The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-06-03
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the introduction
of John Stephens. adventurer, n Massa-
chusetts man marooned by authorities nj
Valparaiso, Chile. Being interested in
mining operations In Bolivia, he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
: and as a consequence was hiding. At his
hotel his attention was attracted by an
stephens rescued the young woman from
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy on.
fronted stephens, told him that war had
been declared between Chile and Peru
desired that that night the .Esmeralda, a
Chilean vessel, should be captured.
Stephens accepted the commission.
was assigned. He gave them final in
structions. They boarded the vessel. They
ssucssessfnliy captured the vessel supposed
Capt. Stephens gave directions for the de-
parture q the craft. He entered the cab
and her maid. stephens quickly learned
the wrong vessel had been captured.
II was Lord clearinghouse private yacht.
He explained the situation to her lady
ship. Then First Mate futile laid bare
the plot, saying that the Sea Queen had
tic circle. Tuttle explained that on a
former voyage he had Learned that the
Donna Isabel was lost In 1858. He had
found II frozen In a huge case Of Ice
On an island and contained much gold:
Stephens consented to be the captain
OF the eApeultlOn. he tOlu Lazy
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed,
but expressed confidence in him. The
Sea Queen encountered a vessel In the
fog. Stephens attempted to communicate.
This caused a fierce struggle and he was
overcome. futile finally squaring the sit
uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
sci made progress toward its goal,
DE Nova, the mate, told Stephens that he
believed futile, now acting as skipper,
Stephens was awakened by crashing of
glass. He saw Tuttle in the grip of a
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by shooting. Upon vote, of the crew
men decided to continue the treasure
hunt. the islands being supposed to be
only 200 miles distant. futile was buried
the service. stephens awaking from
sleep saw the ghost, supposed to have
formed the basis for Tuttle's religious
Stephens started to probe the ghost.
He came upon Lieut.. Sanchez. the drunk
en- officer he had humbled in Chile. He
found that Mt Sanchez Inspiration, En-
gineer Mcknight played ghost" to scare
the men into giving up the guest. Steph-
the spot where Tuttie's quest was sup
posed to be. The crew was anxious to go
on in further search. De Nova and Steph-
Darlington thanked him. The Sea Queen
started 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 were 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 a derelict.
They boarded her. She was frozen tight
with hundreds of years of ice. The ves-
sci was the Donna Isabel, lost In 1853, 126
years previous. ~ Ga ~.