Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-09-01
IMAM OF THE IRON MASK. ."
BRIEF SKETCH or REV. JONATHAN
s. WlLLlS'S NOVEL.

Tho Frcdcrica Divine Unravols the lIys-
terry surrounding the Celebrated French
Prisonor-A weu-written Love story
Of Local Interest
"John Martin, Jr, a story OF the Iron
Mask, by Rev Jonathan g. Willis, of
Kent county, which has been printed by
w Costa. the Shipley street publisher
ia neatly printed - mo volume
Of 232 pages, aud abounds
with historic speculation in relation 20
the identityof the man of the iron mask,
the celebrated and impetuous French
prisoner
Around this central figure is woven a
thrilling romance, very readable and eX-
ceedingly interesting, the plot being laid
/ In France and the lower part of the
/ Eastern shore of Maryland
The hero of the romance ~ John Mar
/ tin. ir, whose father when small
child. was washed ashore on the Mary
/ land coast, being the sole survivor of q
! French ship which had been attacked
robbed and scutiled hy a pirate named
old Dngald. The child was adopted by
Samuel Martin, who found him bound la
a chair upon the beach. The boy grow
90 manhood and married one of the Mar
tin girls
John Martin ir.. is the offspring OF
this marriage Ia the course of time hC
left home and went to New York, with
the firm Of Hunt Douglass q Co. Mar.
vim Douglass, a member of the firm
Ii o. villain and theevil genius Of the Mar
tin family. The hero detects Douglass in
investing money belonging to Henry
Mertone. a wealthy Frenchman. In wild
cat schemes instead Of in United States
bonds as McrtOne had ordered him 10 do.
This act leads 90 business complioa-
tions that necessitnte immediate action
TO save the credit of the firm Young
Martin is sent 10 Europe TO represent Oh,
irm lie is forced TO go c,
Egypt, and while there h'
meets Jarian Mortone. daughter o
Henry Mertone. of Audierne France
She fell madly ga love with him. bat he
did not reciprocate prefeming an adOp
ted daughter, named Milda Ihane
thereby causing The beautiful Mildamuc.
persecution This adopted daugh
ter had had strange dream
which disclosed 20 her secre
closet in The Mertone mansion Searcl
revealed documents which stated tina
] tnf MuI Nl iNt AhNlA aAN1h WIS AilN SUI
of Louis XII and q young twin of tho
reigniug King Of France. They als
showed that his name was Charles Mer
tone o near relat ve OF Henry Mert0ne.
When she saw John Martin, Jr. sh
recognized ia him the hero of her dream
and one who had saved her from death
She fell madly Ia love her affection wa
reclprocatcd, and their engagement wa
the result
heir to an immense property I'm France
His son marries Nilda. Their sister
murdered and their daughter is stolen
2 and taken 20 the Sandwich Islands B.
Douglass and Fedore. hlsl tool. A dreat
= reveals their whereabouts Tn
+ child is saved the villains are left .
: their fate; Jerian Mertone marries Maio
Murlock. an old flame who has been in
p strumental in unraveling the mys
terry, and peace and content
ment surround the entire Mention
q family 10 is impossible in such brie
sketch, TO do justice to work that re
fleets great credit on the author an
3 shows the wide scope of his imaginatiy
genius that has heretofore been confne
5 to theological and high-tarin bursts q
eiOquence.