Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-07-16
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SYNOPSIS.

The, story opens with tho introduction
OF John Stephens, adventurer, a Massa
chusetts man marooned by authorities at
mnnr IN G nnya her Was de
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
and as a consequence was hiding. AT his
Englishman and young woman.
stephens rescued the young woman from
drunken officer. He was thanked by
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con,
fronted Stephens. told him that war had
been declared between Chile and Peru
and offered him the office of captain He
Glllean vessel, should be captured
Stephens accepted the commission.
Stephens me. motley crew. to which he
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 S
the lords wife and maid being aboard.
M r the Mas Futile &c sd bare
the plot, saying that the Sea Queen had
been taken In order to go TO the Antarc,
fo S cTcS he had learned that the
Donna Isabel was lost in 1853. He. had
Mound 1t frozen in huge case or Ice
NJ an island and contained much gold.
of the expedition He told Lady
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed,
Sea Queen encountered 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
again. Under Tuttle's guidance the yes
sci made progress d to Stanbep It's that h hc
believed Tuttle now acting as skipper,
insane because OF his queer actions;
Stephens. was awakened by crashing OF
spasm OF religious mania and overcame
him. The sailor upon regaining his senses
was taken Ill. Tuttle committed suicide
stephens assumed the leadership and the
men decided to continue the treasure
only 200 miles distant. Tuttie was buried
in the sea, Lady Darlington pronouncing
the service Stephens awaking from
sleep saw the ghost. supposed to have
formed the basis for Tuttle's religious
mania. Upon advice Of Lady Darlington.
Stephens started to probe the ghost.
en- officer he had humbled IT, Chile. He
found that at Sanchez inspiration. En-
gneer Mcknight played ghost to scare
ems announced that the Sea Queen was at
the spot where Tuttles quest was sup
posed to be. The crew was anxious to go
on in further search. De Nova and Steph-
ems conquered them in fist fight Lady
Darlington thanked him. The Sea Queen
started northward She was wrecked in a
fog Stephens. De Nova, Lady Darlington
a2d her maid being among those to set
OF i'm 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 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 derelict.
They boarded her. She was frozen tight
with hundreds of years of ice. The ves-
sci was the Donna Isabel, lost In 1753, i26
years previous. The frozen bodies or the
former crew were removed.