 " And he is not . He has been cast up on a fertile island in the South Seas , where he lives a Crusoe @-@ like existence for 10 years , and incidentally finds buried treasure which makes him rich . He was finally rescued by a passing steamer and brought back to his own country , only to find that in his absence his wife has died , no one knows the fate of his child . He only finds , in an envelope addressed to him in the hand of his dying wife , a pawn ticket for a ' precious jewel ' which she has pledged . Thinking the jewel to be some gift of his to his wife , which she desired him to have as a remembrance , he goes to the pawnshop and is there waited upon by a sweet @-@ faced girl of 15 to whom he is at once attracted . The girl is unable to find any article in the shop with a ticket corresponding to the number on the ticket which the captain carries , and appeals to her foster father , Levy , to help her find the gentleman 's goods . Levy at once recognizes the ticket as the one he gave for his little adopted daughter . Although he dislikes to surrender the one joy of his life , he finally decides to reunite father and daughter . The latter have the old pawnbroker make his home with them , so the reunion brings happiness to all . " 
