Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-18

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An old sailor, ,spisnine q yarn over the
ear ct . Boston Consnerrial Bsils,is re-
| porter. says:
There have been cases. though ret
very many Of them, where women hsve
shown themselves 10 Be- fret class May
De teu have SEN BIG schooner yacht
cruising shout tbs lower bay vish
hands1noe gray haired vom an standing
At tue wheel and keepiue ber full and
os With one spoke. l have, anybov,
and An told that there are half q dox
en- ladies whose hush .nds belong 10 the
Nsv York Yacht Club. sho are a. handy
about decks 40 their husbands se.
seipounsrs have q east iron, case bar
dened rule which forbids shippers TO
take their wives 10 sea, the theory being
that the captain will be lo~kina after
toe wife when he ought to be looking
AFTER the ship. There is the cass Of the
cargo ahip Edgar. homevafd bound
from Seoe9al 10 Lopdoa- be fever
broke oat, and all the crew we're pros
trssed except the captain and mate.
These two men vent into the engine
room, and the captains wife steered.
Bot for her Rrit the ship would have
been lost.
Tnen there vas the heroic Mary Pat
ten. who Vas With her husband in o
voyage around the Horn In the early
days Of the California gold excitement.
her husband vas taken sick OF the
Horn, and she tosk bis place on the
quarter deck. The crew were Q lot of
svabs, and none Of them knew q sex
tant from sPudbsg, not even the mate;
bus Mrs. Patten kept the log asd took
the sun and nsviRated the ship into San
Francisco. caring for her husbasd when
it vas her watch below.
Another case where q woman served
.s skipper is that of the British brig
Cieotus. Miss Bessy Miller master. Her
father VA shipovnef of Saltcoats.
De had no con. and took his daughter
into his Office and about the docks az Q
companion. She gradually picked up Q
knovlsdge of ships and navigation
Finally she became 90 much enamored
With q life at sea that her father put her
built especially for her. For more than
about the stormy coasts of Great Britain
and the continent, resisting the vooines
Of the many gallant sailor boys who
were fascinated BY her bravery, and
when her father died she succeeded to
and conducted bis business successfully.
Not the least interesting of the sto-
ries Of women st sea are the tales of
the females pirates. Some of them are
historical as we'll AZ romantic. AlWilda,
the daughter Of Synardus, Q Gothic |
king. Vas betrothed by her father to |
All. the heir to the throne Of Denmark. |
The proposed marriage was 90 disagree |
able TO Alwilda that she gathered q |
troop OF young amazens, dressed them |
In the garb Of sailors, left her home |
and pat to sea ~ q viking. She vas |
exceedingly courageous and suocessful. |
Finally. she one day found q crew of |
pirates Who were bewailinR the loss Of |
their commander. She proposed that
they sail under her command. The /
men we're pleased with her bearing and |
readily accepted. With this addition
Of force she became q terror TO tie /
coast and rapidly increased her
feet and the number of her sailors. II |
finally became necessary to extirminate
this uev band Of pirates under an IN.
known and handsome commander. and
ALI, the rejected lover. vas placed in
command Of the naval feet that VAS or
dered to search for her. The two fsets
met in the Gulf Of Finland. Alwilds
laid her ship alongside the Adnirars,
and 10 the battle that ensued half of
her crew vas killed outrieht, and she
was overpowered by the Admiral him
elf. She wore basque over her head
and vas not reoo9niz d uotil she vas
disarmed and the basque removed. The
astonishmens Of the prospective king
vas great when be saw the runaway
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Won the respect OF the fair pirate. and
she married the man Who had conq qaered |
her.
Scarcely less romantic we're the ca.
reers Of Q number of women Who by
privation have been led to assume the |
dress Of men and to take TO tie sra
for living. The case of Mary Reed,
an English girl, is in point. Her mother
raised her in Q boy Q dress, % that she
should have lees troaole In risinR above
the privstions which she sndafed as a
child. She vas drst footman and then
cadet in the Guards. Finally she fell
iu love With q brother cadet, revealed
her sex, and the two were married in
the presencs of their regiment. The
husband died after year or two, and
then Mary dressed mp a. o man again
and vent to sea. She eventually sas
oaptursd BY and joined q pirate. Here
she again fell in love. The object Of
her passion having become involved 10
quarrel With shipmate. she vas very
fearful lest he should bs killed. Il
was impossible that he should refuse
to naht. and % she picked
quarrel With bis antagonist, forced Q
6sht, and came out victorious two hours
before the time set for the duel OF her
lover, TO whom, meantime, she had re-
vealed her sex. They we're married BY /
An island priest. He vas eventually
killed. and she became sailor on the |
briRantine Of the famous pirate Captain
Rachman, vhe had a. oonsort another |
female who had been q sailor and
pirate, Anne Bonney. Mary preserved |
the secret of her sex. and by her bravery |
and skill secured high position In the |
estimate of her shipmates. The vsssel |
vas finally captured and taken into Port |
Royal. Jamaioa, BY Captain Rogers Of
the British navy, where the crew we're |
all condemned 10 be hung. Mary, hsv- |
ever. revealed her sex, sRd would have |
escaped punishment, but she died Of a |
fever before her pardon arrived. Rach- |
man and eight Of bis Grew we're hanged, |
bat the fate Of Anne Bonney ID unknovs. |
PnnsoNAL DAMlons.-Abeut sixteen |