Cirrus@Austlit

The story surrounds Captain Patrick O'Gorman, master of the Albatross. He falls in love with Juanita, a beautiful Spaniardess whose father was a pirate king, and who had a tattoo on his arm showing the whereabous of a hidden treasure. O'Gorman and Juanita fall into the power of Pedro 'the Vulture' Malorix, a 'sort of a Spanish Long John Silver,' who has unbeknownst to the pair murdered the pirate king. They are held captive on the Albatross by Malorix's band of cuthroats - a Mulatto, a Chinaman, a German and a negro - who spend most of their time plotting each other's death. Needless to say, the treasure is found, the Captain and his Spanish beauty triumph, and the murderer is exposed for his villainous crime before being garrotted by one of his own crew.