Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-07-14

evidences of her feelings. she had bor-
rowed the mates 6-shooter, donned hat
aud coat 90 disguise herself, and as we
lay to about a cables length away no
eye could have made out her sex.
Schooner. ahoyi" called our captain.
say, 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
old man to us, and down went the port
shutters and out went the big barkers,
and such of the crew as were not at the
guns rested their muskets along the rail.
~Fve got your captain here. and she'll
be put aboard of youl" shouted the cap
tain. IF you attempt any resistance,
III sink you"
The Nancy's mate ordered his crew to
one of the guns, but they refused to
obey, every man of them sulking for
ward and disappearing down the hatch.
The fellow left the deck long enough to
arm himself with cutlass, and as we
lowered a boat he called out that he
would split the head of the first man who
attempted to board the schooner. Our
first mate, the boatswain, and two of us
:oremast hands went in the boat with
Airs. Thomas, and as we hooked on to the
schooner's chains the boatswain pulled a
revolver and climbed in over the bows.
The mutineer retreated aft, and then we
al boarded. The woman had not spoken
word since leaving the ship. She was
pale as death, and her eyes glared like a
tigers. As she dropped from the rail to
the deck she cooked the weapon in her
hand, walked aft and right up to the
mate, and as he fiourished his cutlass
md 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. sNow
to rout out those LascarsI"
fBut you won't kill them! said our
mate.
No, not quite!" was her grim answer,
as she handed him the smoking revolver.
Casting a look at the dead mutineer,
to be sure that he was dead, she went
forward, took a Delaying pin out of the
port rail, and, going to the hatch, called
down:
On deck here, every cowardly man of
you, and be quick about it, tool"
They came up one after the other, and
rs each man touched the 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 liberal
way she finally agreed to extend pardon.
Under her directions the mates body
was searched, and, as she had antici-
pated, all the money aboard the schooner
was found. She then ordered 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 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 lot of
dried fruits for us to 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:
"Good-by, and God bless you, Captain
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 a couple
of hours the craft was lost sight of be-
hind one Of the islands as it made for
the inside of the route. Two years later
| saw the woman at Singapore, and she
still owned the schooner, and was said to
have comfortable fortune in bank. A
year later heard thatshe had purchased
brig, and, putting in cargo on her
own account, had sailed for home.