Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-05
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER 1.-The sensational news Of
the disappearance of four Of New York s
Wealthiest millionaires appears in the
New York Record and starties that city.
CHAPTER LI.-Robert Van Horne is
owner of the Record and William Chal-
mers Is his managing editor. Mr.. Hestor,
2 young millionaire friend of Van Horne,
mas a hobby for journalism and offers
Worldwide reputation as reporter, and
e constantly planning some great coup
tnsT WI nlm1rtalze his name
meeting with p. J. Morton, tinancer and
railroad magnate. and states his plans
Tor 1t the s,, formation of a newspaper trust.
beard of trade operator. stampedes the
stock market, forcing many small firms
to the wall.
CHAPTER Y.-one morning Andrus
Carmody, Palmer j. Morton, r. ]. Kent
and Simon Pence, millionafres, cannot
be found and the stock exchange Is panic
stricken as a result
CHAPTER Vino clew to wherea-
bouts of men car be discovered but next
ing they are all safe. T.. Sylvester Vim
cent, Chicago promoter, has also dis
CHAPTER yII.-Miss Helen Carmody.
daughter of Andrus Carmody, calls on
Chalmers and arranges for payment of
q large reward through the Record for
rescue of the millonaires and arrest of
CHAPTER vIII-chalmers bends ev-
cry effort to work of rescue, greatly for
aelens sake Seymo4fv n reporter q. chi
ductor Chalmers endeavors to learn Of
Hsstor's WHEREABOUTS; latter had report
ed he was about to leave on trip to
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evidence Is unearthed pointing to Hestor
e. Ssr1 the ab Sust Chalmers and Helen
eHfahF SSEsfasr s ss sas 9 sos. to New
house built for him recently ~. somewhere new .r
IN cH IL rsFf3aR1ss x1-Hestor had invited mil
lionaires 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
M ba TO pe ans guests for me time
would continue to run in their absence.
They are all thunderstruck at the infor-
mation Vincent, the promoter. makes his
/. mond, young lawyer friend of Hestor,
+ ID also one of the party.
II CHAPTER KHAN attempt to bride
Hestor to return to New York proves a
CHAPTER XIII.-After a voyage of a
few days they come to an island in the
tropics.
IS CHAPTER XIv.-Here they debark and
h find a house newly built and evidently
ssintended fol. them. Hestor unloads great
Wquantities of provisions and furnishings,
Estelling the millionaires they will stay here
Il for some time. They awake next morn
n Ing to find Hestor and the yacht gone,
n CHAPTER XV.--They discuss situation
& and find there is nothing to do but to
4 rake the best of 1t.
! CHAPTER XyI.-Next day. is spent II
i exploring island. which is situated eyi.
/ IDENTIFY III the bay Of a larger island,
CHAPTER &yII.-sidney, Kent. Pence
and VINCENT set out on a raft for the
mainland on tour of exploration. A
furious hurricane overtakes them.
CHAPTER xVITT.--Pence and Vincent
discover an old temple in a ruined city
and find a number of solid gold idols
much to Pence's happiness
CHAPTER xIX.-The captives dicide to
TO the mainland.
CHAPTER xx.<One day a boat is
sighted and it CONF close to the island
but fails to heed the signal of distress
which the islanders have erected
CHAPTER XXI.--A boat is found on
the shore filled with various deiicacies
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