Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-08-20
SYNOPSIS.

The, story opens with the introduction
OF John Stephens, adventurer, Massa-
chusetts man marooned by authorities at
Valparaiso. Chile Being interested In
mining operations in Bolivia, he was de-
nounced by Chile an insurrectionlst
and as consequence was hiding. AT ms
hotel his attention was attracted by an
Stephens rescued the young woman from
n drunken officer. He was thanked py
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con, con,
fronR Stephens. told him that war had
beez1 declared between Chile and Peru
ana offered him the office of captain, he
desired that that night the b Esmepnlda
Stephens accepted the commission:
Stephens met motley crew. to which he
was assigned. He gave them final In
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 and her maid Stephens quickly Learned nt,,rsS
1t was Lord Darlington's private yacht.
the lords wife and maid being aboard.
He explained the situation to her lady.
the plot, saying that the Sea Queen had
beet taken in order to go to the Antarc
tic S<rcle. futile explained that on a
Ponna H sSbei w as n os H n 7Ss He had
found 1t frozen in huge case Oh ice
on an island and contained much gold.
of the expedition. He told Lady
Darlington She was greatly :; n .i ned
Sea Queen encountered vessel in the
fog. Stephens attempted to communicate
This caused a fierce struggle and he was
overcome. Tuttle finally squaring the sit
uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
again. Under Tuttle's guidance. the yes
sci made. progress toward It's goal.
De Nova, the mate. told Stephens that lie
believed futile, now acting as skipper.
insane because Of his queer actions:
Stephens was awakened by crashing or
glass. He saw futile in the, grip of
spasm of religious mania and overcame
him. The sailor upon regaining his senses
was taken ILL., futile committed suicide
Stephens assumed the leadership and the
men decided to continue the treasure
hunt oo the Islands being supposed to be
in the sea, Lady Darlington pronouncing
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 humbled 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
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
fog. Stephens. De Nova. Lady Darlington
and her maid being among those to set
out in 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
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 ught
with hundreds of years of Ice. The yes
sci was the Donna Isabel, lost in 1753, l25
years previous. The frozen bodies of the
former crew were removed: They read
the log of the Isabel, which told how
the Spanards 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 5000, 600 pesos, firmly imbedded in
ice. Lady Darlington expressed the belief
that it would never benefit the men. for
she said the Donna Isabel would never
reach port The men got lust Tor gold.
stephens quelled 1t 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, 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.
Exposure made nearly everyone but Lady
Darlington and Stephens insane. Her love
for him kept him buoyed up through the
teHSkle days and nights at sea in the
open boat. one sailor jumped overheard,
his pockets laden with gold. Sanchez
broke his leg. stephens mind became
blank. Two days later they were res
cued by a steamer. For. three days
Aroused to consciousness and finally
health.