The state herald., 1910-10-07
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the Introduction
chusetts man marooned by authorities at
Valparaiso. Chile. Being interested In
mining operations In Bolivia. he was de-
and as a Consequence was hiding. At his
nGteI Mne,, MS attention was attracted by an
4 drunken officer. He was thanked by
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con-
thronted 'front.' Stephens. told him that war had
snd offered him the office of captain. He
1s,s,,red 4.,.,,d that that night the Esmeralda,
Sshilsan sil vessel. should be captured.
Stephens. met motley crew, to which he
vas assigned. He gave them Anal In
s,rn Mructions They boarded the vessel. They
successfully captured the vessel supposed
70 pc the Esmeralda, through strategy.
capt. stephens gave directions for the de-
Parturs nns q the craft. He entered the cab.
and and her maid. Stephens quickly learned
the wrong vessel had been captured.
Il. ords orS Gf ana Sns sans Sssra Sasn
He explained the situation to her lady
,hip; ;hlp ~, Then First Mate Tnttle laid bare
been taken in order ' to ,S 60 e 10 the s Antare @
&c circle. Tuttle explained that on a
former former voyage he had learned that the
found II frozen in n huge case OF Ice
on an island and contained much gold
stephens consented to be the captain
q the expedition. He told Lady
put expressed confidence in him. The
sea queen encountered vessel in the
This caused fierce struggle and he was
overcome. ,Tuttle finally squaring the sit
uation Then the Sea Queen headed south
.sI made progress toward its ' goal.
De Nova, the mate. told Stephens that he
believed Tuttle. now acting as skipper.
af Ia.
stephens was awakened by crashing of
glass. He saw Tuttle In the grip OF a
spasm of religious mania and overcame
was taken III. Tuttle 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 be
only 200 miles distant Tuttic was buried
IL the sea, Lady Darlington pronouncIng
the service, Stephens awalling from
sleep saw the ghost, supposed to have
formed the basis for Tuttle's religious
mania. Upon advice OF Lady Darlington,
He came upon Lieut. Sanchez. the drunk
en- offfcer he had humbled I'm Chile He
SssI rGnna MAJ a. Sanchez insspr.'3n En-
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 be. The crew was anxious TO 20
on In further search. De Nova and Stcph-
ems conquered them in n fist fight. Lady
i'"lNEton tnunheu MN. Inc sea queen
started northward. She was wrecked In
fog, Stephens. De Nova. Lady Darlington
and her maid being among those TO set
out in n life boat. Ten Were rescued
Stephens saw only one chance in n 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 bnrtcred for "A title. her
Nearninr for absent love. She revealed
herself as the school chum OF Stephens
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
sighted. The craft proved to be n derelict.
They boarded her She was frozen tight
with hundreds OF years Of Ice. The ves-
sci was the Donna Isabel, lost in 1853. ie6
years previous. The frozen bodies OF the
former crew were removed. They read
the Spanlnrds had died from cold. one by
one. Lady Darlington sang to prevent the
men IRON becoming moody. The crew
commenced the hunt for treasure They
found the iron chest. said TO contain n
part of 3wo.W0 pesos, FIRMLY imbedded In
lee. LADY Darlington expressed the belief
that n would never benefit the men. for
she said tho Donna Isabel would never
reach port The men got n lust for gold.
Stephens duclled Il by whipping one. The
Donna Isabel showed Indications OF sink
ing. They prepared TO depart with what
trensur. had been found. The next morn
Ing they departed. stephens went back
20 try TO rescue Cole. n sold-crnzcd negro.
who was hunting treasure Ia the hold.
Stephens plunged into the ley sea mo-
mrnt before the Donna Isabel sank, His
mates rescued him, the negro being lost.