Charlevoix county herald., 1910-06-25
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the introduction
of John Stephens, adventurer, Massa-
chusetts man marooned by authorities at
Valparaiso, Chile. Being Interested In
mining operations In Bolivia, he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
and as consequence was hiding, At his
Stephens rescued the young wom;tl from
drunken officer. He was thanked by
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con.
iron9d Stephens. told him that war had
beel3 declared between Chile and Peru
and1b fered him the ofiice of captain. He
desired that that night the Esmeralda,
Chilean vessel. should be captured
Stephens accepted the commission.
Stephens met motley crew, to which he
was assigned He gave them final In
structions. They boarded the vessel They
successfully captured the vessel supposed
to be the Esmeralda, through strategy.
parture of the craft. He entered the cab
in and discovered the English woman
and her maid. stephens quickly learned
the wrong vessel had been captured
It was Lord Darlington's private yacht.
the lords wife. and maid being aboard.
He explained the situation t; to her sid iSdy hd
the plot, saying that the Sea Queen had
been taken In order to go to the Antarc-
ticx circle Tuttle explained that on
forkxer voyage he had learned that the
Donha Isabel was lost in 1858. He had
found 1t frozen in huge. case of ice
on an island and contained much gold
of the expedition. He told Lady
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed
but expressed confidence in him; the
Sea Queen encountered vessel In the
fog. Stephens attempted to communicate.
This caused a fierce struggle and he was
overcome. Tuttle finally squaring the sit
uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
again. Under Tuttles guidance the yes
sci made progress toward its goal
believed Tuttle. now acting as skipper.
insane because of his queer actions:
Stephens was awakened by crashing of
glass. He saw Tuttle in the. grip of a
him The sailor upon regaining his senses
was taken i'll. Tuttle committed suicide
Stephens assumed the leadership and the
men decided to continue the treasure
hunt. the islands being supposed to be
only 200 miles distant. Tuttle was buried
in the sea. Lady Darlington pronouncing
the service. Stephens awaking from
sleep saw the ghost, supposed to have
mania. Upon advice of Lady Darlington,
Stephens started to probe the ghost.
He came upon Lieut. Sanchez. the drunk
en- officer he had humbled in Chile. He
found that at Sanchez inspiration, En-
gineer Mcknight played ghost to scare
the men into giving up the quest. Steph-
ems announced that the Sea Queen was at
the spot where Tuttle's quest was sup
posed to he. The crew was anxious TO go
on in further search. De Nova and Steph-
ems conquered them in fist fight. Lady
Darlir gton thanked him. The Sea Queen
starftl northward. She was wrecked in a
fog. Stephens. De Nova, Lady Darlington
and her maid being among those to set
out in a life boat. Ten We're rescued.
Stephens saw only one chance in a thou
sand for life. Lady Darlington confessed
her love TO Stephens and he did likewise.
Lady Darlington told her life story how
she had been bartered for a title. her
yearning for absent love. She revealed
herself as the school chum of stephens
sister She expressed a wish TO die in the
sea rather than face her former friends
and go back to the old life. A ship was
sighted. The craft proved to be derelct.