Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-11

SYNOPSIS,
By LOUIS TRACY

CHAPTER lon the steamer Kan
are Miss Elsie Maxwell, fleeing. from
Ventana ~e' and MISS se"'I Isobel " Barring.
Among the other passengers Is Count
Edouard de Poncilit. The two girls be-
come Interested in Captain Courtenay,
the commander of the Kansas, and i'm
Joey, his fox terrier. Courtenay is com
PEELED to shoot Chilean who has tried
TO knife Chief Officer Boyle.
CHAPTER 1.-THE Chilean, Frascu-
Ella, coal passer, tells of having been
drugged and thrown into the ships
hold before her departure from Valpar-
also. His wound, which is not serious,
is attended To by DR.. Christobal, pas
scnger. At night the Kansas runs into
"a heavy storm. during which an ex-
ploSion in the enRinee room is heard.
CHAPTER III--Courtenay tells the
passengers that the ship is in peril and
the boats are made ready. The gravest
danger to the vessel and its passengers
and stewards.
CHAPTER IV.-The explosion has
killed and wounded several firemen and
wrecked the ships engines. Drifting
helplessly. the Kansas strikes a reef 20
miles from the pcrilous Chilean coast
CHAPTER N.-courtenay, with Gray
and Tollemache, two of the passengers,
overawes a mob of stewards and kitch-
en- hands, but in struggle for the
boats Boyle is badly hurt. Isobel,
crazed with terror of the storm, mys-
of Nentana. Elsie is left behind by ac-
cident when tire other women passen-
gers are taken off the Kansas in one OF
CHAPTER VI. = Elsie accidentally
sees part of a letter addressed to the
captain. III it the unknown writer re-
fers to the woman destined to be your
WIFE" Elsie, Couptenay. Christobal, an
engineer named Walker, and Tolle-
mache. with some wounded men, among
them BoylesAnd Frascuelo, are compeil-
faH n ~ Ia flaa II oil -
steamer floats clear of the reef.
CHAPTER With tine dark the
KanSas drifts on to an unknown DIES
tiDation, but Courtenay discovers at
dawn that land is near
CHAPTER VIII.-After drifting into
narrow ford, the Kansas drops
anchor, and Courtenay sets Walker to
repairing the engines. The vessel is
attacked by savages.
CHAPTER IX.-The Indians are beat
en- off and one of their canoes is cap
tured. The Kansas takes aboard nan
from Argentina named SuareZ, who mad
5 been captive among the savages. He
dams are called, have guns and will at
tack the ship again.
CHAPTER " Courtenay discovers
that the explosion has been caused by
dynamite placed in the ships coal at
Valparaiso. Spectators in copper. OF
which metal the Kansas carries many
tons. would benefit greatly by the loss
vi tit steamer, anu 1SuEo Ntnldnd Is
suspected. ChriStobal tells of d love
affair between Isobel and Ventana
Walker promises to have the Kansas
under way in 10 days. Some Indians in
canoe row near the ship.
CHAPTER Kiln the canoe Courte-
nay sees a. water cask known to- have
been on one of the lifeboats. Christie
bal suspects Elsie of flirting. with
Courtenay and tells the girl he believes
the captain is in love with her. The
doctor has himself fallen in love with
Elsie and is delighted TO learn from
her that she believes Courtenay to be
engaged Elsie is informed by Frans-
cuelo that before the Kansas sailed hi
had been drugGcd and flung into the
hold by Jose Anacleto, believed to be
in the employ of Ventana. AnacIeto
had then temporarily taken Franscue-
los place ampng the coal passers. FL
sic plans to have the deck of the Kan
sas covered in with canvas in order to
keep off the expected attack.
CHAPTER XH.-Tollemaelle lays
plans to defend the Kansas by means
of floating dynamite RATS. Elsie adj
mits to herself her love for Courtenay
CHAPTER XI1L-The Indians agar
became threatening, and Courtenay, in
love with Elsie. asks Christobal to de
fend her. The dynamite, however
saves the ship.