Sharp County record., 1888-05-31
A YARN FROM THE SEA
The wonderful Adventure ~ 2
Remarkable Woman

cal bound for Madras when one
morning .1sfs4 1fght WAS fading into
dawn. .d0Hght I heard VOICE aaI.-
iag ne from the surface n the sea
There lre sen 1ir1s which cry ont
almost ike human beings .11
although 7 was startled By che hail. Z
dismissed after few seconds rs the
c-~Cf o. bird scarcaIv led done sol
whar .s came again and .His time
knew .s WAS the voice n % woman.
There was no need r9 hail the mate on
waIch for he had heard .Ie cry a7
waIL We we're rzing along under
sasv SAIL and be- efzad the glass Gad
ro0 mo- the tora~fgziGg. There was a
sort If steam rising from the warsr
brf the mate had not climbed dirtv
feet whom He came down again. lld
.n one breath ordered the shin info the
wind the captain aroused and boat
lowered We Of the watch lai mo-
doubt rhaf he ship had been hailed by
oasfawavz 8ut he boat was down boz
fore anv 0f rv made ONT O lone woman
in q sort II canoe rraf about two
cables errth away ON 1rr port bow
She had neither paddle nor 1ar and
her craft was driving with The wind
and sen. while she sat covering i1 .1e
stern. Orr boat was soon alongside
n her craft and woman and canoe
were soon aboard Of he Admiral VEL
son. The watch below bad uned MP
and every body was on deck to see
what was going on The woman WIS
white. and. "a we soon ascartqined
American J say white 5ut bronze
would 5e .he better t~~y->s-r l5 was
s-assy 1asrs -ss llaal---ssp E-sS's--.-'r-
posed 20 tropical wedHfer She was
Of medium size. regular features and
about forty years If age, md 90 one
lime had been good booking.
r who .s The oaptain2' she snapped.
as she reached The deck.
Here, ma an" replied our 5lt man.
aq he teDped forward
u want 10 talk 90 you in y0Ur cab
fr she continued her fngers work
ing nervousIy and her eyes snapping
fire
They had not been gone p Tuar'er0f
nm horr when both -aappearef on
deck. Z Twas at The wheel and there
fore heard zr that was said. Is ap-
Deara3 that The woman. whose name
was Nrs Thomaa owned and sailed
trading schooner which dad been left
her nj her husbands death. It was o.
strange vocation for q woman lut ir
seemed she liked it and also had
GOOD business head on her She had
p crew If six her mate being an En-
glfsbman and the others Lascars and
She had been sailing between nearly
all the towns on the gulf
Three fav7 before We picked her mp
her schooner had EFT Sumarra bound
f0r he Indian coast The crew seemed
to be perfectly quiet and content but
~ Ten o clock II the previous night
hoaded By the mate hey had sudder-
Ir laid Violent hands on her and sent
hor adrih without water food or q
paddle The intention was TO run
away with The scb0orer md cargo and
sell them. and this plan might have
been carried ont 5uf for her rescue
She was the punkiest little woman
] ever saw. She vas 90 mad she
couldn't stand still for three seconds
at time. What she warfaf vas for
orr ship 20 90 I'm pursuit Her
schooner vas armed with .w0 brass
six FOUNDERS while We had four
twelves and she expressed her entire
willingness 70 see her craft sent 10 the
bottom before the mutinors crew
should benefit bv their 7cts Captain
Wheeler was pretty we'll along in
years very careful on the question of
Insurance. and hismind was not made
NJ until after breakfast Then he te-
e'dad 10 IuT ~ towards The Audamau /
Islands IN search If The schooner and .
nc almost promised 70 give her taste /
Of orr metal If she should be sighted /.
and would not surrender
The little woman managed 20 s1t n
dozen mouthfulg II breakfast and then
returned 70 the deck 10 almost assume [
control. She ordered q man aI0ft, /
bossed the job Of casting loose the /
guns and getting up powder and shot, /
and every ten minutes she was b1iling .
the lookout - know II any hing vas .
~ sight Lrck was in her favor .
While We had been Jogging along III /
night the schooner, being farther TO
the east, had been almost becaImed /
We raised her almost dead ahead |
about noon. and as luck would have /
it again we had plenty Of wind. while
she had none until the vessels were not
oSer two miles apart The schooner