The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-11-07
COPYRIGHT, 1918, by w. g. Chapman IN tbs United
States and Great Britain.
SYNOPSIS.

For fifty years the continent of North
America had been isolated from the rest
Of the world by the. use of Trays. won
derful invention Of Hannibal Prudent.
The invention had saved the country
from foreign invasion. and the continent
had been united under one government
with Prudent as president. For half a
this part Of the world. The story. opens
with President Prudent critically i'll. His
death Is fastened by the receipt OF q
Germany that he has at last succeeded in
penetrating the rays, Dying. he warns
his daughter Astra that this means a for
eign invasion. He tells her to hurry TO
the Island OF Ciryne. but dies before he
can tell the location of the place. Astra
is nominated for the presidency by the
continental party. Napoleon Edison calls
on Astra, informs her that he was a pu-
pil of her fathers. and promises to help
her. He gives her a ring made OF new
IL discovered substance which. he says,
will solve the problem Of flying. Cheval-
Ter dl Leon appears in Europe He calls
on Won Werdenstein and offers him the
secret Of making gold in return for abso-
lutte disarmament and peace The cheval-
He is seized at night and carried of in
an areoplane: Astra Is inaugurated as
president. She receives a message from
EDISON. whose long silence has worried
months on the island of Helgoland and
has Just escaped. He announces that the
confede rated fleet Of Europe has sailed
for America. He promises to call on her
spy. becomes a prisoner in hope OF secur-
ing Napoleon's secret. She falls in love
with him. She agrees to join him in an
attempt to escape. BY the use of fire.
works he summons a curious flying ma
chine which resembles a monster eagle.
He escapes and sends his message to
Astra. Edison calls on Astra as promised.
He tells her his plans for defense have
been completed, but that he will give full
er details at his workshop on the island
trip in three hours His plans are based
on the popularity of the new substance.
cdrynith, which is lighter than any known
metal and n practically indestructible.
The Europeans succeed in passing the
line Of Isolation, but find that the Ameri-
son delivers q note to Won Werdenstein
IN his flagship demanding that the fleet
Be withdrawn. Edison Is attacked, but
by the use OF some mysterious power he
planes. Realizing his helplessness Wer-
denstein withdraws his fleet and consents
10 universal disarmament. Edison's moth
lr is Ill on the island Of Ciryne. Countess
Roeiny offers to go and comfort her. hop
Ing to discover Edison's secrets. She be-
gins to weave a net around Santos Du-
prel, Edison's assistant. The countess
gets q letter from Werdenstein offering
her the princedom of Schomburg- Lithow
for Edison's secret. Edison and Santos
It'll. their supply being almost exhausted.
They ind 1t on the estate Of Schomburg-
Ldthow. The countess finally gets Santos
Into her clutches. She gets another letter
from Werdenstein asking her to fnd out
why Edison is interested in the schom-
burg estate Edison applies personally to
Werdenstein with an offer for the prop
efty. but gets no satisfaction.