Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-05
A GOLDEN ARGoSY.
Gisslcr Sails 10 Find Lost Island Millions
unndcr Ground.

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New York, June 2--1here sailed yes.
ter1ay upon the Pacific Null Steamship
City Of Para. which left her dock AZ til,
foot Of Canal street at noon. a little force
Of twenty men, who are confident that
within the breast Of one Of thoir number
Il hidden the story Of the key which VIII
open the lock Of mystery that the dead
years aud the dead men Of the past could
not solve.
A gear and half ago there sailed
from San Francisco. bound for Peru. the
good ship.riggcd vessel the Stormy Petrol,
She never reached her destination. Seven
hundred miles from the Peruvian coast
the vessel was wrecked, and Captain
Franz Gissler aud his crew took to the
lifeb0ats.
For days the little baud OF wrecked
mariners tossed about upon the ocean
Al last when u seemed 10 the despair
ing crew tht there was only death be,
fore them, they came upon mn Island
that shot far out UP In the air. in a
grand pile OF granite rocks.
The island was about four niles ~
length ard about three mflcs wide To
this haven Captain Gisslcr quickly turned
his boat 10y touch NJ the rudder. lie
saw that no ship could ever reach the
shore whore the sparkling waves were
beating themselves into foam. Deep,
hidden rock, told him that a ship would
have been wrecked near these shores,
Upon landing on the island. Captain
Gissler found thar II was uninhahited.
After making survey upon the morning
after landing, his crew subsisting mean
while upon the sea- birds that had visited
the island aud were so tame as TO be
easily caught, he made a startling dis
coveFy.
The island was rocky. though strcaked
with vegetation. II WINS interseeted by
narrow cliffs. into which, In some rir"
tempests aud high tide combined. tongues
Of the sea Ind entered, licking the SIDES
Of the gullies smooth. and THESE ncch.
slonal visits were marked 10y the sand
and broken shells which the trupcstuouS
and cncr0achng scas had left hehiud.
Cuptin Gissler. while hurrying inland
had an eye out for discovery, lie inuud.
with the sense born of California OK.
plorations, that There were evidences Of
gold IN the rocks thar he was passing
over. Saying nothing To his eomnnniuus
he hurriedly gathered quantity Of rocks
showing his discovery, and after his crew
had gained strength Captain tiisslcr de-
cided to start for Perm. having calcu-
lated the latitude and longitude OF the
island hy means Of The ships nautical IN
strumcnts which he had fortunately
placed in his boat
While trying to launch the boat from
the mysterious Island. all Of the crew,
with the exception Of Captain Gissler,
were drowned and the captain was
forced 10 try In his desperation to reach
the coaA OF Peru alone.
He loaded the specimens Of untold
wealth upon the boat, aud then started
On his perilou- voyage. Within ten miles
OF the mysterious island Captain Glsslcr
was rescued.
Captain Gissler arrived here on tho
Paris month ago. aud FROM letters oi
Introduction Frank llhlers ni the Jacob
RUPERT Brewing company Interested ten
New York capitalists aud twelve 8os'
ton gentlemen IN fitting out an expedition
for the purpose Of investigating the story
Of the captain The capitalists PAT NiuOU
each into o common fund for lw pur'
pose NJ visiting the island, aud with the
utmost secrecy made their arrangements
To sail for the mysterious island, after
hearing the strange story Of Captain
Gisslrr.
So careful were they not to reveal their
identity that they instructed Captain
Gissler to buy tickets for them. They