- Nancy, a sea captain's daughter, loves a rich importer's son, but his father objects to their marriage. Nancy takes a sea voyage to forget the boy, but he stows away and rescues her when the ship is wrecked. But washed ashore with amnesia, she is captured and sold into slavery. Can her young man find her and rescue her again?—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
- On a Japanese island the Sacred Pearl of Buddha is stolen by a Chinaman, who later finds employment on a ship sailing for America. The inhabitants of the island believe that the loss of the sacred jewel will bring them unhappiness, and they pray daily that it be returned to them. Meanwhile, in America, Nancy, the daughter of Capt. Marvell, awaits her father's return from the Orient, to tell him the good news of her love for Robert Alden, son of the wealthy tea importer. Bob's father, however, on learning of his son's amatory inclinations, and not approving of an alliance with a sea captain's daughter, decides to prevent it and orders his son to the Yokohama office of his establishment, that he may forget his romance amid new environment. Nancy's father, thinking a sea trip will bring back the color to his daughter's face, fading because of the news of Bob's contemplated departure, takes her with him on his return voyage to Japan. Aboard this same ship Bob conceals himself, and days later makes known his presence. Thus, the unexpectedly reunited lovers are happy. Prior to his sailing, Bob has bought the sacred pearl from a destitute sailor, who has told him the mysterious legend connected with it. Bob, while unbelieving the story, has given the pearl to Nancy, who always wears it about her neck. When nearing Japan, the old ship springs a leak, and in the sinking of the vessel, Nancy's father meets his death and the lovers are separated. Nancy floats on a raft to the island from which the sacred pearl had been stolen, while Bob is picked up unconscious by a ship on her way to Yokohama. The natives of the island drag Nancy ashore, and the long-sought sacred pearl is seen hanging about her neck. The natives are elated at the thought that the sacred pearl has been restored and that happiness will now return to them. Later, Nancy recovers consciousness, but her memory is all a blank. She remembers only one word, "Bob." The natives look upon her as a goddess, sent from Buddha with the sacred pearl. Thus Nancy, now known as O'Nyoko-San, begins a new life on the little Japanese island as the keeper of the sacred pearl. Bob, arriving in Yokohama, devotes himself to the interests of his father, although he never forgets his little sweetheart, whom he believes to have drowned. In the attempt of Chinese pirates to obtain possession of the sacred pearl, Nancy is captured and sold as a geisha girl to the owner of a tea-house in Yokohama. Here she is taught the life and duties of the geisha girl. She soon becomes the favorite of the place, and attracts the attention of the wealthy Capt. Featherstone, who tries to buy Nancy from her proprietor. When she realizes that she is to be sold again, she screams, thus attracting the attention of Bob, who is on his way from business. He rushes in, sees and recognizes Nancy, but soon realizes that her memory has gone. In a spirited scene, Bob outbids Featherstone, and leaves with Nancy. He calls in specialists to restore her memory, but all his efforts are futile. Her memory suddenly returns, however, when Bob casually shows her the locket that had belonged to her mother, and which she had given to him just before the ship had sunk. Upon the sight of this Nancy recalls the entire past, and so the story ends with their happy return to America.
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