Show THE STORY at nightfall in the city of 0 new orleans I 1 in 1821 loren garde recently cen aly a an n officer under general jackson Is surprised by the ap pe arance cf three figures in ancient spanish costume two men end and a woman whose beauty enchants him resenting the arrogance of the elder of the two men ga garde ga lights a duel due I 1 with him with s words and wounds him ile he learns his bis opponent la is adolfo do da fuentes colonel in the spanish army in venezuela garde from gens dearmes overhears a plot to overthrow spanish rule in venezuela discovered and threatened he lights fights but I 1 la overpowered garde cards finds himself a prisoner on the santa lucrecia Luc a ship bearing contraband arms and ammunition for or the vene belans zue Ue lans on board are the conspirators spira pira tors the lady of ills his love her brother polito and do D fuentes fuentas an attempt to seize the ship hip falls alls prom from the girl garde I 1 learns earns her name Is dulce lamar t ina lie ire loves her but does not reveal ilia his love the vessel ls Is wrecked and garde reaches the venezuelan shore alone making his way inland he encounters a stranger awaiting the arrival of 0 the tho Santa lucreta Lucre Oa lie ile toils tells him ot of the wreck and sees dulce duice with do de fuentes and polito |