The state herald., 1910-09-09
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SYNOPSIS.

Of John Stephens. adventurer. Massa-
chusetts man marooned by authorities at
mining operations In Bolivia. he was de-
nounced by Chile an insurrectionist
and as consequence was hiding. At his
RTaeI ,s attention na was Stirasted by an
Stephens rescued the young woman from
q drunken officer. He was thanked by
fronted Stephens. told him that war had
been declared between Chile and Peru
and offered him the office of captain. He
Chilean vessel. should be captured.
Stephens accepted the commission.
Stephens met motley crew. to which he
structlons They boarded the vessel They
successfully captured the vessel supposed
70 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
1he wrong vssse, n had been captured
the lords wife and maid being aboard.
He explained the situation to her lady
ship, Then First Mate Tnttle laid bare
been taken In order to go to the Antarc-
tle circle. Tuttle explained that on a
former former voyage he had Learned ,nss that the the
found II frozen in a 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 n fierce struggle and he was
overcome. Tuttle finally squaring the sit
uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
again. Under Tuttle's guidance the ves-
sci made progress toward its goal.
De Nova, the mate. told Stephens that he
believed Tuttle, now acting as skipper.
Stephens was awakened by crashing OF
glass He saw Tuttle in the grip OF
spasm Of religious mania and overcame
%as ' taken k sipf ill., PH Tuttle sommltted suicide
by shooting. Upon vote of the crew
Stephens assumed the leadership and the
only 200 miles distant Tuttle was buried
in the sea. Lady Darlington pronouncing
the, The service Stephens a%asng haTn frSm
formed the basis for. Tuttle's religious
mania. Upon advice Of Lady Darlington.
fPhsns upon sarff eu to The
en- officer he had humbled In Chile. He
found that at Sanchez inspiration. En-
gineer Mcknight played ghost TO scare
the men into giving up the guest. Steph-
ems announced that the Sea Queen was at
the spot where Tuttles quest was sup
posed to be; The crew was % anxious a,S e.. to 20
ems conquered them In fist hight Lady
Darlington thanked him. The 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 bnrtered for title. her
yearning for absent love. She revealed
herself ms the school chum OF stephens
sister. She expressed n 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 n derelict.
They boarded her. She was frozen tight
with hundreds OF years OF Ice. The ves-
sci was the Donna Isabel lost In i153. ls5
years previous. The frozen bodies of the
former crew were removed.