Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-16
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Lon the steamer Kan
sas, leaving Valparaiso for England,
are Miss Elsie Maxwell. fleeing from
the unwelcome attentions of Pedro
Among the other passengers Is Count
Edouard de Poncilit. The two girls be-
come interested In Captain Courtenay,
the commander of the Kansas. and In
Joey, his fox terrier, Courtenay is.com;
PEELED to shoot a Chilean who has tried
to knife Chief omser BOYLE
CHAPTER II--The Chilean, FraScu-1
ella, coal passer tells of having been
drugged and thrown into the ships
hold before her departure from Valpar-
also. His wound which is net, serious,
Is attended to by DIR. Christobal. a pas
senger. At night the Kansas runs into
a. heavy storm, daring which an ex-
q CHAPTER III.--Courtenay tells the
passengers that the ship is in peril, and
the boats are made ready. The gravesr
danger to the vessel and its passengers
Is from mutiny by the Chilean crew
and stewards.
CHAPTER Iv.-The. explosion has
wrecked the ships engines. Drifting
helplessly. the Kansas strikes a reef 20
miles from the perilous Chilean coast.
CHAPTER V.-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-
titles Elsie By calling her an emissary
of Ventana. Elsie is left Behind by ac-
cident when the other women passen7
gers arc taken off the Kansas income OF
the. lifeboatS.
CHAPTER VI. Elsie accidentally
sees part of a letter addressed to the
captain. In it the unknown writer re-
fcrs to the woman destined to be your
Wife" Elsie, Courtenay, Christobal. an
engineer named Walker and Tolle-
them Boyle and Frascuelo, are compell-
ed to remain on the Kansas, all the
boats being gone or smashed. The
CHAPTER VII.-I In the dark the
Kansas drifts on to an unknown des.
tination. 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
tlred. The Kansas takes aboard man
from Argentina named .Suarez, who had
been a captive among the savages. He
declares that the Alaculols. as the In
dams are called, have guns and will at
CHAPTER X 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
of the steamer, and Pedro Ventana is
suSptCteu. CHTIStoDdl teilS OF "a rove
affair between 1sobel 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 water cask known to have
been on one of the lifeboats. Christo-
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 delighteds to learn from
her that she believes Courtenay to be
engaged. Elsie is informed by Frans-
cuelo that before the Kansas sailed he
had been drugged and flung into the
hold by Jose Anacleto, believed to be
had then temporarily taken Franscue-
los place among the coal passers. Ell
sic plans to have the deck of the Kan
sas covered in with canvas in order to
keep off the expected attack.
CHAPTER Embellishments lays
plans to defend the Kansas by means
of floating dynamite RATS. Elsie adj
mits to herself her love for Courtenay.
CHAPTER XIII-The Indians again
became threatening. and Courtenay, in
love with Elsie, asks Christobal to de-
fend her. The dynamite, however,
saves the ship.
CHAPTER XVIII the paper wrap
ships coal bunkers, Courtenay sees :,
possible clue to the plotters against
his vessel. He proposes to Elsie and
Is accepted and offers to explain later
the mysterious letter. The ship is
again attacked by the Alaculofs.
CHAPTER &V-In the midst of the
battle two of the Kansas missing boats
reappear with the passengers and some
of the crew, and the Indians are beat
en- off.