The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-06-15
SYNOPSIS


CHAPTER I.-Returning home after a
days shooting, Dyck Calhoun, gifted young
Irish gentleman OF the time of the French
and American revolution. meets sheila Llyn,
sevcnteen-year-old girl visiting in the neigh
borhood. They are mutually attracted. Sheila
never knew her disslrated father. Erris
Boyne. her mother having divorced him and
resumed her maiden name
CHAPTER H-Reaching home, Dyck
finds Leanord Mallow, son OF Lord Nal
low, with a message from the attorney gem
eraL. summoning Miles Calhoun, Dyck's
father, to Dublin.
CHAPTER III-They 20 to Dublin and
duel is arranged. They fight with swords
IoloIA 81 NoHq pun
CHAPTER Iv.-Erris Boyne. secretly in
French employ, gets Dyck drunk and tries
70 persuade him to join In revolt against
England. They quarrel and Dyck is over
heard TO threaten Boyne. While the for
mer is overcome with drugged wine, Boyne's
second wife enters the room and stabs her
faithless husband to the heart.
CHAPTER N.-Hours later the room Is
entered and Dyck arrested on a charge Of
murder. He does not know II he killed
Boyne or not, he was 20 muddled with the
dragged wine.
CHAPTER VI-Shella begs her mother
20 go to Dublin with her to help Dyck.
Mrs, Llyn opposes the idea, A letter from
Mrs, Liyn's wealthy brother in America
invites them 10 come and live with him,
and they decide 10 90.
CHAPTER VII-Dyck refused 10 enter
Any aNo plea bsfe fG the H fhaTs might fi % haTe escaped sa "a
by revealing Boyne's treachory but re-
fuses 10 do so on Sheila's account. He Is
sent TO prison for eight years. Sheila writes
Dyck, assuring him of her belief in his in
nocence and urging him 10 come 10 America
after his prison term.
after serving
four years. Dyck is welcomed TO freedom
by his servant, Michael Clones, and a humble
friend Christopher Dogan. Those two are
all who care 10 remember him. He Is prac-
tically destitute. his father dead and his
estate swallowed by creditors.
IN.-In London, almost penni-
less. Dyck receives a letter from sheila
inviting him TO come to America and send
ing him money for the voyage. He feels
ne cannot in honor go 10 her
CHAPTER with Michael Clones
Dyck Joins the British navy as an enlisted
man. There seems nothing else 10 do. Bad
conditions in the fleet result in mutiny.
CHAPTER XI-Dyck, Joining the mu-
tineers. Is chosen by them TO the
ship. the Ariadne. Dissatisfied with the
conduct Of the other ships crews, Dyck
breaks with them and sails the Ariadne
toward the West Indies. He arrives in time
10 turn the tide Of victory in a battle be-
tween the French and English.
CHAPTER XII-Cslhoun is arrested for
his part in the mutiny but thanked by the
admiral for his work in the battle.
CHAPTER XIIL-The British govern
ment gives Dyck the freedom of the island
Of Jamaica, OF which his old enemy, Lord
Msllow, is governor. With a companion,
Dyck secures a sunken treasure worth 40. 0OO
pounds from a sunken Spanish ship, and be-
comes a wealthy and respected planter.
AlN.-Snelld. with ner iiotncI
comes TO Jamaica TO look after a plantation
she owns. but. more than all else the Cir
comes 10 see byck. He begs Mrs. Llyn 10
tell Sheila that Boyne was her father,
which she has never known. Mrs. Llyn
demurs.
CHAPTER XV.-Lor Mallow. who had
known the Llyn's in Ireland, attracted by
Sheila's beauty and vast wealth. determines
10 win hr for his wife. Fearing she has
an affection for Dyck, he decides to tell
her about her father. but Calhoun antici-
pates him and tells sheila the whole story
himself. Loving Dyck as she does, the girl
IL heartbroken over the situation.