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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with the introduction
Of John stephens. adventurer, a Massa-
Valparaiso, Chile. Being Interested in
mining operations In Bolivia, he was de-
nounced by Chile as an insurrectionist
and as a consequence was hiding. At his
hotel his attention was attracted by an
Englishman and a young woman.
Stephens 8 d4nnFen 5's oi1ssr. the E s Ws, w ,SsnRed from Sn
her. Admiral Of the Peruvian navy con-
fronted stephens. told him that war had
and offered him the office OF captain. He
desired that that night the .Esmeralda. a
Chilean vessel. should be captured.
stephens met a motley crew. to which he
was assigned. He gave them final in
successfully captured the vessel supposed
TO b9 the Esmeralda. through strategy.
Capk Stephens gave directions for the de-
In and discovered the English woman
and her maid. Stephens quickly learned
The wa wrong aro vessel Sa e, had been captured
the lords wife and maid being aboard,
He explained the situation to her lady
the plot. saying that the Sea Queen had
tic circle, futile explained that on a
iS5mss f Eaybafie w as n Iost i iTaf l7ss' ' He hiandd
found 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,
but expressed confidence in him. The
Sea Queen encountered a vessel in the
fog. 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
tT Del N %ade the pr @ste. told 5o 9ytspben its tba goal 81
believed futile. now acting as skipper.
Insane because Of his queer actions:
Stephens was awakened by crashing of
glass. He saw Tnttlp I'm the grin NJ n
spasm of religious mania and ovcrcame
hin 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 she s saw tbe s sSpst sup awasinS 70 from rom
formed the basis for Tuttie's religious
mania. Upon advice of Lady Darlington.
He came upon Lieut.. Sanchez, the drunk
en- officer he had hurnbled In Chile. He
found that at Sanchez Inspiration, En-
ems announced that the Sea- queen was Sssp at
posed to be. The crew was anxious to go
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
ana ner maid Deing among those to set
out in a life boat. Ten were rescued.
Stephens saw only one chance in a thou
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 schooi 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
sci was the Donna Isabel, lost in 1858, 1876
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 100000 pesos, firmly imbedded IN