The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-01
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the Introduction
'of John stephens, adventurer, a Massa-
'Vsn nl : man c marooned by authorities at
mining operations in Bolivia, he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
hotel his attention was attracted by an
:s sagbsh%a rescued ead the 2 young yeup WGma w0m from
her. Admiral Of the Peruvian navy con-
f Iron Stephens, old him that war had
and offered him the office OF captain. He
desired that that night the Esmeraida, a
Shilsan vessel should be captured.
stephens met a motley crew, to which he
was assigned. He gave them final in
.structionS, They boarded the vessel. They
successfully captured the vessel supposed
&c be the Esmeralda, through strategy.
capt. stephens gave directions for the de-
IN and d dls ans sraf'' the HE f Ensiish the Woman naSa
a = her maid. Stephens quickly learned
I q Wv wrong vessel had been captured.
the lords wife. and maid being aboard.
lie explained the situation to her lady
ship; Then First Mate futile laid bare
tic circle. futile explained that on a
! pGnna i ESSafie w ss h ios3 l lS 13ssl ' hs h sns
gound IT frozen in a huge case of Ice
on an island and contained much gold.
OF the expedition. He told Lady
Darlington. She was greatly alarmed,
put expressed confidence in him. The
RSea Queen encountered a vessel in the
log, Stephens attempted to communicate.
This caused a fierce struggle and he was
uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
again. Under Tuttle's guidance the yes
ZEE ba N made progress toTard its goal.
believed futile. now acting as skipper.
insane insane because OF his queer actions;
GLASS, He saw Tltftp in tho grin ~ a
spasm of religious mania and overcame
MIN MIN The sailor upon regaining his senses
by shooting. Upon vote of the crew
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
s ,hs service saw Tho Stephens SS6s awakIng from
formed tho basis for Tuttle's religious
mania. Upon advice of Lady Darlington,
He came upon Lieut.. Sanchez, the drunk
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 quest. steph-
ems announced that the Sea Queen was at
p 1ns sp to b %he ere T crew w. guest was IS sup,
on In further search. De Nova and Steph-
ems conquered them In a fist fight. Lady
started northward. She was wrecked in a
fog; Stephens: De Nova. Lady. Darlington
. .onf h her a m afs s Ses.s among Tsn ws snese aes to set
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
9 had been battered for a 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 a derelict.
They boarded her. She was frozen tight
with hundreds of years Of ice. The ves-
sci was the Donna Isabel, lost in 1853, 1926
years previous. The frozen bodies of the
former crew were removed. They read
the log of the Isabel. which told how
one, Yady D%arIington 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 900 pesos, firmly imbedded In
ice. Lady Darlington expressed the belief
that II would never benefit the men. for
she said the Donna Isabel would never
reach port. The men got a lust for gold.