The Fire Bride

The story opens with the suicide of a young woman who has been lured onto a ship by a South Seas skipper, Captain Blackton. The ship is later chartered by an elderly man, Captain Markham, who aims to retrieve treasure that he hid on a Pacific Island many years ago. Markham is accompanied by his daughter Lois. First mate on the ship is Steve Maitland, a young man who has shipped with Blackton to find out the circumstances of his sister's death. Arriving at the island where the treasue is buried, the group witnesses a ceremony where the islanders choose a Fire Bride for sacrifice to the gods. Blackton goes with Markham to dig up the gold. Blackton kills Markham after they find the gold but tells Lois and Steve that the pair were attacked by natives. Blackton goes to bury Markham but makes the natives angry when he dishonors Atel, the Fire Bride. Steve warns Blackton that the natives are angry, but then discovers that it was Blackton who caused the death of his sister. He helps the natives subdue Blackton, and Blackton is killed for mistreating the Fire Bride. ==Cast==