A BUNCH OF
ROPE YARNS

BY
STANTON H. KING
Author of “Dog Watches at Sea”

Boston: 1903
Richard G. Badger
The Gorham Press

A  NOBLE woman has passed fromearth, and great was her receptionwhen she crossed the HarborBar.

I speak of Mary Bennett Holden, ayoung woman of leisure, who, for twoyears chose to employ her time in upliftingwork among seamen, and made uponthem the impression of a sweet, earnestsoul.

She was much of her time at theSailors’ Haven, joining with the sailors intheir games and other forms of amusement,and was regarded by all as their personalfriend. Her greatest joy was when contributingin some way to a sailor’s welfare,whose honest, and other good qualitiesshe learned to admire. Her delightwas to take the trimmer from the stokehold, dressed in his rough clothing andshow him the educational features of theCity. She was constantly doing for themthings which contributed to their comfortand pleasure, and the very day of herfuneral, some of the seamen in port weregiven a number of comfort bags whichshe had made before and during her illness.

Many a sailor has been led from acareless life to one of high purposes andChristian ideals, by having known her.

In the spacious rea