The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-18
PIRATE QUEEN DESCENDANT.
One Reason Why Assemblyman
o'Malley is So Hard to Beat.
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New York Tribune.1
There is a member of the assem- bly,
this year who boasts that he is a de-
Scendant of a queen, and, what may
seem still more remarkable, of a. pirate
queen. The assemblyman is Edward r.
OMalley of Erie county. and those
who have heard him tell of his royal
ancestors call him Prince O'Malley,' -
or, what is more frequently heard, the
prince"
The story was never told better than
by ex-senator Ford the other evening
in the parlor of the Tub. Mr.. Ford is a
relative of the Erie assemblyman, and
he was sitting in that hosiery famous
in Albany for the politicians and news
paper men who lodge there and which
are Turkish baths to be had there than
because it's proprietor is in any way a
DiOgenes. The ex-senator, as he spoke,
addressed his remarks to ex-Assembly-
man Oliver. better known as Jimmy
Oliver. of Paradise Parks
well" began Mr.. Ford, lit is with
pride that 1 can say that Ed here is
the descendant of a queen Her name
was Queen Nell, and she ruled over a
small island not far from the shores of
the Emerald isle. Her immediate sub
jects were pirates, and so loyal were
they to her sceptre and such good fight
ers were they that she swept up and
down the English channel, conquerinS
ana capturing every klnd OF craft InaI
she encountered.
1T was in the time of Queen Eliza
beth and Sir Walter Raleigh. Queen
Elizabeth heard from one source and
another of this wonderful pirate queen,
and sent a fleet out to capture her and
bring her to London in chains. But
queen Nell was too resourceful. When
she heard that the fleet was coming
she held her brigands in hiding and had
the hostile ships had arrived and had
moored near the island.
Then at night she sent a merchant
man that she had captured into the
fleet with the crew instructed to act
like the sailors of a peaceful trade ship.
Well, the captain of the crew conferred
with the admiral of the fleet, told him
that the merchantmen had almost been
captured by the pirate queen, and Of
fered to pilot the fleet where il could
capture Queen Nell. The consequences
were that the captain ran the whole
fleet onto the rocks. admiral and all.
For years after that Queen Nell was
undisputed mistress Of her island and
the seas around. When Ireland quieted
down, as il did occasionally she would
land some Of her bands on it's shores
for a plundering tour, taking back to
her own little island sheep and oxen
enough for a hundred barbecues. Well,
the story got rather stale in the Lon
UOn evening papers and finally Queen
Elizabeth, finding that she was not the
equal of her rival in war sought to gain
her favor by peaceful means. Accord
ingly she went to Ireland and set UP
her court on the shore opposite the is
land of Queen Nell. Then she sent en-
voys to the pirate monarch, offering her
part of the firm, green surface of
Ireland if she would only settle down
and behave herself
"A most remarkable compromise for
Queen Elizabeth remarked the ex-as-
semblyman.
1T was the only thing she could do. -
was the answer. And the strangest
part Of it is that Queen Nell came
ashore and took luncheon with the Eng
lish sovereign After luncheon it was
agreed that Queen Nell should lay
down her arms and burn her ships and
make her home in Ireland, with a
great strip of land for her estate 1t
appears, too, that the two queens took
great fancy to each other"
I can understand that remarked
the eX-assemblyman again. Il guess
they found much in each other that
was congenial."
And, what is more,' said the ex-
senator. her descendant here has lost
none of her fighting blood. The only
way you can beat O'Malley is to make
peace with him.