- Terence O'Rourke an adventurer, has been courting Princess Beatrix long enough to ask her to marry him, but he realizes that, with no steady income, he has no right to propose. Then, the Pool of Flame, a huge ruby that adorns a statue of Buddha, is stolen, and officials in Rangoon offer Terence $500,000 to find the jewel and return it. In tracking down the gem, Terence must outwit such longtime adversaries as Chambret, Princess Karan, and another of Beatrix' suitors, Duke Victor. Finally, Terence manages to complete his mission, and then, with his fortune assured, he ends the long wooing phase of his romance with Beatrix and marries her.—Pamela Short
- "The Pool of Flame" brings the adventure of the romantically inclined Terence O'Rourke to a happy ending, which millions of his followers have ardently wished for him, for he finds his real life work in the pleasant occupation of defending through matrimony the Princess Beatrix, for whose hand he has endured so many exciting encounters. Terence and the Princess have been in love all along, but like a true Irishman, Terence had no visible means of support except his sword, and until he obtained the reward for finally restoring the pool of flame, a famous Indian jewel, to its original owners, the aforementioned sword had not provided him with sufficient wherewithal to support a bride, to say nothing of a princess. In '"The Pool of Flame" adventure he is still opposed by Princess Karen, a beautiful Indian woman, and Duke Victor, the persistent suitor for the hand of the princess, and all of the well-known characters including Count Chambret, are concerned in this final episode of the adventurous career of Col. Terence O'Rourke. which takes in from Montebar, the capital of the principality of Grandlieu, over which the Princess Beatrix exercises domination to faraway India, where the jewel is finally recovered by ORourke, and restored to the desecrated temple. The final chapter closes with the announcement of the coming marriage of Beatrix and O'Rourke.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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