Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-04-18
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6uesC On Geralu CarrlnglOn'S yacnt. Els.
meralda. It is supposed to be 9, stag"
party and Hollis is surprised on discover
ang a woman, who evidently wishes to re-
main unknown, aboard.
CHAPTER II-Hollis, the next night,
succeeds in having an interview with the
woman. She merely tells him her name
Is Vera.
CHAPTER 1II-Carrington tells his
guests Of the coming war, and that he
Is engineering a copper pool.
CHAPTER Iy-,The yacht is sunk in a
l%ionaire. and one of the party.
CHAPTER V-Hollis and Mccain res
cue Vera and leave the ship in q small
boat.
CHAPTER vI-Hollis and Vera become
friendly, though he is unaware Of her
identity.
CHAPTER vII-McCann refuses to SUBJ
NIT to Hollis authority, and the latter
enforces it.
CHAPTER v1II-The castaways are
Bighted by a ship. the Indian Chief, which
takes them aboard.
CHAPTER IX-The Indian Chief has
recently been struck by lightning and is
almost a wreck: All the officers are dead.
Hollis meets the owner, who tells him
the vessel has a cargo of ammunition,
consigned to the German government.
CHAPTER x-Hollis consents to take
charge of ship and continue voyage. Vera
recognizes an old friend in Robert
Bascom, owner of the Indian Chief.
Bascom and Mccain are deadly enc
mics.
CHAPTER Standardization among
the crew quickly Develops, and Hollis
selects his officers.
CHAPTER xII-McCann wants to return
to New York. and tries to corrupt crew.
CHAPTER XIII-Hollis finds himset,
forced to confine Mccain to a cabin.
CHAPTER x1v-vera and Hollis agree
that for Bascom's sake the ship must be
taken to its destination. Hollis learns that
Vera is Gerald Carrington's daughter.
C.-APTER xV-The crew. realizing
danger of capture by allied warshins'
evince disinclination to continue voyage.
CHAPTER xvI-Leaders of the crew
disarm Hollis and make him a prisoner.
CHAPTER xVII-In a fight with the
mutineers Hollis is badly hurt. On recover
submit. though, being the only navigator
on board, he is in position to make terms
with Mccain. He is made a prisoner.
CHAPTER xv1II-vera pretends to
agree to AcCann's plans, to Hollis won
der.
CHAPTER XIx-Hollis scape from
confinement and reaches the deck to find
the Indian Chief has been stopped by a
French warship.
CHAPTER xx-McCann succeeds in
deceiving commander of warship, which
goes on its way. Isllis is recaptured.
CHAPTER xXI-vera and Hollis reach
understanding by which they will outwit
Mccain.
edges her love for Hollis. Mccain,
Hollis. Liverpool Red" and the Lead
ers of the mutiny have a conference.
CHAPTER XxIII-Hollis realizes that
Mccain and his followers are preparing
to abandon the ship.
CHAPTER xxIv-vera releases Hollis
and he frees the men loyal to him, who
had been confined by McCann.
CHAPTER xxv-McCann seeks to
compel Vera to go with him in the small
Mccain and his followers escape.
CHAPTER xxv1-Hollis and the few
navigate the ship through a storm. They
overtake the vessels boats, in extreme
peril.
CHAPTER XXVlI-McCann and mis- FOL-
lowers, after agreeing to recognize Hollis
authority are allowed the freedom of
the ship. Dubois, a sailor, is found
murdered, stabbed from behind.
Of1A1 Ely IA Ill 10 aSCer.
tain who was the slayer of Dubois re-
suit in the conviction that there is a
maniac aboard. Another man is found
dead, and all realize Bascom, who can
not be found, is the murderer.
CHAPTER XxIX-While searching for
Bascom it is discovered that the ship is
on fire.
CHAPTER XNX-Hollis, Vera, ana the
nest, escape in the ships boats, but Bas-
com, in insane rage, holds his enemy,
Mccain. and both are destroyed when
the ammunition explodes. After a short
time in the boats the party sights a ship,
apparently abandoned.
CHAPTER XXXI-The men in the
boats succeed in making fast to the
schooner and Chamber aboard. The deck
Is deserted, and below they find six men,
all apparently suddenly stricken dead,
seated around a cabin table. Liverpool
Red recognizes one of them as CASTOR
de Lys, apparently an old companion, and
touching him. also drops dead. Hol-
lis discovers that the men were the vic
tins of a treacherous companion, who
had killed them by electricity. Later they
find the perpetrator of the crime, who
had been drowned in an effort to escape.
CHAPTER xXXII-Hollis and his men
sail the ship, the Rose of Gaspe. with a
chest of treasure found on board. to St.
Johns harbor, where the authorities
Money Hollis and Vera agree to give
their share to those dependent on Robert