Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-09-05
Continued from last week
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER EFor fifty years the con-
finept of North America had been iso-
lated from the rest of the. world by the
Hannibal Prudent The invention had
saved the country from foreign invasion.
and the continent had been united under
dent IsS s9 For haif a CENTURY cent? yfp pSsos s az Pros Pros
perity had reiEned. The story opens with
President Prudent critically III His death
+ from nas eoant S So t %.r rdsssiRs Of o. T d %ensass
that he has at last succeeded in pene-
trating the rays. Dying he warns his
Invasion He tells her to hurry to the
Island Of Ciryne, but dies before he can
tell the location Of the place
CHAPTER u-Astra b nominated for
zha presidency by the continental party.
CHAPTER ur-Napoieon Edison calls
pm Astra. informs her that he was q pu-
pfl OF her fathers, and promises to help
her, He gives her a ring made of q new
" discovered substance which, h8 Gays.
viii solve the Drobiam OF nyiE=
CHAPTER Iv-Chevaiier di Leon APP
pears In Europe. He notes that prepara-
lions have been completed for an in
xasion of America. He calls on Won
Werdenstein and Offers him the secret OF
making gold.
CHAPTER Vile demands in return
chevaiier Is suspected of being an Amer
acan. He is seized at night and carried
on In an a~eroplane.
CHAPTER vT-Astra Is ~inauRurated O.
president She receives q message from
Edison. whose long silence has worried
%onths on az the has island Isna Of pi HsigoIa nd and
has just escaped He announces that the
c~onfederated fleet OF Europe has sailed
Eor america He promises to call on her
Rhe following night
~rJA nnrnro xrr N1.-A... Dz.t-w i.
Hpy, becomes a prisoner in hope of Sc
curing .Edison's secret. She falls In love
with him.
CHAPTER vIII-She agrees to Join him
IN an attempt to escape. BY the use Of
fireworks he summons a curious flying
machine which a monster
eagle. He escapes and sends his message
TO Astra-
CHAPTER K-Edison calls on Astra
as promised. He tells her his plans for
defense have been completed. but that he
will give fuller details at his workshop on
Ene Island q Clryns IN the Pac INC 1 lnsy
are based on the popularity of the new
substance, cirynith, which Is lighter than
my known metal and Is practically inde-
Tstructible.
CHAPTER 4-Ther Europeans succeed
IN passing the line of isolation. but find
that the Americans have established a
second one. Edison delivers a note to
NOu NtIutuSlelH III Ills LhHSulP Q0lllunQ-
ing that the fleet be Withdrawn. Edison
is attacked, but by the use of some mys-
FERROUS power he destroys two warships
and several aeroplanes.
CHAPTER xI-Realizing his helpless
mess Werdenstein withdraws his fleet and
consents to universal disarmament.
CHAPTER XII-Edison's mother is i'll
on the Island of Ciryne. Countess Rosiny
offers to go and comfort her, hoping to
discover Edison's secrets. She begins to
weave a net around Santos Duprel. Edi-
sons assistant.
CHAPTER XIII-The countess gets a
letter from Werdenstein offering her the
princedom of Schomburg-Ldthow for Ed
sons secret.
CHAPTER xIv-Edison and Santos
start in search of a new deposit of CRY
NTH, their supply being almost exhausted.
They find 1t on the estate of Schomburg-
aithow.
CHAPTER xv-The countess finally
gets Santos into her clutches and he
promises to do anything for her. She
gets another letter from Werdenstein
asking her to find out why Edison is in
t~erested in the Schomburg estate, he v
ing made overtures for its purchase.