Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03
lie KIDNAPPED
MILLTCNAIRES
A Tale cfWaIl Street
and the Tropics - Il
By FREDERICK u. ADAMS
a rs
SYNOPSIS.
Copyright, 1901, by Lotl.rop Publlshing Company.
All rights reserved.

Copyright. 1901. by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rigits reserved.
SYNOPSIS.
| the disappearance of four of New York 8
Wealthiest millionaires appears in the
New York Record and stnrties that city.
owner of the Record and William Chal-
mers is his managing editor. Mr.. Hestor,
young millionaire friend of Van Horne,
his services gratis. Hestor has made a
worldwide reputation as a reporter. and
is constantly planning some great coup
'h I1S I'll EiMn2rfaliKe ashtaf f apranges
meeting With P. ]. Morton. financier and
railroad magnate, and states his plans
| for the formation of a newspaper trust.
| CHAPTER 1V.--R. j. Kent, the famous
board of trade operator, stampedes the
stock market. fol- cling many small firms
cHArTER v-.one morning Andrus
CaIm2dy, Palmer j. Morton, r. J. Kent
| be found and the stock exchange is panic
| stricken as a result.
CHAPTER Vino .clew to, .wherea-
bouts of men can be discovered but next
| day letters are received from them say
ing they are all safe. L. Sylvester Vim
cent. Chicago promoter, has also dis
CHAPTER vn.-Miss Helen Carmody.
daughter of Andrus Carmody, calls on
large reward through the Record for
rescue of the millionaires and srrest Of
'H @ri haaPf9a5fREs v11u.-chalmers bends ev-
cry effort to work of rescue, greatly for
Helen's sake. Seymour. reporter at Chi
ductor.. Chalmers endeavors to learn Of
Hestor's whereabouts; latter had reports
ed he was about to leave on a trip to
cHz2PsTfEhAss Yacht ths sh aPchm,ranr,a,
evidence IS unearthed pointing to Hestor
as the abductor. Chalmers and Helen
/ heC0nla fri
werking toEethe Ts ag t5e c aSe. ro New
house built for him recently somewhere
~ fhs e FaM sx1-t1estor nao invited ma.
yacht and discuss his newspaper trust
m Tho They had aeeepted and when
all 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
appearance on the boat. Sidney Ham
mond. young lawyer friend of Hestor,
cHHPaTnGsKa Of x the 1aartY attempt to bride
Hessor to return to New York proves a
CaAr1 riK xI11.--After voyage OF q
few days they come to an island in the
CHAPTER xIv-Here they oepark and
md q house newly built and evidently
quantities Of provisions and furnishings,
telling the millionaires they will stay here
TOR some time. They awake next morn
aa lester ara the a gasht si3nst,on
and find there is nothing to do but to
maKe ne Rss kiSStinNext aay ,s spent 3,
exploring island, which is situated evil
denly y fhs eay # 1fFgsr k sRd renee
| and Vincent set out on a raft for the
mainland on a tour Of exploration. A
cHAPTER SV11f@P Pence and md, Vincent
ed an n old tenp ns in ruined city
much e P E,e ha r 2ns Is n,,ve. ,,,
| to the mainland
CHAPTER Nx.-one day boat is
sighted e ,,s and It comes close to the island
the s5ass :s E;i says
and as.et les with Hester's compIlmaespts.,
colony bids farewell to their island Ind
| CHAPTER xxIII--seymour, the. re.
porter, discovers. In Havana. the con-
tractor who had built Hestor's bunga-
n Gw and Mi he offers to guide him to the
to Havana in formers yacht, take on
the contractor, Mcintyre. and Seymour
lonaires. They near the place and meet meet
the captives the day after they had left
their place Of captivity in their house
IN the meantime the SHARK" con
tinued on it's eastern course, and the
sHelen Carmody" neared the mouth
of the Mississippi. 1t was sever
o'clock in the evening when they tool
a pilot. Sidney was moved to the
forward deck, and all gathered
around him to diDcuss what had hap
pened.
"That was about as rapid a bit o.
work as ever i Witnessed" said Mr.
Kent, who had been slightly cut il
the hand by flying piece of glass.
"Who fired the shot from oul
boat?" asked Sidney, with Sigh
grimace of pain as his shoulder
twinged where the shot had laceratet
a muscle. 1T was the last thing
heard.'
81 fired it," said Bernard Seymour
"And L got your man Hestor al
right. Did you see him drop?"
II did," said Mr.. Morton. "Hi.
hands went up and he fell into thu
arms of two of his crew who wer,
rushing forward to grab him."
L
by Capt. Waters3" asked Mr.. Carmo
dy.
81 heard every word he said,' re
piled Miss Helen.
'You did" exclaimed her father
a frown darkening his face. 81 aske'
you to go below. Helen, and sup
posed you would obey me-"
81 went below, papa, just as yo'
told me to do said Miss Helen, con
tritely. "But you did not tell m
1 could not loolt out. / opened tn
port hole in the saloon, and saw an
heard everything that happened o.
the Shark When Mr.. Hesto
jumped from the bridge and ran t
the gun, Capt Waters shouted, 'Sto
him! Hold hi1n!' Then he yelle
'Starboard!' to the wheelsman, an
rushed down the steps to the decl
But before the men could stop Hes
tor, he had commenced firing. The
he threw his hands up in the al
and the men cnught him as he fe
backwards. I thought could sc
blood on his face"
This probably terminates Hes
tors career as II pirate or a maniac,
remarked Mr.. Morton. "The go,
eminent cutters will run the 'Sharl
to cover in short order. You ar
quite a sharpshooter, Mr.. Seymour.
81 had my eye on that Hotchlds
gun all the time" said Mr.. Seymour
AT first thought Hcstor was nal