Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12
suited a momentary freak Of the invad-

suited a momentary freak Of the invad-
ers.
None We're killed. V~aluables were
gathered into parcels convenient to be
transferred to the prite ship. The rob-
Der captain gong below to search the Of
fiers' quarters threw open the after cabin
door with a rough hand, but seeing a
woman lying in the berth, stopped.
why are you here?" demanded the
rufian.
See The terrified woman uncovered
a baby's face.
? Then the pirate drew near, 'Is it a
boy or a girl"'
"a girl"
Have you named her?"
mo"
TIL pirate went to the cabin door and
commanded that no man stir until fur
ther orders. Then, returning, he went
close to the berth where the woman Law,
and said gently: "If I may name that
baby, that little girl, I will unbind your
men and cave your ship unframed; may
name the girl?"
yes"
Then the rough old robber came nearer
still and took up the tiny, unresisting
hand of the baby. MARY" was the name
the woman heard him speak. There were
other words, but spoken so low she could
not hear. Only his maker and his own
heart knew; but when the child drew its
hand away the mother saw a tear on the
pink fingers.
There have been other knights tina.
Bayard. Here was one.
AS good as his word, the pirate cap
tain ordered all captives unbound, and
goods and valuables restored to the
places from which they had been taken.
Then with his crew he left the ship and
pulled to his own vessel. But the emil
grant ship had scarcely got under way
] Whpn q now a l. rr1o 90 mo To fhnvo Thp
pirate was returning.
If they were dismayed at his reappear-
ance they were surprised to see him come
on board alone and go directly below to
the cabin. There he took from a parcel
a piece of brocaded silk of marvellous
hneness of texture and beauty of design.
Seen at a little distance the effect of the
pattern is as of a plaid combination in
wonderfully harmonizing tones nameless
hues of red and green, softened with lines
of what evidently was once white.
Time has, perhaps, somewhat mel
lowed it's color tone, but the, richness OF
it's quality is as the richness of pearls.
Let Mary wear this on her Wedding
day." the pirate said, as he lay the silk
on the berth. ii.
The pirate left the ship and was seen
no more. In the fullness Of time the emf
grant ship reached Boston without fur
Their incident. There James Wilson died
SOON dIIer ldHulnS. wilson,
with Mary, soon after went to live in
Londonderry, where friends were wait
ing for them. Here the widow married
James Clark, Observation-Disclosures OF
Horace Greeley.
For years the people of the little ham
let religiously kept July 90 in ~thanksgiv-
ing for the deliverance of their friends
from the hands CT pirates.
Some time early in the year 1872
Thomas Wallace emigrated to America
and settled in Londonderry, where, on
December Is of the same year, he was
married to Ocean Mary by the Rev. Mr.
Davidson of that town. Her wedding
gown was the pirates silk.
A granddaughter and a great-grand-
daughter have also worn the same dress
on like occasions.
Four sons were born to Mary Wallace,
three of whom removed to Henniker
There, on a slightly hill, Robert built the
house which in his day was far n away
the grandest mansion in all the country