Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-02-25 | Page 9 | Pass Gave Her a Living

PASS GAVE HER A LIVING. One Woman Who Utilized a Privilege Given for Her Bravery. It somotlmos happens that trivial circumstances cir-cumstances lead to an entire change In tho course of ono's life. In an article describing some of tho queer things that aro done by persons to whom passes have been given In return for valuablo services, an Eastern nowspaper tells of a young woman to whom such a paas was, in effect, ef-fect, a means of gaining a living. "A good many years ago there dwelt a young woman on tho coast of England not very far from tho mouth of tho Mersey. She was used to seeing the waves como combing comb-ing In to the cliffs on which her home was built and she was not .afraid of the water. On a wintry night the storm howled around tho chimneys and sho knew that many a poor sailor lad was In dlBtross far out at sea "Sho was of the plucky build who do not fear the elements at their worst, and so she left her cottage and watched. Soon she observed the lights of a steamer making for the shore, and If tho course was continued sho knew there would be a bad wreck and probably many lives lost. So sho fixed up a "flare" which at sea means any" old sort of a thing which will attract attention by the blaze It makes. Her Hare was soon and understood under-stood and the ship kept off tho coast until un-til there was sufficient light to make the mouth of tho river Tho ship was a Peninsular and Oriental boat, making Liverpool on a special trip One of the directors of tho line heard the story and becamo so Interested- that ho visited the girl In her cliff home. She would not accept money for- her act, but he finallv forced on her a life pass on tho lino of steamers which run so far to the East that they meet themselves coming back. She took tho pass and laid it away. "Some tlmo elapsed and she did not seem to bo caught up by any likely young man. She got so that It was necessary to support herself, whon sho' suddenly remembered the pass. Sho put It into effect at once. This woman, no longer a girl, now makes her home on tho Peninsular Penin-sular and Oriental steamers and has visited every port from Hakodate In Japan, to tho Mersey mouth Sho Is tho only original globe-trotter, for sho Is always al-ways moving and seeing queer harbors. The pass was given merely as an exhibition exhibi-tion of good will, but It proved a life saver for her. Sho practically married the steamship line."