The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-07-15
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens witt the introduction
Of John Stephens. a~dventurer, a Massa-
chusetts man marooned by authorities at
Valparaiso, Chile. Being interested in
mining operations in Bolivia. he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
and as 2 conseauence was hiding At MS
Enslishn1an and a young woman.
Stephens rescued the young woman from
Z drunken offio oe ,,s H psr was thanked naHy co by
fronted Stephens, told him that war had
been declared between Chile and Peru
e en.,r ede that h mat tn n;r dh'c the OF E sapTsh hs
Chilean vessel. should be captured.
Stephens accepted the commission.
was assigned. He gave them final in
Gtructions. They boarded the vessel. They
successfully captured the vessel supposed
70 be the Esmeralda, through strategy.
partI:e of the craft. He entered the cab
In and discovered the English woman
the wrong vessel had been captured.
It was Lord Darlington's private yacht.
the lords wife and maid being aboard.
He explained the situation to her lady
ship. Then First Mate futile laid bare
the plot, saying that tthe Sea Queen had
been taken In order to GO to the Antarc-
former voyage he had learned that the
Donna Isabel was lost in 1853. He had
found it frozen in a huge case Of ice
on an island and contained much gold.
Stephens consented to be the captain
Of the expedition. He told Lady
DARLINGTON. She was greatly alarmed.
Sea Queen encountered a vessel in the
fog. Stephens attempted to communicate.
This caused a fierce struggle and he was
overcome. futile finally squaring the sit
uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
again. Under Tuttle's guidance the yes
f na MA made tn progress to,d to s,anbon its tna goal a.
insane because Of his queer actions.
glass. He saw futile 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
Stephens assumed the leadership and the
men decided to continue the treasure
only 200 miles distant. Tuttfe was buried
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- of'cer ne had humbled in Chile. He
found that at Sanchez inspiration. En-
xineer Mcknight played ghost" to scare
the men into giving up the quest. Steph-
ems announced that the Sea Queen was at
the spot where Tuttle's quest was sup
p po ;n f to ! 6s, r SEARCH efeT De ws Nova anx and s to 30
ems conquered them in a fist fight. Lady
Darlington thanked him. The Sea Queen
starred nOTC1WaTu. sue was WTethed III a
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
che 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
and 60 back to the old life. A ship was
sighted. The craft proved to be a derelict:
with hundreds of years Of ice. The YES
sci was the Donna Isabel. lost In 1888, l26
years previous. The frozen bodies of the
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 hum for treasure. They
found the iron chest. said to contain a
part OF 1000. 900 pesos. firmly imbedded In