The Washington herald., 1917-12-29
SHE RODE SEA SCOURGE AND LIVED
ON BARREN ISLE---A SOLITARY GIRL
CRUSOE, WITH 12O MEN FRIDAYS
American Girl. with Wide
Eyes and Open Heart Of
a Peter Pam; Is Heroine
Of Wars Most Amazing
Adventure Story.
BY JACK JUNGMEYER.

San Francisco. Cal. Dec. "a
Youth. daring and fate.
They decreed for Miss Gladys Tay-
lor. an American girl. the most
amazing adventure Of her time.
For two months she lived among
marooned German sea raiders and
their captive crews on q mid-Pa-
cific island-a lone Miss Robinson
Crusoe with 100 Men Fridays.
AS prisoner of Count Won. Luck
nor aboard his Seeadler. the fam
Gus German raider. she witnessed
battles that echoed the terrors of
the Spanish Main. ..
Protected by the chivalry of an
American captain, she lived through
combats OF wits. fists and guns and
primitive associations with seafar-
ing men-to come out unscathed.
She landed in San Francisco the
other day with 80 Of the Seeadler's
rescued captives brought from Ia
hiti by the steamer Paloona.
That her adventure did not end
tragically Is due to the fact that
Miss Taylor. though o woman of
20, has the heart of q Peter Pan.
1t began when she impulsively
decided to stow away in the
schooner A. B. johnson, leaving
Willapa Harbor. Washington, for
Australia. to see the world.
Discovered by Capt A. B. Peterson
when too late to turn his vessel back.
the girl was reprimanded and then
signed on as stewardess. She'd start
ed her great adventure. and her heart
leaped with anticipation.
The thrills and escapades came thick
and fast. And the hazards were to be
grim.
Capt. Peterson's schooner was
among the first victims OF the raider
Seeadler. Miss Taylor was the only
woman aboard-an alluring. bright
eyed. red-lipped girl. To give her the
protection which even a Teuton raid
ing party might be expected to ac-
cord, the American skipper introduced
her as his wife.
This alone saved the impetuous girl
from a harsh fate.
For weeks life was a battle and a
cruise, with Won Lucknor adding mort
crews to his captive list. Miss Tay-
lor met the incredulous and some
times sIantwise stares Of rough men
with the unfiinching confidence that
was her shield.
She insisted on being on deck during
the captures, risking her life on sever
al occasions.
Then followed the long days on Mo-
phea Island, far down the Pacific
when the Seeadler was wrecked and
the entire party OF 10 men and one
woman lived on the sandy beach
awaiting rescue.
Miss Taylor, known as Capt. Peter
sons wife, was accorded every court
esy and many liberties by Count Won
Lucknor. with the captured officers,
she lived in the American camp in
tents improvised from supplies aboard
the grounded raider.
The rigid discipline OF the sea.
maintained by the Germans, gave the
girl added protection.
Her frank smile and CHEEKY spirit
won the instant friendship and admi-
ration of every man who shared her
castaway fortunes. They Wed with one
another to make the courageous girl
comfortable, to set her at ease.
No 'drudgery for her Food was pro-
vided and served by the German
stewards. Shielded from hardships
like a child. hers was the existence
Of a princess. rather than a chore-
woman.
II was treated like q queen" she
said upon her arrival at San Fran
cisco. Never again shall I expect to
be thrown among men in any walk OF
life and conventional circumstances
who will treat me with such unfailIng
courtesy and kindly consideration"