The Cavalier, September 28, 1912

# Schoolma'am Island

The Cavalier, September 28, 1912

The featured content includes one complete novel, "Schoolma'am Island" by Bailey Millard, which begins the issue. The story, set aboard the tramp steamer Loyalty traversing the South Seas, centers on the narrator's encounter with Angela Alvarado, a California schoolteacher of partial Spanish descent. The narrative opens with the protagonist kissing Angela without permission during a moonlit deck conversation, shocking her and inciting her refusal to speak to him. The passenger manifest comprises twenty young female schoolteachers and one man, all New England–educated, bound for Manila to teach in the Philippines. The issue additionally contains three serial stories, six short stories, and poetry contributions, though OCR degradation prevents clear specification of most titles and plot details beyond fragmentary references to circumstantial evidence and police systems.