad had been bee n m made a do out of sight tight beyond the adibe of at the eunkee boasts a detachment was dig ging shallow trenches for the dead in the open cambret a stark arlin 1 figure in the growing light OKo Ollo urke sat oat by his side near the head of at the improvised litter el bow in knee chin in and nd eyes fix fixed a d on the face of his friend just before sunrise the man on the litter stirred moaned opened bis his eyes and turned bis his head to see he lie smiled anly mon ami he eald said in tones faint yet thick the irishman oooo dont talk said he be ill be callin the surgeon but chan ch an 0 O stayed him with a gesture 11 has ah ho net act told you dear friend bo he asbed hesitated told mo me what that roy my gouni was fatal mortal surely he must have told you it Is so presently I 1 die con tent lot him blin be this surgeon I 1 am sin beyond bis his aid attend to me in nay ray last moments ORo urko my friend the adventurer vacillated torn torri by an agony of compassion 1 1 I must do something for ie e he be said miserably 1 I 1 must do something what can I 1 do comfort me the dying man closed hs eyes and nd lay still for lit it tic you are not gone OR curke he asked presently im here be your side mon aal tell me of madame your etke ife sho Is well she Is to very well Ch ambret you have seen ber her recently within ten days you have returned to her j no and yes not for lack of love for her that I 1 gave her up yea yes eald said chambrot Cb ambret impatiently that I 1 understand I 1 corn COM utterly your feeling dut but you owe ber her happiness though you sacrifice your owna own everything a ve ry thing to give it her she loves you as she right have loved even me had JOL not come conae into ber her afo ufo wr true rrue you are about to t pocket your ceilee cn ilee that she be aay may bavo have her due portion ot at happen tn ive promised Ch ambret 1 I an am flad but you what man brought broue ht you hither hith crr 1 I 1 1 I 1 wished to see ee ye but the dying are and strat igaly ly endowed with curious la in night into matters beyond their lien ken without perceptible hesitation cham bret brat made this apparent you have come for the ruby he bald with conviction how did ye knoer know it la Is true then 0 I 1 fancler so I 1 knew that some day you would come to claim IL it dond bond nearer to me inc the pool of flame li to in the keeping of my good friend the governor general of algeria it la to all arranged when I 1 am gone take rny my signet ring tell him your nume name and demand the package a small morocco leather box wrapped in plain brown paper and with my name and youra yours he lie known nothing at 01 ita its value save that it la Is great and will deliver it to you and only you without question que atlon that la in all the hand that clasped waa was itte ice Cham bretl brott Ben beatrix trix 0 the cold angels relaxed gently disen disengaged gazed bla his hand and put it to the pitiful torn bosom of the man who had died with hie his duels name upon bf ahli 3 lips CHAPTER IX shortly before midnight the train from constantine to al glera pulled up over an hour lato at al the town of el guerrah it took up a single passenger pax discharged none and presently thundered on westwards rocking and jarrin over a roadbed road bed c certainly no better zhan than it should have been such at least was the passengers criticism as groaning in an of the long night of discomfort ahead of him he disposed himself and his belongings about the cushions of the first class compartment which be he occupied in solitary grandeur bad had no intention of 1 leav ing anything undone that might tend to miti gato the terrors of the journey five daya days had elapsed since that morning in the casts 1 in the interval be he had again dared the danger of the desert returning to biskra bickra alone b by Y a route more direct than that which bad had brought him up with the flying col dmn discharging the guide with a gratuity larger than his ebbing meana means warranted bo ho bad had proceeded to el guerrah by the first dally daily train in and nd so now found himself on tho the direct line of communication with aars Al rs and the governor general his cb lefeat concern now lay with the future and the pool of flamo flame b both 0 th bulked large upon the horizon and were ere at once the architects and the nuclei of a thousand dif different foren t plans 0 action so far tho the affair had worked smoothly be he anticipated little trouble so thinking ho he drowsed and in the course of time lulled bv the hammer ing of a flat wheel at tho the forward end of the tho coach fell asleep he waken ed suddenly itter viter a nap of some two hours or so to a confusion of impressions that the train bad had stopped that some ono one bad had invaded bis his corn com apartment part ment th thit t a cold blast was blowing across his wrists bewildered and not half roaster master of his scales he start ed up and fell back aloi wl a thud as stated to resume a recumbent position by a heavy hervy blow upon his chest delivered by somo some person for the moment unknown simultaneously be he was aware e of a clicking sound followed by the sensation of being unable to move his feet and then the clouds cleaL clearing ring from his understanding he be realized that the cold upon his wrists was that of steel with handcuffs also on his ankles be he lay helpless hel pleis as unable even to protest because of a cloth wadded tightly into bis his mouth and a firm band hand that prevented eje eject cUoi loa other bands were rifling hie his pockets swiftly but after a bungling fashion the train having paused briefly at ho he afterwards after afier warda ards located the elation station by conjecture began to move again was presently in full thundering flight abruptly the examination of his person which was so thorough that it included the opening of bis his shirt to as sure the thieves that he carried nothing in the shape of a money belt was concluded and the adventurer was roughly jerked into a flitting sitting po at tha harng amo bla his gag was removed he ja gasped sped blinked coughed and rolled a resentful oye eye around the compartment part ment be the po powers I 1 ho he said huskily and no more at first glance it became apparent that ho he had miscalculated the audacity and resource of the viconte and mr glynn they bad literally caught him napping the honorable bertie bertle discovered kneeling in to the act of turning the adventurers traveling gear inside out at least let he seemed seamed to be trying to do so 80 monsieur to viconte dee des on the contrary waa seated at ease facing a revolver on the beside him his in terest concentrated not upon bin hl cap tive upon his collaborator tor rem remarked arkid ito 1 be mans face a curious compound aag 9 m e lt s t triumph r 1 u t n ph a aad u d a p p r e b ao 1 4 9 W without 1 th 0 u t 0 acting 0 t i n g th the s 1 ri n b m a a B eje 1 O 0 O 0 ula ul allon tion he addressed No worse luck luckl grumbled the rising and kicking of th hand b bag ag avas cly there SO much an a crap of paper anywhere about him the viconte favored 0 wit with a vicious glance muttering about a thousand devils davits the irishman quick to grasp the th situation A 4 inwardly exulting acknowledge acknowledged dee treble attention with a IL winal mile smile good event he aid aed and amiably nt ob hut shut UPI hupf napped snapped the hoaern able bertie bertle unhandsomely where that lettel T |