The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-08-08


saw Mrs. Thomas grit her teeth,
cench her hands, and show other
evidences of feelings. She had b0r-
rowed the mates G-5hooter, dunne,I
IA hat and coat to disguise herself
and AS we lay to about cables
length away no eye c0uld nave made
out her sex. "SchUOEer, ahuy p
called our captain.
"Ay, ay. sir! This is the Nancy
Lee. bound from Sumatra to the
mainland"
Are you the captain ?"
No, sir. He's very sick in his
berth"
Run out those guns" whispered
the O:d man to us, and down went
the port shutters and out went the
big harkets. and such of the crew as
fwdre not at tre guns rested their
mu.keis along the rail.
I've got your captain here, and
she'll he put aboard of you!" shout
cd the captain. "If you make any
resistance PiI sink yOu!'
The Nancy's mate ordered the
rreW.to one of the guns, but they re
fused to obey, every man of them
saIiinT forward and disappearing
down the haich. The fellow elt the
deck long pnOaTh to arm himself
with Il cutlas-. and as we lowered IA
boat ne ratIrll out that he W0uld split
the head Of the first mlu VINO at
tempted to board the schooner. Oar
tiroi mate, the b)at,Wiin, and tWD OF
u@ t"tpnta-t hands went in the boat
with Mrs. Thomas. and as we hOGKpd
on Ia the sch0Oner'1 chains the
hnatoWain pulled revolver and
rinIheIl in over the bows. the mu-
/ tiu"rr rctreated Aft aud then we all
ho1Fded. Tne woman had not spoken
il wp'd since leaving :hp ship. She
Vas palr as death, and her eyes
glurri like ii tigers. As she Dropped
from the rail tO The deck she cooked
tine weapon in her baud walked aft
and right up to the mate, and IA lie
hnuri-h@d the cutId-S an con-
fHtnd' q her to keep off she shot him
dead ia bis TRACES.
"Il', The law OF the sea-" she gu
etiv rnna'knd as she turned to rs.
Nov To rOut out those Ltrcar- -
But Sou WON'T Kill them ~ said
our mate.
No, not quite !" was the grim
l4'lS Mar. -hn h ,nded him the sinOk
Ing revolver.
Casting Il look at the dead mutt
uepr, to ne sure that he vas dead, she
went forward, took il hniaying pin
out Of the port rail-, aud. going to the
hatch, called down:
"On deck here, every coWardIy
man OF you, and Ue quick about 1t,
too !"
They came up one after another,
and as each man touched tie dpcn
she gave him IL crack over the head
which made him see stars Thev
went down on their knees aud bag
ged for their lives, and after knock
ing them about in a liberal way Sh"
finally agreed to extend pardon. I'm.
der her directions the mates body
was searched, and, as che had antci-
pated, all the money aboard the
schooner was found. She then or.
.dered the body flung overheard, and
as it touched the water one Of the
biggest white sharks | ever saw
seized it and bit it in half. While
the LaSGars We're cleaning the deck
the little woman ran down into her
cabin and brought up dozen bottles
of wine, six boxes of cigars, and Il
lot of dried fruits for Us to take back
to the ship. Then she gave each Of
Us 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:
"Good-by, and God bless you, Cal :
tain Wheeler! I'ye got my craft back
again, 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 a
couple of hours the craft was lost to
sight behind one of the islands as it
made for the inside of the route. Two
years later | saw the woman at Sing
apore, and she still owned the
schooner, and was said to have a
comfortable fortune in bank. A
year later l heard that she had pur-
chased a brig. and, putting in cargo
on her own account, had sailed for
home.
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