The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-06-12

| ~"oy AAOu tlle UOOmcu craft IN
the yawl. although she had no expe-
rlence In tho management of a small
boat. After water and provisions
she brought up all her w.cney.
which was in boxes she could han
die. Not penny of it was left be-
hlnd. There were q rifle, revolver
and double barreled shotgun be.
longing to her husband. These she
took, together with powder, shot
and liked ammunition. Then she
gathered UP all her bedding and
clothing, took three or four spare
blankets, two suits of clothes be-
longing to the officers, and when
these were in the boat she took pots,
pans, dishes and cutlery and bun
died up q lot of carpenters tools, Sc
cured two axes, lot of small rope,
several pieces Of canvas and, in
brief, loaded the yawl with whatev-
er was portable and handy, includ-
ing the clock, compass, quadrant,
sextant ard lamp and four gal
Ions of oil. She worked for upward
of two hours getting these things
into the boat, and the last articles
taken aboard were meat, -four,
beans, ten and ether provisions from
the lazarette.
It was about 10 o'clock when Mrs.
Williams took her seat in the yawl
and cast off from the schooner, and
the tide at once drifted her out of
the bay to the north. The only
thing of consequence she had for
gotten was q chart of the Java sea,
which she could have put her hand
on at a minutes notice, and it was
the want of this which made her a
Crusoe for several years.
AS the yawl went to sea after it's
own fashion, 6irs. Williams lost the
points of the compass at once. In
deed, had she kept them in mind it
would have been of no benefit Just
then, as she had not studied the
chart and could not have told which
way to steer to reach another group
OF the mainland. She heard moth
ing whatever from the natives, but
several years later it was ascertain
ed that they did not board the
schooner until midnight. The men,
all of whom were still drunk and
asleep, were stripped and tossed
overheard to drown, and then the
absence of the woman ard her mon
ey was discovered. Five or six ma
tive craft were at once sent in pur-
suit, while the people who remained
looted the schooner of everything of
value to them and then towed her
out to deep water and scuttled her
to hide the evidences Of their crime.
After drifting three or four miles
out to sea the yawl got light
breeze, and after few trials the
woman learned how to manage the
sail and lay course. She had no
idea which way she was heading, but
ran of. before the breeze and kept
going all night and until midafter-
noon the next day. She must have
passed the island of Upnong in the
early morning, but so far to the
westward that she could not see it.
The wind, hauling at midforenoon,
altered her course by several points,
and the northernmost island of the
group, named Polio, was thus
brought in line. The island is seven
miles long by three in width at its
widest part and well wooded and
watered.
The woman landed on the east
side at the mouth of a creek which
forms snug little harbor. She
was. convinced that this was one of
the islands of the Kinderoon group,
but she did not know that It was
the most northerly one. BY con-
sulting the compass she got the car
ainal points; but, not having stud
led the chart, she could not say in
what direction any other land lay.
She had seen the sails of two trad
ers that morning, but as they were
native craft she had every wish to
avoid them. The boats which were
sent in pursuit Of her must have
edhen duotner course, as she saw
nothing of them.
When Mrs. Williams landed on |
the island, she had no idea of stop
ping there for more than day or |
two or until she could decide on
some plan. She had scarcely gone |
ashore when gale came up which |
lasted about 80 hours, during which |
the yawl was so damaged that sue
must undergo repairs. She unload |
ed her goods on the shore, covered |
them from the weather and then set
out to explore the island, pretty we'll
satisfied that it vas inhabited and
hoping, if it was, that her money
might secure assistance. Before
night she was satisfied that she was !
al alone, and she made shelter out
IF the blankets and slept the night
away as peacefully as If in her cabin
On the schooner. Next day she ex-
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