The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-08
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SYNOPSIS.

The. story opens with the introduction
of John stephens, adventurer, a Massa.
% ShdSetts man c maroon se,n by a in9eTested IN IN
mining operations In Bolivia. he was de-
nounced by Chile as an ,insurrectionist
hotel his attention was attracted by an
sssssphsns rescued ead the young yGuH Woman %0m frem
her. Admiral of the Peruvian navy con-;
fronted s%tephSns, told him that war p had
land offered him the office Of captain. He
tdesired that that night the .Esmeralda, a
tGhilean 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 be the Esmeralda, through. strategy.
Capt. Stephens gave directions for the de-
In and discovered the English woman
and her maid. stephens quickly learned
It was Lord Darllngton.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
been t,c taken IN order to 70 to the eo An da
Donna Isabel was lost in 175S. He. had
found It frozen in a huge, case OF Ice
stephens consented to be the captain
of the expedition. He told Lady
harrington st ns6pn:so She eon Was greatly , Hlarm ned
fog. Stephens attempted to. communicate.
overcome. futile finally sauaring the sit
i%uation. Then the Sea Queen headed south
iagain. Under Tuttle's guidance the ves-
De Nova, the mate. told Stephens that he
believed futile, now acting as skipper,
, tasans ee was Awakened al n,d By queer Crashing hGa,on Of
ispasm. OF religious mania and 'overcame
was taken III. 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
the service, stephens awdting from
,sleep saw the ghost, supposed to. have
formed the he basis ads,o6 for r., Tutdtle5s or rSHil ng,nn
stephens started to probe the ghost.
He came upon Lieut.. Sanchez, the drunk
zen officer he had humbled in Chile. He
found that at Sanchez Inspiration, En-
lglneer NICK night played ghost to scare
the men into giving up S the guest guest; S Sfepa al
the spot where Tuttle's quest was sup
posed to be. The crew was anxious to e.
,ens conquered them in a fist aght. Lady
Darlington thanked him. Tho Sea Queen
started northward. She was wrecked IN 9
and her maid being among those to SCI
out in a life boat. Ten were rescued
stephens saw only one chance in a tnou,
sand for life. Lady Darlington c9nfessee
her love to stephens and he did likewise
Lady Darlington told her life story; how
she had been b~artered for a title, hei
yearning for absent love. She revealed
herself as the school chum of tephens
sister. She expressed a wish to die IN IN.
sea rather than face her former. FRIENDS
and go back to the old life. A ship wa
sighted. The craft proved to be a dereict
They boarded her. She was. frozen tigh'
with hundreds of years of. Ice. me yes
rsel was the Donna Isabel, lost in los. ~
years previous. The frozen bodies of tn,
former crew were removed. They reat
the log of the Isabel, which told how
the S%paniards had died from cold. one D!
-one. Lady Darlington sang to prevent tn
men from becoming moody. The crev
commenced the hunt for treasure. The!
found the iron chest, said to contain Z
part of 100000 pesos, firmly Embedded II
Ice. Lady Darlington expressed the bene
that 1t would never benefit the men. TO
she said the Donna Isabel would neye
reach port. The men got a lust for gold
stephens quelled II by whipping one, Tn
Donna Isabel showed indications Of sink
ing. They prepared to depart with wha
treasure had been found