The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-11
STORY Of OCEII MARY.
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ship onA Grew Tssn Dssgeo1ass
-CAi1A erevv - wenaAAssA ana
sses ws1AiAs esws WAs naAs
SrsA sAs Passss's 0slk 1ssesAe.
In the village bssyinu ground a. Henni-
ker. N. H.. may Be seen standing among .
dozen siabs Of Tie design q small stone
slab. whose inscription. In common With
the others, IN no GnAaner suggests that the
story Of the one In whose memory II was
set was dfncrein from the ordinary affairp
Of the hillside pioneer.
Il y tlIs 9fava 0f Ocssn lasry. II was
OF the sea won . pirates heart.
Previous to III. the year In which the
principal events u thin narrative oc-
CURED. many faanlliee of 0cotcA peasantry
crossed TIE North Channel ana found for
\ time homes In tho larger towns on or
near the coael e 1selaad. Thus London
derry becdna9 the fsadenes u large num-
Der o. Scotch yeomanfy.
In those eid tinles u ths s1ow ships and
from LohlsndesTy n 1beinnd 10 LONDON
derry IN the Ofaaite stats; still Scotland
ano the UBsraj1 fglo hal already sent
sturdy plonsen v 4hs new world on the
MefriunAc.
Tradition. oftsn the truss part Of his
tory. has failed 70 save from oblivion shs
name Of tho ship which ssiied from Lon
dOnderry fer Boston in Juiy. ITO. but she
IL said 10 have bsen In many respects VISIT
~ superior 70 others Of her ciAss In those
times. Al any rsts, 1eng before me
dropped anchor Oh the picturssQtts coast.
many well-so-do families had prepared for
the long voyage. OF those who frsm the
deck Of the departing snip wAtched the
green shores. u Ireland fede from view .
large proportion wsss ~ only strsns Of
limb. but thirty and psovi1sut.
N Head ana Tar bsyond 0iant's Cauae-
way. With tavof1Sis Wi11A saiied the
Among The pasvsnsss were James VIII
son and his young Wife n year before
Wilson married Eiinebeth ytaiton. and they
Aere now on their way 70 Londonderry,
N. H.. where land ha1 been isid out TO
James Wilson a. enc % the grantees Of
that town.
IL the email viliaes. sst.lesAen. 10 which
wilson and m wife we're traveiins were
friends under whose hands profitable har-
vests were sure, and . generation was
springing UP whose influence was to be
felt hong ysass afts~.
Concerning the earlier part Vt the voy.
aGe Of the emisrant ship tradition - near
iy SILENT although certain fragmentary &C.
counts hint Of . protractcd calm and fol-
lowing storm Of such violencs that thu
vessel was driven from her course. How
ever that may be, Il - reasonably certain
that the paasage was about ore-third Ac-
compNshed when events transpired that
made the Voyage memorable In the lives
Of al on hoard.
One sultry evening tho lookout saw on
the horizon salt standing like . gray oil.
houeete against the early rising morn. All
through the hot summer night the strange
craft wore nearer and nearer. and when
morning came her low hull could be seen
NIKE black shadow under her full set Of
canvas.
me pirate was within sunshos Of tho
emigrant ship.
To fight or run away was not 20 be
thought Of. The slow ship had not dozen
rnuakets. They ~mpiy waited. They mad
not long tn wait. for boats were Gpon
alongside. and warming upon the deck.
the robbers feii 20 work - men who knew
how 20 plumber and Kill. Crew and pasu-
enEere were bound. and some were left iy-
Ing where they were captured. and some
rolled into corhers. just ~ suited 3 mo-
mentary freak Of the Invaders.
cred into parcels convenient 10 be trans
ferred TO the pirate ship The robbsr cap
tain going below 20 search the officers
quarters. threw epen the a6tes cabin door
with rough hand. but eee4ng . woman
lying In the berth. stopped.
why are you thersf" demanded the
rufYian.
See" The ssrrifed woman Uncovered
the baby's fare.
Then the pirate drew near. rs II boy
or girir'
"A girl"
Have you named herr
NO"
The pirate went "a the cabin door and
commanded thss no man STIR until further
orders Then, returning he went close 70
the berth where the woman lay. and eaid
gently. ri I may name that baby. that
little girl. ell unbind your men md
leave your chip unharmci, may ! name
the g.7i7"
Yea"
Then the rough Old rotber caf.c nearer
siili and took UP tho tiny. unresisting hand
OF tho baty. Mary was tho name the
woman heard him speak. There were 9th.
er worde. but spoken 90 low that she could
not hear only his Maker and his own
heart knew; but when the child drew iis
Pink fingers away the mother saw . tear
on the pink fingers.
There have been other knights than Bay
ard. Here was one.
As good AZ his WORD the pirate captain
ordered all capuvss unbound. ana Goo1s
and valuebies re,ored 10 she places from
which they bad been taken: then with hts
crew he loft the ship and pulled 20 hN own
vessel Bu, the ~mixrnnt ship had scarce
iy got under way when n new alarm came
20 them The pirate was returning
IL they were Gismayed ~ his rsapp@ar-
anc~ they were surprised 10 sce him come
on board alone ard 70 Directly below 20
the cabin There he took from parcel
= piece % brocadei aIk 81 marvellous an.
mes. 81 texture and beauty % design seen
az a little distance the ef~c, 81 tho pat
tern - ~ ~ a plaid combining In won
der,oi'y hsrmonsed tones nsn,elsss huea
~ rel ard green. scfisnes With iin~s 81
what evidently was once white.
Time has. perhaps. sonswha, meiow~d
s.s csior tone. but the vschneN ~ its oral.
iiy IN as the richness Of pearls
TIT Mary war shA on her ws'.'nS
IA ~ ,.fS A. 80