Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1910-07-30
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the introduction
OF John stephens, adventurer, Massa-
Schusetts man marooned by authorities at
mining operations in Bolivia, he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
and as consequence was hiding, At his
hotei ms attention was attracted by an
stephens rescued the young woman from
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con-
fronteA stephens, told him that war had
been tclared between Chile and Peru
and offered him the office of captain. He
desired that that night the Esmeralda.
Chilean vessel, should be captured.
stephens accepted the commission.
was assigned. He gave them final in
structions. They boarded the vessel. They
successfully captured the vessel supposed
to be the Esmeralda, through strategy.
capt. stephens gave directions for the de-
parture of the craft. He entered the cab
In and discovered the English woman
the wrong vessel had been captured.
IT II was Lord Darli1gton,s, private yacht
ship. Then First Mate futile laid bare
the plot. saying that the Sea Queen had
tic ckcle. Tuttle explained that on a
Donna isabel was lost. in 1853. He had
on an island and contained much gold.
stephens consented to be the captain
Of the expedition He told Lady
but expressed confidence in him. The
Sea Queen encountered vessel in the
fog. Stephens attempted to communicate.
This caused q fierce struggle and he was
overcome. futile finally squaring the sit
nation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
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 futile in the grip of
SSpasmrr of RELIGIOUS mania and oyercame
was taken i'll. futile committed suicide
by shooting. Upon vote, of the crew
men decided TO continue the treasure
hunt, the islands being supposed to be
only 200 miles distant. futile was buried
IN the sea Lady Darlington RrGnoup 9rdns
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.
He came upon Lieut.. Sanchez, the drunk
gineer Mcknight played ghost" to scare
the men into giving up the guest steph..
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-
Darlington thanked him. The Sea Queen
started hNrthward. She was wrecked in n
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 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, 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. ship was
sighted The craft proved to be derelict.
They boarded herr She was frozen tight
with hundreds of years of ice. The yes.
sci was the Donna Isabel, lost in 1888, 126
years previous. The frozen bodies of the
former crew were removed. They read
the log of the Isabel, which told how
the Spaniards 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 3, 900, 900 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 for gold.