Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-28
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER 1.-THE sensational news of
the disappearance of four Of New IorEs
Wealthiest millionaires appears in the
New York ,r Record and startles that city.
CHAPTER 1I.-Robert Van Horne is
owner of the Record and William Chal-
mers Is MS managing editor. Mi. Hestor
\ q young millionaire friend OF Van Horne,
has hobby for journalism and offers
his services gratis. HeStor has made a
/, World-wide reputation as IL reporter, and
Is constantly planning some great coup
( ehat will immortaliZe his name.
I, CHAPTER llI.-Hestor arranges a
meeting with p. j. Morton. financier and
railroad magnate, and states his plans
for the formation of newspaper trust
CHAPTER 1V.-R. j. Kent, the famous
board of trade operator, stampedes the
stock market, forcing many small firms
CHAPTER y.-one morning Andrus
4 Carmody. Palmer j. Morton, r. j. Kent
and Simon Pence, millionares, cannot
be found and the stock exchange is panic
81 stricken as result.
4 CHAPTER Vino clew to wherea-
bouts OF men car be discovered but next
day letters are received from them say
q Ing they are all safe. l.. Sylvester Vim
Z cent, Chicago promoter, has also dis
CHAPTER vII.-Miss Helen carmody.
daughter of Andrus Carmody, calls on
IChalmerS and arranges for payment of
re large reward through the Record for
rescue OF the milltonaires and arrest Of
CHAPTER vIII-chalmers bends ev-
cry effort 10 work of rescue greatly for
I Helen's sake. Seymour, a reporter at Chi
cage, telegraphs that Vincent is the alb
ductor. Chalmers endeavors to learn of
Hestor's whereabouts. latter had report
ed he was about TO leave on a trip to
Europe in his yacht. the SHARK"
CHAPTER sIN.-Strong circumstantial
4 eviueance Is unearthe9 pointing to Hestor
e. e. the ab slued Chalmers and Helen
!, working together on the case
GHAPrEK X.-seymour goes to New
orleans and learns that Hestor had had
q house built for him recently somewhere
CHAPTER XI.-Hestor had invited mil
honaires to take short cruise in his
yacht and discuss his newspaper trust
scheme. They had accepted and when
out of the harbor he told them they were
sll to be his guests for some time as
he had intended to learn if the universe
would continue to run in their absence.
They are all thunderstruck at the infor-
NATION: vincent, the promoter; makes his
mond, young lawyer friend of Hestor.
u also one of the party.
CHAPTER XII-An attempt to bride
Edestor to return to New York proves a
CHAPTER XIII,-After a voyage of a
few days they come to an island in the
tropics.
CHAPTER NIV-Hcre they debark and
find a house newly built and evidently
Intended for them. Hestor unloads great
quantities of provisions and furnishings
telling the millionaires they will stay here
Z for some time. They awake next morn.
ing to find Hestor and the yacht gone.
g CHAPTER XV.-They discuss situation
and find there is nothing to do but to
yialse the best of it.
CHAPTER XyI.-Next day is spent II
exploring island which is situated evil
IDENTITY IN the bay of a larger island.
CHAPTER Xv1T-Sidney Kent. Pence
and Vincent set out on a raft for the
mainland on tour of exploration. A
furious hurricane overtakes them.
CHAPTER xVIII--Pence and Vincent
discover an old temple in ruined city
and find a number of solid gold idols
much to Pence's happiness.
CHAPTER x1X.-The captives dicide to
. build a houseboat and attempt to escape
to the mainland.
CHAPTER XX.-One day a boat is
sighted and 1t comes close to the island
but fails to heed the signal of distress
\ which the islanders have erected.