New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-01-12

She, for the first time, refused TO open the
| door. alleging as q reason that she had now
undressed, and they could not then come
in. They appealed to the captain. He told
| them be was powerless As the lady
| claimed, she had paid for her room: it was
sacred TO privacy, and he thought they had
lost control of the prisoner when they con
| sented to let him go into her room.
The guards then declared their deter
/ minatiOn to see, and again demanded adj
mttance threatening to break down her
door. She then asked them to wait mia
| ute, and | supposed she would dress and
| submit TO the search A momont elapsed,
| when the little woman stepped quickly and
| firmly out, closing the door with clash
| behind her, and with a cooked Deringer in
| her hand. If her manner was as have de-
| scribed it when she first came on board the
| steamer, it was now hundred fold exag-
! gerated. A pythoness, a liOness, an enraged
| tigeress at bayi She can't be described as
| she then appeared. Have you not felt
| the spell--the awful fascination of q
great and terrible passions Here it was
her eyes fairly blazing, her hand
trembling, not with weakness, but sur
| charged power; the glitte.ing Weapon
| raised, exposing its murderous half-inoh
caliber; its shiDing percussion cap and
hammer, drawn back III dreadful threaten
ing harmony With it's mistress. No witness
OF this scene will ever forget the scathing,
burning words that then missed from her
lips, as she said: Aud you would hreg
into lady's bed chamber, would You Is
there one of YOU who is tired of life and
coVets deaths Then let him come for by
all that is sacred, by nay own honor, tho
man dies that puss his foot in this door"
Then, derisively, she added: Come, do
come. Where is the hero who would break
lady's deorp And with "haw! haw y
sounding half maniacal, ahs stood awaiting
the result. The guards shrank back before
the power OF passion and desperate deter
minati0n thus displayed. Nor were they
towards. 1t was but too apparent that this
was no mere acting. Death for one was
certain, and they did not wish to harm her.
Again and again, for thirty miles, at sew
eral landings, they would go back and try
persuasion, then threats, but were always
met by the murderous, cooked derringer,
and the solemn declaration that "The man
dies that enters my roomp
AT Della are, after several vain applica-
tons, the hereoic little woman suddenly
stepped out from her room, dressed, quiet
and dignited, as if nothing unusual had
happened, and, with well-affeoted courtesy,
invited the guards TO enter. They did
enter, and you may imagine their cOnster-
nation on finding that "Jhe bird had fiown!'
IA biAC AuOUuu Tue discovery
the captain was called, then about three
o'clock in the morning. He could give the
guards no cOmfOrt-men seldom find sym
pathy when outwitted by q woman-but he
placed the boat at sheir service for thor
Ough and exhaustive search. The landing
OF the stern of the boat at Calhoun instead
OF her bow was now recollected and under
stood. 1t WAS all plain now, and the col
fusion OF the pilot and mate on watch was
40 Mid Fhn nLn
with it. They did not deny it. He repri-
manded them severely, though it was OBJ
served that they were not discharged, for
this-certainly an act Of mercy, though,
Maybe, at the expense of justice.
But to return to this brave, heroic wo-
man. The thrilling episode over, she lay
there, weak almost fainting, but glorifed-
at least in the writer's estimation. But
short time before she had appeared like
threatening, destructive thunderbolt, sur
charged with power and desperate, un
hinching will-now weak, exhausted, gen
tie as lamb. Her object accomplished,
her husband saved, her womanhOod in all
it's beautiful tenderness and gentleness re-
turns, and, in the reaction from the terrible
excitement Of the ordeal through which
she had passed, she lays utterly ex-
hausted. almost dead. Her title in
FAINT was scarcely more helpless;
but the heroism she had displayed, coupled
with her delicate condition, elected from
all on board the most watchful and tender
care. She fully recovered in few weeks
reiOined the husband her bravery had
saved, and the writer had the pleasure of
meeting them, happy in each others affec-
ton, and On their way to -, where they
hoped the wrath of the old Nemesis of In
diana could not reach them.
Whatever We may think Of the husbands
sin--aad of course none will fail TO con-
denim it-yet, certainly, all will join me in
doing honor so this bravo and devoted
Woman