New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-09-15

der command again, the captain went
below to tell his wife that all danger
was passed In q few moments his
excited voice was heard calling,
"Send the carpenter aft -
"Chips" obeyed the summons; and
when he entered the cabin, was aston
ished to find the captains wife jam
med by a heavy chest against splin-
tered lee bulk head, and half covered
with broken crockery from theshelves
of the stewards locker.
When the ship went over she had
jumped from her bed to run on deck,
but the chest broke away from its
lashings on the weather side, and slid
ing across the floor, knocked her down,
and half through the thin pine panel
ling, holding her there bruised, bleeding
and unable to move.
She knew that If her husband left
the deck to come to her rescue, the
few moments in which he might right
the ship would be lost. When he
called through the broken port she
said nothing OF her situation, feeling
| sure that if advised of it, his first
thoughts would be for her. She pur-
posely misled him by her feigned solic-
itude for the safety of the log
book, and forgetting her own danger,
admonished him to look to his ship.
If the vessel had gone down, she
would have been drowned like a help
less animal in a trap; but she ran the
risk, in order that the crew on deck
might not be diverted from their efforts
to save the ship. With this end in
view, she made no outcry when the
heaving of the ship moved the chest
back and forth, grinding her against
the sharp splinters.
She had tainted from pain. when the
captain found her. Part Of the bulk
head had to be cut away to release
her, without further laceration from
the ragged edges of the woodwork.
When the carpenter went forward
he told what he had seen in the cabin;
and the man who had been at the
wheel related the conversation that
had passed between the captain and
his wife though the window.
The crew were impressed. Sailors
lovely in women that they are espe.
cially quick to recognize true woman.
hood, and are outspoken admirers OF
that high moral courage which often
nerves delicate ladies, in times of great
danger, to a heroism seldom equalled
by the sterner sex.
After breakfast, the next Sunday
morning, Mrs. White appeared on
deck, for the first time since the squall
She was seated in an easy-chair on
the quarterback, her arm in q sling
and a bandage round her forehead
The officers were suddenly startled by
seeing the crew come aft in body
and, remembering their former expert
ence, immediately assumed a defensive
attitude.
One OF the men treasured them by
advancing as spokesman, and saying
with much rude eloquence. that they
wished to thank Mrs White for hel
brave and unselfsh action, both in
defending her husband and for indirect
ly saving the ship when struck by
the squall as they knew wei
that, had she been released
first. the ship could not have
been righted afterwards. They had
been so determined, that show o.
force by the officers would not have
sufficed to make them work the vesse
to Monteyideo; but the courage and
kindness of the weakest member OIL
the ships company had done more
than all the powder and ball in the
arm-chest could have accomplished
namely, induced them to give up their
intention to mutiny again, and rur
the ship ashore near. Pernambuco.
They all felt that she should becred
tied with the prevention of mutiny
and bloodshed, the safety of the ship
and the lives of the officers. Present.
ing their respects to Mrs. White, they
assured her and the officers that they
would be peaceable and subordinate
for the rest of the voyage.
The man who had been wounded
druing the mutiny brought aft ham
mock which he had made OF cod-lint
for Mrs. White, and when he had slune
it in the shade of sail, she was plac.
ed in it, we'll pleased at the influence
agood woman could have over sixteen
lawless and desperate men.
After the Sunderland reached port
the Incidents of the voyage were made
the subject OF much comment by the
press, and the captains wife received
every mark OF respect and admiration
from the masters of the vessels ther
lying in the harbor of Montevideo.
JAMEsJ. WAIT.
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