The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-14
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Win a clasn Denlnd her, ana WIFI
a cooked derringer in her hand If
her manner was as | have described
it when she first came on board the
steamer, it was now hundred-old
exaggerated! A pythoness, lion.
ess, an enrsged tigress at bay
pshaw! She can't be described as
she then appeared. Have you not
felt the spell--the awful fascination
Of great and terrible passion ?
Here It washer eyes fairly blaz-
ing, her hand trembling, not with
weakness, but surcharged power;
the glitteriDg weapon raised, ex-
posing its murderous halt-inch cali
bre; its shining percussion cap and
hammer drawn back in dreadful,
Threatening harmony with its mis-
tress. No witness of this scene will
ever forget the scathing, burning
words that then hissed from her lips
as she said: "And you would
break into q lady's bed-chamber,
would you? Is there one of you
who is tired oflife and covets death ?
Then let him come, for by all that
is sacred, by my own honor, the
man dies that puts his foot in this
door,"
Then, derisively, she added:
Z" Come-do come. Where is the
hero that would break q lady's
door?' and with a "IIa! ha y
sounding halt maniacal, she stood
awaiting the result. The guards
shrank back from the power ofpas-
sion and desperate determination
she displayed. Nor were they
towards. 1t was apparent that
this was no mere acting. Death to
one was certain, and they did not
wish to harm her. Again and
again, for thirty miles, at several
landings, they would 60 back and
try persuasion, then threats, but
were always met with that murder
ous, cooked derringer and the SOL
emn declaration that ssthe man dies
that enters my room! !"
AT Delaware, after several vain
applications, the heroic little wo-
man suddenly stepped out of her
room, dressed, quiet, and dignifed,
as if nothing unusual had happened,
and, with well-affected courtesy, in
vited the guards to enter. They did
enter, and yon may imagine their
CONSERVATION on finding that the
bird had flown! In the hubbub
attending the discovery the Cap
tain was called away, then about3
o'clock A. NJ. He could give the
guards no comfort-but he placed
the boat at their service for a thor
ough and exhaustive search. The
landing of the stern of the boat at
Calhoun, instead of her bow, was
now recollected and understood. II
was all plain now, and the collu-
sion of the pilot and mate on watch
was aelfevident. The Captain
charged them with it. They did
not deny it. He reprimanded them
severely, though it was observed he
did not discharge them for this
certainly an act of mercy, though at
the expense of justice.
But to return to this brave, hero
ic woman. The thrilling episode
over, she lay there, weak, almost
but glorified in the writer's
estimation. A short time before,
she had appeared IKE threaten
ing, destructive thunder-bolt, sur.
charged with power, and desperate,
gentle as q lamb. Her object ac-
complished, her husband saved, her
womanhood, in all its beautiful gen
tleness and tenderness, returns, and
IN the reaction ofthe terrible excite
ment Of the ordeal through which
she passed, she lay utterly exhaust
ed-almost dead. Her little infant
was scarcely more helpless but the
heroisn she had displayed, coupled
with her delicate condition, ELECTED
from all on board the most watch
ful and tender care. She fully re.
covered in 9 few weeks, reioined the
husband her bravery had saved, and
The writer had the pleasure Of meet
ing them, happy IN each others af
lection, on their way to -, where
hey hoped the wrath Of the old
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