The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-06-17
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the introduction
of John stephens. adventurer, a Massa-
chusetts. man m~arooned by authorities az
Valparaiso, Chile. Being interested In
mining operations in Bolivia, he was de.
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionlst
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 con,
fronted stephens, told him that war na1
been beer declare ED between thW ofnco C NJ can n ! He
desired that that night the Esmeraida, a
Chilean vessel, should be captured
stephens met a motley crew, to which he
was assigned. He gave them fnal IN
structions, THEY boarded the vessel: Ihey
successfully captured the vessel supposed
to be the Esmeralda. through. strategy
Capt. Stephens gave directions Tor the ue-
E r. t anG Of d,I sns erSft' the he G Ehsfish TIVE Woman naH1
and her maid. Stephens quickly learned
the wrong vessel had been captured.
II was Lord Darii1gt0n,,sS Private hdinT aS Soendi'
He explained the situation to her lauso
ship. Then First, Mate futile laid pare
the plot. saying that the Sea Queen had
been taken in order to go to the Antarc-
tic circle. futile explained that on a
f bGnTa fsSpgi c ns h Iosi i in l7Ssl ' MS had
found it frozen in a huge case of ice
on an island and contained much gold.
stephens consented to be the sa captain
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed,
but expressed confidence in him me
Sea Queen encountered a vessel In the
fog. stephens attempted to communicate
This caused n fierce struggle ana ne was
overcome. Tuttle finally %squaring the 81,
uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
again. Under Tuttle's guidance the YES
sci made progress TOWARD its goal:
DE Nova. the mate, told Stephens that he
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
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
Sterhens assumed the leadership and the
men decided to continue the treasure
hunt, the islands being supposed to be
In the sea. Lady Darlington pr~onouncing
the service, Stephens awaking from
formed the basis for Tuttle's religious
mania. Upon advice of Lady Darlington.
stephens started to probe the ghost.
EN- officer he had BUNDLED in Chile. He
found that at Sanchez inspiration, En-
gineer Mcknight played ghost" to scare
ems announced that the Sea Queen was at
the spot where Tuttle's quest was sup
on in further search. De Nova and Steph-
ems conquered them in a fist fight. Lady
Darlington thanked him: The Sea queer
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, heT
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 20 back to the old life. A ship was
sighted The craft proved TO be a derelict
They boarded her. She was frozen tigh'
with hundreds of years of ice. The yes,
sci was the Donna Isabel. lost in 1853, IN
years previous. The frozen. bodies or the
former crew were removed.