Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-08-13
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the introduction
or John stephens, adventurer, Massa.
Valparaiso, Chile Being interested in
mining operations in Bolivia. he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
una as consequence was hiding. At his
hotel his attention was attracted by an
stephens rescued the young Woman from
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con-
Sfonted Stephens. told him that war had
been {seclared between Chile and Peru
Shean that that night the Esmepada
stephens st accepted the bsS %e
was assigned. He gave them final In
structions. They boarded the vessel They
10 be the Esmeralda, through strategy.
Capt. Stephens gave directions for the de-
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.
II 1t was asa Lord DarIngions private yacht
He explained the situation to her lady
ship. Then First Mate futile laid bare
the plot saying that the Sea Queen had
been taken in order to go to. the Antarc-
tic circle. Tuttle explained that on a
fnoi4er voyage he had learned that the
Donna Isabel was lost in 1853 He had
found it frozen in huge case of ice
on an island and contained much gold.
stephens consented to be the, captain
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed.
but expressed confidence in him. The
Sea Queen encountered vessel in the
fog. Stephens attempted TO communicate
This caused fierce struggle and he was
overcome. futile finally squarlng the sit
saan n ndar the sfa queen neade s6e south
sci made progress toward its goal
De Nova, the mate, told Stephens that he
insane because of his queer actions
stephens was awakened by crashing OF
glass. He saw futile in the grip of a
spasm of religious mania and .overcame
him. The sailor upon regaining his senses
was taken i'll. futile committed suicide
by shooting. Upon vote, Of the crew
Stephens assumed the leadership and the
men decided to continue the treasure
hunt, the islands being supposed to DO
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
found that at Sanchez inspiration, En-
gineer Mcknight played ghost 10 scare
the men into giving up the guest. Steph-
ems announced that the Sea Queen was at
the spot whore Tuttles 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 q
x.
and her maid being among those to set
out in n life boat Ten were rescued.
Stephens saw only one chance in 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 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 10 be derelict.
They boarded her. She was frozen tight
with hundreds of years OF ice. The yes
sci was the Donna Isabel, lost in 1888, 12G
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 100000 pesos. firmly imbedded In
ice. Lady Darlington expressed the belief
that IL would never benefit the men, for
she said the Donna Isabel would never
reach port. The men got lust for gold
Stephens quelled it by whipping one. The
Donna Isabel showed indications of sink
ing They prepared to depart with what
treasure had been found. The next morn
ing they departed. Stephens went back
TO try TO rescue Cole, a gold-crazed negro
who was hunting treasure in the hold
stephens plunged into the Icy sea mo-
ment before the Donna Isabel sank. His
mates rescued him. the negro being lost