Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-10-07
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SYNOPSIS.

of John Stephens. ndventurer. a Massa.
eehusetts man marooned by authorities at a.,
mining operations in Bolivia. he was de.
nounced by Chile an insurrectionist
hotel his attention was attracted by an
s'ePhena rescued ead the young SsH"S
her. ADMIRAL Of the Peruvian navy con,
,SS hin that
desired desired that that night the Esmernlda
stephens met a motley crew. to which m he
structions. They boarded the vessel. They
successfully captured the vessel supposed =
Capt. Stephens gave directions for the de-
parture Of the craft. He entered the cab.
IN and aRs Rsr msG ss
the wrong vessel had been captured.
was Lord Da.,,Gstons private Ha,nI Saeni
ship Then EITs, Mate Ta.tle aasn laid bare Sss
.ie circle. t" Z TSttie d' espiainea, * That on a
b9nna sass EsXafe was hs hsa os, n @
found 1t frozen in n huge case OF ice
on an island and contained much f,; S1ifG;
sepsfss sss ssnssn'sa to Be
Darlington: She was greatly ALI %IarTsd: ned:
fos. Stephens attempted to communicate:
overcome. Tuttie f,nally sdunring the sit
uation- Then the sen Queen headed ,S SCUM Hi..,
ssan .. made %ndf5 pror1e.s mqs goal
De Nova, the mate. told Stephens that he
believed Taas now %stinS ns :s,R1s, ns.TS..
Stephen was Awakened By era.sinx. Of
glass. He saw futile IN The grip Of .
s rss s"GF H.
ssepse1s eSsns assumeS Soh the isadership and .hs
men decided to continue the treasure
snS mile. G.as; ss"s .ss Ssrss to
..D hs service b ssS. o hsSe
mania. Upon sd:ics Of Lady Darlington.
en- en- oiiieer % Re had hunsicd in Chile. He
sSesr s9Saa isss M pisssa
shs into ,Ss up ses ns Queen sS At
the spot spot where Tuttie's quest was sup:
posed to be. The crew wss % anxious on e.o, TO 60
on in srm D De ~, a
Darlington thanked him. The Sea Queen
;,arssd nSr.hw1sa She vas , vrssns,G s,;Is'os Il
n1 sne IN ner "ais lie boat boat. Ten we're rescued.
sans for f fa f9SS 'fs
her love TO Stephens and he did likewise.
Lady DARLINGTON told her life story; how
yearninE for absent love. She revealed
herself as the school chum Of gtephcns'
sister. She expressed n wish TO die IN the
sea rather than face her former friends
and 20 back to the old life. A ship was
lighted. The craft prsved to b. % dsrsiiSs; ,iLs;
with hundreds of years of Ice. The yes.
sci was the Donna Isabel. lost in 1883. 16
years previous. The frozen bodies of the
former crew were removed. They read
the log of the Isabel. which told how
the Spaniards had died from cold. one by
one. Lady Darlington sang to prevent
the men from becoming moody. The crew
commenced the hunt for treasure. They
found the iron chest. said to contain a
part Of 3.0C00 600 pesos. firmly imbedded In
that Il would never benefit the men. for
she said the Donna Isabel would never
reach port The men got n lust for gold
Stephens quelled II by whipping one. The
Donna Isabel showed indications Of sink
Ing. They prepared to depart with what
ing they departed. Stephens went back
to try to rescue Cole. n gold-crazed negro.
who was hunting treasure In the hold
Stephens plunged into the Icy sea a mo-
ment before the Donna Isabel sank. His
mates rescued him. the negro being lost.
Exposure made nearly everyone but Lady
Darlington and Stephens insane. Her love
for him kept him buoyed up through the
terrible days and nights at sea In the
open boat One sailor Jumped overheard.
broke his leg. stephens mind became
blank. Two days later they were res
cued by a steamer. For three days
Stephens hovered between life and death.
Aroused to consciousness and finally
health. y