Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-04-21
BY cHAUNcY c. HoTcHKIss
SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS.
Chapter I-Donald Thorndyke as cap
tain of the schooner Phantom, leaves Nor
folk for New London with cargo Of lead
for continental armies. His mate, John
Lounsbury, proves treacherous after they
get to sea and threatens to reveal the char
acter of the captain and cargo to British
ships then in sight, and from which they
could not escape. Thorndyke strikes him
and renders him insensibe, apparently
dead. One of the other two members OF
the crew attempts Thorndykes life. but he
bests him and throws him into the sea.
The other, a negro, he scares into silence.
He determines to impersonate the APP
parently dead mate, and tell the English
that he has taken the ship as prize and
Chapter I1@When the boat is boarded. he
tells his story. which is believed by the
naval lieutenant but is doubted by a
dragon officer, Scanned, who is along.
While Thorndyke Is proving his tale.
seriousness. Thorndyke is taken to the
British vessel to repeat his story to the
Chapter III-The Phantom is taken to
New York and there turned over to the
kings authorities. Thorndyke determines
to act the s part OF spy and when possible
'n chapte srof pv :! mixes in fight
at an Inn with young naval officer and
Chapter v.--scammell enters during the
progress of the row, and asks to take a
Thorndyke. Belden, the naval officer, dis
covers that Thorndyke is the man he is
looking for for Clinton. and stops the fight,
tween ( ,Thorpevks ana seammell. -,
chapter vLaSlinton postpones. the IN
tterview with Thorndyke, for day, and
state he is to take the Phantom, still
in New York harbor, and go to Newport
with DISPATCHES to the British general at
Chapter VIL-During great fire in New
York Thorndyke assists atriot spy to es-
cape 9 ., and from him he gets the name OF
chaptsp BY xs ho Ras
the identity of Thorndyke and comes to ar
rest him as spy. He is armed only with
a pistol, and into the printing pan of this
Thorndyke manages to throw water, then
overcoming ,Scammell, Thorndyke escapes
and makes his way to Clinton's headquar.
tiers, where his real identity is not YET
Chapter IX.-Clintoh gives Thorndyke
his Instructions and a pass through the
lines. Before leaving. girl, Gertrude King
enters and demands OF Clinton that she
forms her that her brother was condemned
as spy. and while waiting for execution
was burned to death in the fire of the day
before. She then demands pass outside
her loyalty to America Mrs. Badely. Gin
tons mistress enters with the announce
ment that the brother. instead of being
CHAP Chapter as x SsetPSH orders Thorndykt
to arrest the girl, which he refuses to do
but instead proclaims his own Identity
then gives her his pass through the lines
while he holds Clinton until she escapes
He follows her and makes his way to tn,
schaPpttserA NfaTherndyke stops at tn,
takes an unusual interest in him. Will,
there British cavalryman and a care
sharper, whom he had met in town a few
ebsdo petore' l., come IN he remains in the
scRH apeF nS & qae uafef enters the tav
ern and tells the cavalryman of a girl h,
cavalryman leaves to find her. Thorndyk,
is seen by the sharper and fight ensues
In which the Quaker kills the sharper a.
a body of cavalrymen approach, ALLOWING
Thorndyke. time enough TO be concealed
BY Gb 1he Maitsf ss tnrSlSer
leave the inn and go to a place of conceal
| ment known to the patriots. Here the,
meet Miss King and TThorndyke finds hi hi
Quaker friend, Ames, is the girls half
lei hn 81 their
fr SRap fhe R HVs@hrnorndyke proposes tba
| they slip down the river in boat to wher
ard and ake Is to tn
Ghapfer the rea xfntn he pban
tom in safety and find scammell and Louns
puty oh tDoafu, tIle guard having BOn
| ashore: The two men are imprisoned il
the cabin and the schooner cut loose ant
allowed to drift through the fog to the sea
chapter NV1l.-Ihey are detected BY mel
| en- British warship, but the fog agai,
| hides them, and they escape for the tim
| into the open sea.
| Chapter XVIII.--They are pursued by
vessel they take to be the Sprite. Captur
seems certain when the wind suddenly die
Chapter erGLp}t TX; &IX !. boat is sent from tn
come. and the schooner is boarded. /,
the light that ensues Ames is shot and tn
| girl disappears The small boat benin,
the schooner has been overturned by a sho
from the war vessel, and, as a last resort
| Thorndyke dives into the sea and come
| up beneath the dingv.