St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-07

her teeth. clinch her hands. and show
other evidences Of her feelings. She
had borrowed the mates six-shootcr.
donncd a hat and coat 10 disguise her.
sell. ana rs VIC lay to about cable $
length away no eye could have made
out her sex. Schooner ahoy!' called
the captain.
..Aye. aye sir! This is the Nancy
Lie. bound from Sumatra 10 the main-
land"
'.Are you the captain?'
''Na. sir; he's very sick in his
bcr,h?"
RIM out those gunsr' whispered
the old man to us. and down went the
port shutters and eut went the big
barkers and such OF the crew rs were
not at the guns rested their muskets
along the rail-
1--we got your captain here. and
she'll be put aboard Of yon!" shouted
our captain. If you attempt any re-
sistance Ill sink your
The Englishman ordered his crew to
man ono Of the guns. but they refused
10 obey. every man of them skulking
forward and disappe airing from the
hatch. The fellow left the deck long
enough to arm himself with cutlass.
aud as we lowered boat he called
out that he would split the lad Of the
first man who attempted to board the
schooner.
Or first mate. the boats W ain. and
two of us foremast hands went in the
boat with Mrs Thomas. and rs VIC
hooked to the schooncr's chains the
boa,swain pulled revolver and climb
ed over in the bows The mntineer
retreatcd aft. and then we all board
cd. The woman had not spoken a
word since leaving the ship She was
as pale rs death. and her eyes glared
like tigers. As she dropped from
the rail 10 tho deck she cooked the
weapon in her hand. walked aft and
right up TO tho mate. and as he -four
ishcd his cutlass and commanded her
to keep off she shot him dead in his
tracks.
It's the law OF the sea-" she
quietly remarked. as she turned to us
'.Now to rout out those Lascars."
But you won't kill thcm?" said our
mate.
No. not quite" was her grim an
swer. as she handed him the smoking
revolver
Casting look at the dead mutinccr.
to be sure that he was dead. she went
forward. took q Delaying pin out Of
The port rail. and approaching tic
hatch she called down:
''On deck here. every man Of you.
and be quick about it!'
They came up ono after another.
and as each man touched tho deck she
gave him crack over the head which
made him see stars they went down
on their knees and begged for their
lives. and after knocking them about
in a liberal way she finally agreed to
extend pardon Under her directions
the mates body was searched. aud. as
she had anticipated. all the money
aboard the schooner was found. She
the n ordered the body flung over
board, and rs it touched the water
one of the biggest white sharks ever
saw seized it and bit it in half
While the Lascars were cleaning the
deck the little woman ran down into her
cabin and brought up dozen bottles
of wine. six boxes of cigars and a lot
Of dried fruits for us 10 take back to
the ship Then she gave each Of Us a
shake Of the hand. and as we entered
the yawl she sprang upon the port
rail. held fast to the main shrouds
with one hand and shouted to our
captain:
Goodbye and God bless you. Cap
tain Wheeler I've got my craft back.
thanks to you. and I'll Keep my eyes
open after this!'
Then she jumped down and went to
the wheel and gave orders to get the
schooner on her course. and in .
couple of hours the craft was lost
sight of behind one Of the islands rs il
made for the inside of the route. Two
years later saw the woman at
and she still owned the
schooner. ami was said to have COM
fort able fortune in bank. A year
later heard that she had sold hc7
schooner. purchased brig, and put.
ting in a cargo on her own account.
had sailed for home. Hartford Timea