Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-27
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Edward White
Hopkins Adams
y Mcclure, Phillips & Co.

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SxnopsIs of Preceding Chapters.
n ,sllkfrER 1.-THE officers of the
[i1$tad states ship wolverine. cruising
81, lie Pacific, are mystifed by
s At{&nHe radiance which appears sud-
~ Nv xgn the face of the sea and van
{S{Ds rs suddenly. The officers discuss
+ <ut Strange disappearance, two years
" @>t>*'< ouAIy, of the schooner Laughing
E d Is ~ tchnrtered1 by DIR. Schermerhorn,
fSf54.pTER sIIl-The VOL, crime picks
fltf fIHs k,ahghing Lass, with everything
.sil5pshape saIeJ that there is no living
IAPHER Ensign Edwards is
A9a,t aboarA tlie Laughing Lass with a
g A f'sf5R tv-The Wolverine sees
4 fl.t SstFHfs. y Hight again. In volcanic
Y fEssst. IRE hanghing Lass drifts away
attd - FOUND again with no one on
beard and her boats untouched.
"a AtDffsR VA second prize crew
s1seIft aboard the schooner. The mys-
4tetAei1a lgnt is seen again, and the
y nNolreline discovers a volcano in full
zxiipzlon The Laughing Lass vanishes
,sIfAPTER vI-The Wolverine picks
lfNA4 dory belonging to the Laughing
4t,@aN II contains Ralph Slade. jour
snFtst known to have been with Scher-
= Luff4orn, and the corpse of the WolVer-
s 12ffs bo's'n's mate, who had gone with
edwards. Slade is in very bad condi-
3iqn trom fever; thirst and exhaustion
|ltts3t,ftAPTER NII-Slade RECEIVERS and
directs the Wolverines course toward
lilo Volcanic island. on which he de-
sfiqTes man named barrow is maroon
n 81 Slade begins to tell his story to
"a tts officers of the Wolverine.
~ ~. l,fIAPTER VIII-Slade's story. He
ships under the name Eagen, as mate
shpard the Laughing Lass, Captain Sell
fkyfr, commander, after the schooner
r Had been engaged by Schermerhorn for
two years, her destination being UNI
< kpown. The doctor displays extraor-
& binary care in taking aboard a heavy
1lz4tsS bound chest
fsHAPTER IX.-Slade makes the ac-
clpaintance of Handy Solomon, Il pratt
eAls looking seaman with steel hook
N place of a right hand, and his -four
mates. The crew show AN unusual in
steffst In a book on alchemy. The Laugh
8 ing Lass leaves San Francisco.
tsHAPTER X.-Slade discovers a col
lection of arms in the captains cabin
Both Captain SeloVer and barrow
Schermerhorn's assistant, are ignorant
Of the schooner's destination.
,,ssJJ54tsHAPTER XI-The crew believes
fftat the doctor is in search of treas
CFTAPTER XII. = Captain Selover
oYerawes the crew. Slade and a negro
sailor overhear Schermerhorn tell Oar
row he has the secret of the transmuta-
ten of metals locked up in his brass
bound chest The negro tells the crew.
6fHntain Selover Is Indifferent to the
plotting, but gives Slade a re-
VPTER XIII-Landing is made on
harted island, with volcano in
action. The wreck of the Gold
n is discovered. barrow picks
mall valley in which he and the
are to stay.
rERS XIV. and XV.-A labora-
guarded by a stockade' Is built
e professor. The captain puts
wv to work cleaning ship and
og the wreck in order to Keep
unemployed. After seven weeks
acre is nothing left for them to do
<ahd he becomes afraid of them.
CHAPTER XVL-A herd of wild
sheep is found and hunted. The crew
sees barrow engaged in a chemical eX-
perilnent at a miniature volcanic era
CHAPTER XVII-One of the sailors
! Tnutinies. and Slade fails in an attempt
fSfG overawe the men. The mastery OF
the situation passes to Handy Solo
mon.
CHAPTER XVIII. - dleness makes
the crew surly and quarrelsome. until
8 Barrow sets them to hunting seals for
the animals whiskers, etc. Selover,
who has taken to drink, remains aboard
\ the Laughing Lass.
30 CHAPTER XIX The crew, made
gbloodthirsty by the slaughter of the
seals. murder Captain Selover, when he
comes ashore
CHAPTER XX.-Slade is seized and
CHAPTE XXI-Slade observes one
4Tesult of the doctors experiments in a
blinding light that Eliminates for q
short time the valley of the Iaboratory
lie is recaptured, but manages to warn
Harrow, who comes to tell the sailors
that the time to leave the island has
arrived.
CHAPTER XXII.-The sailors try ia
XII barrow and succeed in wounding
MIN. but he escapes The volcano be-
gins to erupt violently as Schermer-
y hofn, carrying the chest, is seen APP
4 prpaching the sailors camp.