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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Adventure Of Elizabeth Morey, of New York + 1901 + +Author: Louis Becke + +Release Date: April 12, 2008 [EBook #25057] +Last Updated: January 8, 2013 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURE OF ELIZABETH *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h1> + THE ADVENTURE OF ELIZABETH MOREY, <br /> OF NEW YORK + </h1> + <p> + <br /> + </p> + <h3> + From "The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories" + </h3> + <h2> + By Louis Becke + </h2> + <h5> + C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. <br /> <br /> 1901 + </h5> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <p> + In the sea story of Australia, from the days of Captain Phillip in 1788, + to the end of the "fifties" in the present century, American ships and + seamen have no little part. First they came into the harbour of Sydney + Cove as traders carrying provisions for sale to the half-starved settlers, + then as whalers, and before another thirty years had passed, the starry + banner might be met with anywhere in the Pacific, from the sterile shores + of the Aleutian Islands to the coasts of New Zealand and Tasmania. + </p> + <p> + Early one morning in October, 1804, the American ship <i>Union</i> sailed + in through Sydney Heads, and dropped anchor in the Cove. She was last from + Tongatabu, the principal island of the Friendly Group. As soon as she had + been boarded by the naval officer in charge of the port, and her papers + examined, the master stated that he had had a very exciting adventure with + the Tongatabu natives, who had attempted to cut off the ship, and that + there was then on board a young woman named Elizabeth Morey, whom he had + rescued from captivity among the savages. + </p> + <p> + In a few minutes the young woman made her appearance in the main cabin, + and was introduced to the officer. Her age was about six-and-twenty, and + her manners "extremely engaging;" yet whilst she expressed her willingness + to tell the story of her adventures among the islanders, she declined to + say anything of her birth or parentage beyond the fact that she was a + native of New York, and some years previously had made her way to the Cape + of Good Hope. + </p> + <p> + Her extraordinary narrative was borne out in all details as far as her + rescue was concerned by the master of the <i>Union</i>, who, she said, had + treated her with undeviating kindness and respect. + </p> + <p> + This is her story:— + </p> + <p> + In February of the year 1802, when she was living at the Cape of Good + Hope, she made the acquaintance of a Captain Melton, the master of the + American ship <i>Portland</i>. His dashing appearance, his command of + apparently unlimited money, and his protestations of affection for the + unfortunate girl soon led her to respond to his advances, and ultimately + to consent to accompany him on a voyage to the islands of the South + Pacific. + </p> + <p> + After a prosperous voyage the <i>Portland</i> arrived at what is now known + as Nukualofa Harbour, on the Island of Tongatabu. Within a few hours after + anchoring, Captain Melton received a note from a white man named Doyle, + who was the only European living on the island, asking him to come on + shore and visit the chief, who particularly wished to see him and secure + his aid in repelling an invasion from the neighbouring group of islands + known as Haabai. Had Melton known that this man Doyle was an escaped + convict from Van Dieman's Land, he would at least have been careful; had + he known that the man was, in addition, a treacherous and bloodthirsty + villain, he would have hove-up anchor, and, sailing away, escaped his + fate. But Doyle, in his note, enumerated the advantages that would accrue + to him (Melton) by assisting the chief, and the seaman fell into the trap. + "You must try," said the writer of the letter, "to send at least one + boat's crew well armed." + </p> + <p> + Melton was a man with an elastic conscience. Without troubling his head as + to the right or wrong side of this quarrel among savages, he promptly + complied with the request of the beachcomber, and called for volunteers; + the whole of the ship's company responded. The chief mate, Gibson, picked + four men; Anderson, the second officer, eight men, and these were at once + despatched on shore by the captain. + </p> + <p> + The engagement came off on the following day, and the American allies of + the chief (whom Miss Morey calls Ducara) inflicted fearful slaughter upon + the enemy, and returned to the ship highly satisfied with themselves, and + their native friends, who promised them every indulgence likely to gratify + their tastes. + </p> + <p> + In the evening Ducara himself came on board, and politely thanked the + captain for his assistance. He slept all night in the cuddy, attended by + Doyle, his minister of destruction, and took his leave early in the + morning, promising to send ample refreshments on board in part return for + favours received, and requesting that boats should be sent that evening to + convey his gifts to the ship. Within a few hours after the chief had + returned to the shore, many hundreds of stalwart natives were seen + carrying baskets of provisions down to the beach, and piling them in heaps + in readiness for the boats. Melton, at this stage, seemed to have some + sort of suspicion in his mind about sending the boats ashore after dark, + for he gave the mate instructions not to despatch them until he gave + orders. The mate, however, who had been smitten by the beauty of a Tongan + girl who had expressed her unqualified approval of his fighting + capabilities in a very unconventional manner, had the utmost confidence in + the good will of the natives, and took it upon himself to disobey his + captain's commands; consequently two boats were sent off just as daylight + was breaking, and whilst the skipper lay asleep in his cabin. + </p> + <p> + Within a couple of hours the smaller of the two boats returned, loaded + with yams, "gnatu" (tappa cloth), baked pigs, and fish. She was steered by + the beachcomber, Doyle, and was rowed by two of the ship's boys, instead + of the four men who had taken her ashore; these boys, it must be + mentioned, had formed part of the crew of the larger boat, and had + remained on the beach whilst the men had gone into the village at the + invitation of Doyle and his fellow-conspirators. They, therefore, knew + nothing of what had kept their shipmates from returning to the boats, when + Doyle appeared and said he wished to go off to the ship, and that the + others would follow later on. + </p> + <p> + Accompanying the boat was a flotilla of canoes, filled with hundreds of + savages, who were allowed to come alongside, though the girl Morey was so + terrified by their savage aspect that she begged her lover to instantly + recall the rest of his men and heave up anchor. Melton, however, although + he was now in a state of suspense owing to the non-appearance of his + boats' crews, answered her calmly enough. + </p> + <p> + "The two boys and Doyle say that the hands went up to the chiefs house to + see a native dance," he said. "I'll punish them for it when they return." + </p> + <p> + Meanwhile the boat was unloaded, and again sent on shore with the two + boys, and Doyle's native friends clambered up on board from any accessible + part of the ship. The beachcomber himself, a wild-looking, dark-skinned + ruffian, who had clothed himself in a shirt and trousers, now came aft and + again assured the captain that he need feel no alarm at the great number + of naked savages who now thronged the deck, from the windlass right aft to + the wheel. Perhaps, however, the villain had some feeling of humanity in + his vile heart, for seeing the terrified face of the girl Morey, he + suggested that she should go below until the natives had returned to the + shore. + </p> + <p> + But so impressed was she with a sense of imminent peril that she refused + to leave the poop, and begged Melton earnestly, "for God's sake to take + heed, and not thrust himself among the savages on the main deck." + </p> + <p> + The beachcomber gave her a glance—half rage, half pity; then with + his left hand he suddenly dashed her aside, and with a ferocious yell + sprang at Melton and thrust a dagger into the throat of the unfortunate + man. In an instant his savage followers began their work of slaughter, and + Mr. Gibson, the chief mate, the boatswain, and four seamen were soon lying + dead upon the bloodstained decks, their heads battered out of all human + semblance by the clubs of the islanders. + </p> + <p> + Two lads, Miss Morey, and her negro servant-woman, were spared, but + hurried down below. + </p> + <p> + The bodies of the murdered men were at once thrown overboard to the sharks + by Doyle's orders, and he then directed the natives to clear the decks. + </p> + <p> + Elizabeth Morey, terrified out of her senses at the dreadful scenes she + had witnessed, attempted to spring overboard, but the beachcomber caught + her as she came on deck, urged her not to be frightened, and promised her + "in the name of the Virgin" that no harm should come to her. As soon as + the decks had been ridden of all traces of the bloody work just completed, + the half-unconscious girl was lifted over the side, placed in a canoe, + taken on shore, and handed over to the care of a chiefs wife. + </p> + <p> + When she came to her senses she learnt from Doyle that all who were left + alive of the ship's company were herself and servant, a Malay seaman, five + boys, and an old sailor, who was a dwarf; the latter had evidently been + spared, either on account of the natives ranking him as a boy, or from + their aversion to inflict injuries upon any one physically or mentally + afflicted. + </p> + <p> + The following three days were spent by the natives in unloading the ship, + the work being carried on in the most systematic manner under the command + of Doyle, the survivors of the crew being compelled to assist in the task. + The cargo, which consisted mainly of bales of cotton, was got on shore in + something less than a week; then the islanders began to dismantle the + ill-fated ship. By the eighth day all the sails except the fore and main + topsails were unbent and taken ashore. + </p> + <p> + On the afternoon of this day but half a dozen natives were on board; they, + with the five "boys" (probably lads under eighteen years of age), and the + dwarf sailor before mentioned, were "spelling" for an hour or so before + beginning to unbend the topsails, when, noticing that their captors were + off their guard, the brave little man determined to retake the ship. In a + few minutes he gained over his youthful shipmates to the attempt; they + promised to stand by him to the last. Quietly arming themselves with axes, + with iron belaying pins, with handspikes, with anything heavy and deadly + they could lay their hands upon, they waited for the signal to begin the + attack. Doyle, the bloodstained murderer, lay upon the skylight under the + awning, half asleep and unsuspecting of danger; his native associates + either slept or lounged about the main deck. + </p> + <p> + A few hurried, whispered words passed between the six whites; then the + dwarf, carrying an axe negligently in his hand, ascended to the poop and + laid it down on the deck. Then he turned, and his quick seaman's eye took + in the surroundings. The trade wind was blowing freshly, the ship (she was + a full-rigged ship, though under five hundred tons), was straining at her + hempen cable, and the low, palm-clad shore was nearly two miles away. He + picked up the axe and running towards Doyle, buried the weapon to the head + in his bosom! + </p> + <p> + In less than five minutes the dreadful work was done, and Doyle and the + six Tongans were weltering in their gore upon the very deck which was + still stained by the traces of their own crimes. Before the natives on + shore could realise what had happened, the cable was cut, the topsails + loosed and sheeted home, and the <i>Portland</i> standing out to sea + through the dangerous network of reefs which surrounded the harbour. Her + recapture was a bloody deed, but the law of self-preservation is + inexorable under such circumstances. + </p> + <p> + Elizabeth Morey, aroused from a troubled slumber by the cries of her + captors, came to the doorway of the chiefs house, and stood watching the + ship, which, though only under her fore and main topsails, was fast + slipping through the water. In two hours the <i>Portland</i> was safe, and + the broken-hearted girl sank upon her knees and wept. She was now utterly + alone, for her negro servant woman had gone on board the ship with Doyle + to get some of her clothing, and had been carried off. The only remaining + member of the <i>Portland's</i> crew was a Malay—a man of whom she + had an instinctive dread; for, since the massacre of the ship's company he + had one day asked her with a mocking grin if she could not "clean his + coat." His coat was Melton's white duck jacket, and the ensanguined + garment brought all the horror of her lover's death before her again. + </p> + <p> + Then followed fifteen long, long months of horror, misery, and agony. She + was a woman, and her terrible fate evokes the warmest pity. Whatever may + have been her past before she met Captain Melton and accompanied him on + his fateful voyage, her sufferings during those fifteen dreadful months + may be imagined but not written of nor suggested, except by the neurotic + "new woman" writer, who loves to dwell upon things vile, degrading, + terrifying, and abhorrent to the clean and healthy mind. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + In August, 1804, the American whaler <i>Union</i>, of Nantucket, after + having refreshed at Sydney Cove, as Port Jackson was then called, sailed + on a sperm-whaling cruise among the South Sea Islands. She arrived at + Tongatabu on the last day of September. As soon as the anchor was let go a + fleet of canoes appeared, and the occupants made the most friendly + demonstrations towards Captain Pendleton and his officers. In the leading + canoe was a man whom the captain took to be a Malay, and upon being + questioned this surmise proved to be correct In broken English he informed + Pendleton that the ship would be provided with plenty of fresh food, + water, and wood, if the ship's boats were sent ashore. The captain's boat + was thereupon swung out and lowered, and manned by six men, the captain + and Mr. John Boston, the supercargo, going with them. These people were + armed with six muskets and two cutlasses. + </p> + <p> + As soon as the boat was well clear of the ship the natives became very + troublesome, clambering up the chain plates, and forcing themselves on + board in great numbers. The chief mate, Daniel Wright, seems to have shown + more sense than most of the poor fools who, by their own negligence, + brought about—and still bring about even to the present day—these + South Sea tragedies. He got his men together and tried to drive off the + intruders, but despite his endeavours thirty or forty of them kept to the + deck, and their countrymen in the canoes alongside rapidly passed them up + a number of war-clubs. + </p> + <p> + Wright, with the greatest tact, and with apparently good-humoured force, + at last succeeded in clearing the decks and bustling all the natives + except the chief, over the side into their canoes. He (Wright) was a big, + brawny, New Englander, had served in the American Navy before he had taken + to whaling, and knew the value of coolness and discipline in an emergency, + though he felt much inclined to pistol the chief, who all this time had + been pretending to support his authority, though actually telling his + people to be "more patient, as the time had not yet come." + </p> + <p> + This chief, whose name is not given in the <i>Sydney Gazette</i> of 1804, + but who may have been the same "Ducara" of the <i>Portland</i> massacre, + or one of Ducara's <i>matabulis</i>, at last took his leave with the usual + protestations of regard so natural to even the present Christianised + Tongan native of this year of grace 1900, when he means mischief, even in + the minor matter of cheating or defrauding his white creditor. Descending + into his canoe, he led the whole flotilla to the beach. Then the mate + hoisted the ensign, and fired a gun as a warning to those of the ship's + company on shore to return. + </p> + <p> + No notice was taken of the signal, and presently through his glass Mr. + Wright saw that the captain's boat was lying broadside on to the beach, + surrounded by a crowd of islanders, and without a boat-keeper. This was + sufficiently alarming. It was now late in the afternoon, and Captain + Pendleton had been absent five hours. He at once came to the conclusion + that the people who had gone ashore in the boat were either prisoners or + had been murdered. To send another boat after them, he felt sure, would + only lead to the destruction of the whole ship's company in detail, and + the ultimate loss of the ship without there being the least chance of + effecting any good. So he called the hands aft, explained the situation, + and began to prepare to resist capture. All the available firearms were + loaded, heavy stones which formed the ship's ballast, were placed along + the waterways fore and aft in readiness to smash the canoes which he + anticipated would come alongside, the trying-out works fires were lighted, + and the huge try-pots filled with water, which when boiling would add to + their means of defence, by pouring it down in bucketsful upon the savages; + the cable was prepared for slipping, sails loosened, and every other + precaution which suggested itself to him made. + </p> + <p> + The sun dropped into the western sea-rim, and there was still no sign of + the captain's boat. On the shore an ominous silence prevailed, though now + and then it would be broken by the weird, resonant boom of a conch-shell. + The night was passed in the greatest anxiety by all on board, every man, + musket in hand, keeping a keen lookout. + </p> + <p> + Almost as the dawn broke, two canoes were seen to put off from Nukualofa + beach, and come towards the ship. They were manned by young Tongan "bucks" + who, in reply to the mate's questions as to the whereabouts of the captain + and his crew, answered him with gestures which the ship's company rightly + enough construed as meaning that their comrades had all been killed, and + that <i>their</i> turn would come shortly. This so enraged the seamen that + they tried to induce Mr. Wright to open fire on the canoes, destroy them, + and get the ship away before worse happened. But the mate, hoping that his + people on shore were still alive, and that he could yet rescue them, + refused to comply, and the whole of that day and night passed without + further happening. + </p> + <p> + On the following morning several canoes came within hail and then lay-to. + In one of them was the Malay, who asked the mate to come ashore, as the + captain and the supercargo wished to see him. The mate temporised and + requested the Malay to come on board and explain matters, but he refused + and returned to the shore. + </p> + <p> + In a few hours he reappeared at the head of a fleet of canoes, and then, + to Mr. Wright's intense astonishment, he saw that the Malay was + accompanied by a young white woman, who was sitting on the forward + outrigger of the canoe of which the Malay was steersman. The flotilla + brought to within pistol-shot of the ship, and the woman stood up and + called to him in English— + </p> + <p> + "Come on shore and see the captain. He wants to speak to you." + </p> + <p> + The mate made no answer, but beckoned to the fleet of canoes to come + nearer. And then, mercifully, as he took another look at the white woman, + he saw her, when the surrounding savages were not watching, shake her head + vehemently to him not to comply with the request she had made. + </p> + <p> + The flotilla came still nearer, and again Elizabeth Morey was made to + repeat the request for him to "come on shore and see the captain." Wright, + surmising that she was acting under coercion, appeared to give little heed + to her request, but told the Malay, who seemed to direct the natives, that + he would wait for the captain. Then the fleet of canoes turned, and headed + for the shore, and the captive white woman gave the mate a despairing, + agonised look that not only filled him with the deepest commiseration for + her, but almost convinced him that poor Pendleton and the others were + dead. + </p> + <p> + Another night of wearing anxiety passed, and again with the dawn a single + canoe came off, manned by half a dozen armed natives steered by the Malay + and carrying Miss Morey. This canoe was followed by many others, but the + leading one alone came close enough to the whaleship to communicate. + Little by little her savage crew drew nearer, watching every movement of + those on board with the utmost suspicion; the mate, who was standing at + the break of the poop on the starboard side, desired them to come closer, + holding in his hand a loaf of bread, which he said he wanted to give to + the white woman. The loaf was enclosed in a piece of white paper, on which + he had written these words— + </p> + <p> + "I fear that all on shore are murdered. I will wait here a few days in the + hope that you may be able to escape to us." + </p> + <p> + For some minutes the savages watched the white man, who, apparently + disgusted with his attempts to induce them to come closer and take the + loaf of bread, placed it on the rail and lit his pipe. The Malay again + urged him to come ashore and "see the captain" but Wright made an + impatient gesture and told him he must come closer if he wanted to talk. + The scoundrel did bring the canoe a few fathoms nearer, and then stopped + her way. + </p> + <p> + Then the girl, unable to restrain herself any longer, stood up and cried + out— + </p> + <p> + "All your friends on shore have been killed," then she leapt into the + water and swam towards the ship. + </p> + <p> + A yell of rage burst from the natives in the canoes, but it was answered + by the fire of musketry from the ship and the thunder of two car-ronades, + which, loaded with iron nuts and bolts, had been in readiness, one on the + poop, the other on the topgallant forecastle—and the girl succeeded + in reaching the ship's side in time to take hold of a life-buoy secured to + a line which was thrown to her, and Wright, jumping overboard, helped the + poor creature up over the side into safety. + </p> + <p> + Then began a desperate and furious assault to capture the ship. The + savages, led by the renegade Malay, made three successive attempts to + board, but were each time beaten back by Wright and his gallant seamen, + and the crystal water around the <i>Union</i> was soon reddened to a deep + hue. Meanwhile the cable had been slipped, and, like the <i>Portland</i>, + the <i>Union's</i> company were saved from death by the freshness of the + trade-wind alone. In half an hour after the last attack had been repelled, + the ship was out of danger from pursuit. As soon as the vessel had cleared + the passage Wright hove her to, and went down below to Miss Morey, who, + exhausted and almost hysterical as she was, yet answered his questions + readily. + </p> + <p> + "You must forgive me, madam, but it is my duty to at once ask you an + important question. Are you <i>sure</i> that Captain Pendleton and the + supercargo are dead? I cannot take the ship away if there is any + uncertainty about their fate." + </p> + <p> + "I beseech you, sir, to have no doubts. I saw the two gentlemen beaten to + death by clubs before my eyes.... They were sitting down to eat when they + were murdered. One was killed by the Malay man, the other by an old <i>matabuli</i>,{*}... + Oh, for God's sake, sir, do not delay! The natives have been planning to + capture this ship and murder her people for the past three days." + </p> + <p> + Then as she became more collected she satisfied him that all of Captain + Pendleton's party had been cruelly and treacherously murdered, and also + told him her own terrible story previous to the arrival of the <i>Union</i>. + </p> + <p> + The destruction of poor Pendleton and Mr. Boston had been planned, she + said, by the Malay; and when he and his native friends found that they + could not induce Mr. Wright to further weaken his ship's company by + sending another boat's crew on shore, so that the <i>Union</i> might the + more easily be captured, she was ordered under the most awful threats to + act as decoy. Resolved to upset their diabolical plan, or die in the + attempt, she gave an apparently cheerful assent to the meditated scheme of + murder, and hence her appearance in the canoe with the treacherous Malay. + </p> + <p> + Under the kindly care of Mr. (now Captain) Wright, the young woman soon + regained her health and strength in a great measure and her delight knew + no bounds when he announced to her his intention of returning to Sydney + Cove to refit before proceeding home to America. The <i>Union</i>, as we + have before stated, entered Sydney harbour in October, 1804, and before + that time the simple gratitude of the rescued girl to her rescuer had + changed into a deeper and tenderer feeling. But we must not anticipate. + </p> + <p> + As soon as Captain Wright had made his report to the New South Wales + authorities, Miss Morey went on shore, where she was treated most + hospitably by the wives of some of the military officers, whilst Wright + was refitting his ship. + </p> + <p> + A few days afterwards there arrived in Sydney Harbour an East India ship, + the captain of which gave Wright some interesting particulars concerning + the <i>Portland</i> and Captain Melton. The latter had had a peculiar + history. At the end of the year 1800 he appeared in Manila, where he was + entrusted with the command of a brig belonging to a Mr. John Stewart Kerr, + the American Consul of that city. His orders were to proceed to Batavia, + and there dispose of his cargo, bringing in return saleable goods for the + Manila market He was given also a letter of credit for $20,000 the better + to load the vessel. On arrival at Batavia he sold the cargo and the brig + into the bargain, and purchased in her place the <i>Portland</i>, a ship + of about 400 tons. From Batavia he wrote to Kerr—he seemed to have + been the Captain "Bully" Hayes of his time—informed him of what he + had done and mentioned that as he intended to make "a long pleasure + cruise" among the islands of the South Pacific, he did not expect to + return to Manila for some considerable time! + </p> + <p> + He also, it is needless to say, duly cashed his letter of credit for + $20,000, which six months afterwards was duly presented and taken up by + Mr. Kerr. + </p> + <p> + The <i>Portland</i> was then chartered by a firm of Dutch merchants at + Batavia to proceed to Serra Bay to load rice and return to Batavia. Melton + sailed to Serra Bay, loaded his cargo of rice, and instead of returning to + Batavia, went to the Isle of France and there cheerfully sold it. The next + account of him received at Manila was that he was having a "real good + time" at the Cape of Good Hope, where his fascinating manners and command + of money (Kerr's money) made him many friends. Suddenly, however, he and + the <i>Portland</i> disappeared, and Elizabeth Morey, as we have + mentioned, accompanied him. He had given out that he was bound for the + North-west coast of America, to enter into the fur trade, but, beyond that + rumour, nothing more was heard of him until the <i>Union</i> arrived at + Port Jackson, and Elizabeth Morey told the tale of his dreadful end. + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + No further mention of the names of Captain Daniel Wright, Elizabeth Morey, + or the good ship <i>Union</i> appear in the early Sydney records after + 1806; but that the girl's rescue by the gallant mate of the whaleship led + to her ultimate happiness we can safely assume, for in the year 1836 there + were married in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, one "Marie Kaiulani Shepherd, + daughter of John Shepherd, to Daniel Morey Wright, master of the ship <i>Patience</i>, + of New Bedford, and son of Daniel and Elizabeth Wright, of Salem, U.S.A." + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Adventure Of Elizabeth Morey, of +New York, by Louis Becke + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURE OF ELIZABETH *** + +***** This file should be named 25057-h.htm or 25057-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/0/5/25057/ + +Produced by David Widger + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Adventure Of Elizabeth Morey, of New York + 1901 + +Author: Louis Becke + +Release Date: April 12, 2008 [EBook #25057] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURE OF ELIZABETH *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +THE ADVENTURE OF ELIZABETH MOREY, OF NEW YORK + +From "The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories" + +By Louis Becke + +C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. + +1901 + +In the sea story of Australia, from the days of Captain Phillip in 1788, +to the end of the "fifties" in the present century, American ships and +seamen have no little part. First they came into the harbour of Sydney +Cove as traders carrying provisions for sale to the half-starved +settlers, then as whalers, and before another thirty years had passed, +the starry banner might be met with anywhere in the Pacific, from the +sterile shores of the Aleutian Islands to the coasts of New Zealand and +Tasmania. + +Early one morning in October, 1804, the American ship _Union_ sailed in +through Sydney Heads, and dropped anchor in the Cove. She was last from +Tongatabu, the principal island of the Friendly Group. As soon as she +had been boarded by the naval officer in charge of the port, and her +papers examined, the master stated that he had had a very exciting +adventure with the Tongatabu natives, who had attempted to cut off the +ship, and that there was then on board a young woman named Elizabeth +Morey, whom he had rescued from captivity among the savages. + +In a few minutes the young woman made her appearance in the main cabin, +and was introduced to the officer. Her age was about six-and-twenty, +and her manners "extremely engaging;" yet whilst she expressed her +willingness to tell the story of her adventures among the islanders, she +declined to say anything of her birth or parentage beyond the fact that +she was a native of New York, and some years previously had made her way +to the Cape of Good Hope. + +Her extraordinary narrative was borne out in all details as far as her +rescue was concerned by the master of the _Union_, who, she said, had +treated her with undeviating kindness and respect. + +This is her story:-- + +In February of the year 1802, when she was living at the Cape of Good +Hope, she made the acquaintance of a Captain Melton, the master of +the American ship _Portland_. His dashing appearance, his command of +apparently unlimited money, and his protestations of affection for the +unfortunate girl soon led her to respond to his advances, and ultimately +to consent to accompany him on a voyage to the islands of the South +Pacific. + +After a prosperous voyage the _Portland_ arrived at what is now known as +Nukualofa Harbour, on the Island of Tongatabu. Within a few hours after +anchoring, Captain Melton received a note from a white man named Doyle, +who was the only European living on the island, asking him to come on +shore and visit the chief, who particularly wished to see him and secure +his aid in repelling an invasion from the neighbouring group of islands +known as Haabai. Had Melton known that this man Doyle was an escaped +convict from Van Dieman's Land, he would at least have been careful; had +he known that the man was, in addition, a treacherous and bloodthirsty +villain, he would have hove-up anchor, and, sailing away, escaped his +fate. But Doyle, in his note, enumerated the advantages that would +accrue to him (Melton) by assisting the chief, and the seaman fell into +the trap. "You must try," said the writer of the letter, "to send at +least one boat's crew well armed." + +Melton was a man with an elastic conscience. Without troubling his head +as to the right or wrong side of this quarrel among savages, he promptly +complied with the request of the beachcomber, and called for volunteers; +the whole of the ship's company responded. The chief mate, Gibson, +picked four men; Anderson, the second officer, eight men, and these were +at once despatched on shore by the captain. + +The engagement came off on the following day, and the American allies +of the chief (whom Miss Morey calls Ducara) inflicted fearful slaughter +upon the enemy, and returned to the ship highly satisfied with +themselves, and their native friends, who promised them every indulgence +likely to gratify their tastes. + +In the evening Ducara himself came on board, and politely thanked the +captain for his assistance. He slept all night in the cuddy, attended +by Doyle, his minister of destruction, and took his leave early in the +morning, promising to send ample refreshments on board in part return +for favours received, and requesting that boats should be sent that +evening to convey his gifts to the ship. Within a few hours after the +chief had returned to the shore, many hundreds of stalwart natives were +seen carrying baskets of provisions down to the beach, and piling them +in heaps in readiness for the boats. Melton, at this stage, seemed to +have some sort of suspicion in his mind about sending the boats ashore +after dark, for he gave the mate instructions not to despatch them until +he gave orders. The mate, however, who had been smitten by the beauty of +a Tongan girl who had expressed her unqualified approval of his fighting +capabilities in a very unconventional manner, had the utmost confidence +in the good will of the natives, and took it upon himself to disobey +his captain's commands; consequently two boats were sent off just as +daylight was breaking, and whilst the skipper lay asleep in his cabin. + +Within a couple of hours the smaller of the two boats returned, loaded +with yams, "gnatu" (tappa cloth), baked pigs, and fish. She was steered +by the beachcomber, Doyle, and was rowed by two of the ship's boys, +instead of the four men who had taken her ashore; these boys, it must +be mentioned, had formed part of the crew of the larger boat, and had +remained on the beach whilst the men had gone into the village at the +invitation of Doyle and his fellow-conspirators. They, therefore, knew +nothing of what had kept their shipmates from returning to the boats, +when Doyle appeared and said he wished to go off to the ship, and that +the others would follow later on. + +Accompanying the boat was a flotilla of canoes, filled with hundreds of +savages, who were allowed to come alongside, though the girl Morey +was so terrified by their savage aspect that she begged her lover +to instantly recall the rest of his men and heave up anchor. Melton, +however, although he was now in a state of suspense owing to the +non-appearance of his boats' crews, answered her calmly enough. + +"The two boys and Doyle say that the hands went up to the chiefs house +to see a native dance," he said. "I'll punish them for it when they +return." + +Meanwhile the boat was unloaded, and again sent on shore with the +two boys, and Doyle's native friends clambered up on board from any +accessible part of the ship. The beachcomber himself, a wild-looking, +dark-skinned ruffian, who had clothed himself in a shirt and trousers, +now came aft and again assured the captain that he need feel no alarm +at the great number of naked savages who now thronged the deck, from the +windlass right aft to the wheel. Perhaps, however, the villain had some +feeling of humanity in his vile heart, for seeing the terrified face of +the girl Morey, he suggested that she should go below until the natives +had returned to the shore. + +But so impressed was she with a sense of imminent peril that she refused +to leave the poop, and begged Melton earnestly, "for God's sake to take +heed, and not thrust himself among the savages on the main deck." + +The beachcomber gave her a glance--half rage, half pity; then with his +left hand he suddenly dashed her aside, and with a ferocious yell sprang +at Melton and thrust a dagger into the throat of the unfortunate man. In +an instant his savage followers began their work of slaughter, and Mr. +Gibson, the chief mate, the boatswain, and four seamen were soon lying +dead upon the bloodstained decks, their heads battered out of all human +semblance by the clubs of the islanders. + +Two lads, Miss Morey, and her negro servant-woman, were spared, but +hurried down below. + +The bodies of the murdered men were at once thrown overboard to the +sharks by Doyle's orders, and he then directed the natives to clear the +decks. + +Elizabeth Morey, terrified out of her senses at the dreadful scenes she +had witnessed, attempted to spring overboard, but the beachcomber caught +her as she came on deck, urged her not to be frightened, and promised +her "in the name of the Virgin" that no harm should come to her. As +soon as the decks had been ridden of all traces of the bloody work just +completed, the half-unconscious girl was lifted over the side, placed in +a canoe, taken on shore, and handed over to the care of a chiefs wife. + +When she came to her senses she learnt from Doyle that all who were left +alive of the ship's company were herself and servant, a Malay seaman, +five boys, and an old sailor, who was a dwarf; the latter had evidently +been spared, either on account of the natives ranking him as a boy, +or from their aversion to inflict injuries upon any one physically or +mentally afflicted. + +The following three days were spent by the natives in unloading the +ship, the work being carried on in the most systematic manner under the +command of Doyle, the survivors of the crew being compelled to assist in +the task. The cargo, which consisted mainly of bales of cotton, was +got on shore in something less than a week; then the islanders began to +dismantle the ill-fated ship. By the eighth day all the sails except the +fore and main topsails were unbent and taken ashore. + +On the afternoon of this day but half a dozen natives were on board; +they, with the five "boys" (probably lads under eighteen years of age), +and the dwarf sailor before mentioned, were "spelling" for an hour or +so before beginning to unbend the topsails, when, noticing that their +captors were off their guard, the brave little man determined to retake +the ship. In a few minutes he gained over his youthful shipmates to +the attempt; they promised to stand by him to the last. Quietly arming +themselves with axes, with iron belaying pins, with handspikes, with +anything heavy and deadly they could lay their hands upon, they waited +for the signal to begin the attack. Doyle, the bloodstained murderer, +lay upon the skylight under the awning, half asleep and unsuspecting +of danger; his native associates either slept or lounged about the main +deck. + +A few hurried, whispered words passed between the six whites; then the +dwarf, carrying an axe negligently in his hand, ascended to the poop +and laid it down on the deck. Then he turned, and his quick seaman's eye +took in the surroundings. The trade wind was blowing freshly, the +ship (she was a full-rigged ship, though under five hundred tons), was +straining at her hempen cable, and the low, palm-clad shore was nearly +two miles away. He picked up the axe and running towards Doyle, buried +the weapon to the head in his bosom! + +In less than five minutes the dreadful work was done, and Doyle and the +six Tongans were weltering in their gore upon the very deck which was +still stained by the traces of their own crimes. Before the natives on +shore could realise what had happened, the cable was cut, the topsails +loosed and sheeted home, and the _Portland_ standing out to sea through +the dangerous network of reefs which surrounded the harbour. Her +recapture was a bloody deed, but the law of self-preservation is +inexorable under such circumstances. + +Elizabeth Morey, aroused from a troubled slumber by the cries of her +captors, came to the doorway of the chiefs house, and stood watching +the ship, which, though only under her fore and main topsails, was fast +slipping through the water. In two hours the _Portland_ was safe, +and the broken-hearted girl sank upon her knees and wept. She was now +utterly alone, for her negro servant woman had gone on board the ship +with Doyle to get some of her clothing, and had been carried off. The +only remaining member of the _Portland's_ crew was a Malay--a man of +whom she had an instinctive dread; for, since the massacre of the ship's +company he had one day asked her with a mocking grin if she could not +"clean his coat." His coat was Melton's white duck jacket, and the +ensanguined garment brought all the horror of her lover's death before +her again. + +Then followed fifteen long, long months of horror, misery, and agony. +She was a woman, and her terrible fate evokes the warmest pity. Whatever +may have been her past before she met Captain Melton and accompanied +him on his fateful voyage, her sufferings during those fifteen dreadful +months may be imagined but not written of nor suggested, except by +the neurotic "new woman" writer, who loves to dwell upon things vile, +degrading, terrifying, and abhorrent to the clean and healthy mind. + +***** + +In August, 1804, the American whaler _Union_, of Nantucket, after having +refreshed at Sydney Cove, as Port Jackson was then called, sailed on +a sperm-whaling cruise among the South Sea Islands. She arrived at +Tongatabu on the last day of September. As soon as the anchor was let +go a fleet of canoes appeared, and the occupants made the most friendly +demonstrations towards Captain Pendleton and his officers. In the +leading canoe was a man whom the captain took to be a Malay, and upon +being questioned this surmise proved to be correct In broken English he +informed Pendleton that the ship would be provided with plenty of +fresh food, water, and wood, if the ship's boats were sent ashore. The +captain's boat was thereupon swung out and lowered, and manned by six +men, the captain and Mr. John Boston, the supercargo, going with them. +These people were armed with six muskets and two cutlasses. + +As soon as the boat was well clear of the ship the natives became very +troublesome, clambering up the chain plates, and forcing themselves on +board in great numbers. The chief mate, Daniel Wright, seems to +have shown more sense than most of the poor fools who, by their own +negligence, brought about--and still bring about even to the present +day--these South Sea tragedies. He got his men together and tried to +drive off the intruders, but despite his endeavours thirty or forty +of them kept to the deck, and their countrymen in the canoes alongside +rapidly passed them up a number of war-clubs. + +Wright, with the greatest tact, and with apparently good-humoured force, +at last succeeded in clearing the decks and bustling all the natives +except the chief, over the side into their canoes. He (Wright) was a +big, brawny, New Englander, had served in the American Navy before he +had taken to whaling, and knew the value of coolness and discipline in +an emergency, though he felt much inclined to pistol the chief, who all +this time had been pretending to support his authority, though actually +telling his people to be "more patient, as the time had not yet come." + +This chief, whose name is not given in the _Sydney Gazette_ of 1804, but +who may have been the same "Ducara" of the _Portland_ massacre, or +one of Ducara's _matabulis_, at last took his leave with the usual +protestations of regard so natural to even the present Christianised +Tongan native of this year of grace 1900, when he means mischief, +even in the minor matter of cheating or defrauding his white creditor. +Descending into his canoe, he led the whole flotilla to the beach. Then +the mate hoisted the ensign, and fired a gun as a warning to those of +the ship's company on shore to return. + +No notice was taken of the signal, and presently through his glass Mr. +Wright saw that the captain's boat was lying broadside on to the beach, +surrounded by a crowd of islanders, and without a boat-keeper. This was +sufficiently alarming. It was now late in the afternoon, and Captain +Pendleton had been absent five hours. He at once came to the conclusion +that the people who had gone ashore in the boat were either prisoners or +had been murdered. To send another boat after them, he felt sure, would +only lead to the destruction of the whole ship's company in detail, and +the ultimate loss of the ship without there being the least chance of +effecting any good. So he called the hands aft, explained the situation, +and began to prepare to resist capture. All the available firearms were +loaded, heavy stones which formed the ship's ballast, were placed along +the waterways fore and aft in readiness to smash the canoes which +he anticipated would come alongside, the trying-out works fires were +lighted, and the huge try-pots filled with water, which when boiling +would add to their means of defence, by pouring it down in bucketsful +upon the savages; the cable was prepared for slipping, sails loosened, +and every other precaution which suggested itself to him made. + +The sun dropped into the western sea-rim, and there was still no sign +of the captain's boat. On the shore an ominous silence prevailed, +though now and then it would be broken by the weird, resonant boom of +a conch-shell. The night was passed in the greatest anxiety by all on +board, every man, musket in hand, keeping a keen lookout. + +Almost as the dawn broke, two canoes were seen to put off from Nukualofa +beach, and come towards the ship. They were manned by young Tongan +"bucks" who, in reply to the mate's questions as to the whereabouts of +the captain and his crew, answered him with gestures which the ship's +company rightly enough construed as meaning that their comrades had all +been killed, and that _their_ turn would come shortly. This so enraged +the seamen that they tried to induce Mr. Wright to open fire on the +canoes, destroy them, and get the ship away before worse happened. But +the mate, hoping that his people on shore were still alive, and that he +could yet rescue them, refused to comply, and the whole of that day and +night passed without further happening. + +On the following morning several canoes came within hail and then +lay-to. In one of them was the Malay, who asked the mate to come ashore, +as the captain and the supercargo wished to see him. The mate temporised +and requested the Malay to come on board and explain matters, but he +refused and returned to the shore. + +In a few hours he reappeared at the head of a fleet of canoes, and +then, to Mr. Wright's intense astonishment, he saw that the Malay was +accompanied by a young white woman, who was sitting on the forward +outrigger of the canoe of which the Malay was steersman. The flotilla +brought to within pistol-shot of the ship, and the woman stood up and +called to him in English-- + +"Come on shore and see the captain. He wants to speak to you." + +The mate made no answer, but beckoned to the fleet of canoes to come +nearer. And then, mercifully, as he took another look at the white +woman, he saw her, when the surrounding savages were not watching, shake +her head vehemently to him not to comply with the request she had made. + +The flotilla came still nearer, and again Elizabeth Morey was made +to repeat the request for him to "come on shore and see the captain." +Wright, surmising that she was acting under coercion, appeared to give +little heed to her request, but told the Malay, who seemed to direct the +natives, that he would wait for the captain. Then the fleet of canoes +turned, and headed for the shore, and the captive white woman gave +the mate a despairing, agonised look that not only filled him with +the deepest commiseration for her, but almost convinced him that poor +Pendleton and the others were dead. + +Another night of wearing anxiety passed, and again with the dawn a +single canoe came off, manned by half a dozen armed natives steered +by the Malay and carrying Miss Morey. This canoe was followed by many +others, but the leading one alone came close enough to the whaleship +to communicate. Little by little her savage crew drew nearer, watching +every movement of those on board with the utmost suspicion; the mate, +who was standing at the break of the poop on the starboard side, desired +them to come closer, holding in his hand a loaf of bread, which he said +he wanted to give to the white woman. The loaf was enclosed in a piece +of white paper, on which he had written these words-- + +"I fear that all on shore are murdered. I will wait here a few days in +the hope that you may be able to escape to us." + +For some minutes the savages watched the white man, who, apparently +disgusted with his attempts to induce them to come closer and take the +loaf of bread, placed it on the rail and lit his pipe. The Malay again +urged him to come ashore and "see the captain" but Wright made an +impatient gesture and told him he must come closer if he wanted to talk. +The scoundrel did bring the canoe a few fathoms nearer, and then stopped +her way. + +Then the girl, unable to restrain herself any longer, stood up and cried +out-- + +"All your friends on shore have been killed," then she leapt into the +water and swam towards the ship. + +A yell of rage burst from the natives in the canoes, but it was +answered by the fire of musketry from the ship and the thunder of +two car-ronades, which, loaded with iron nuts and bolts, had been in +readiness, one on the poop, the other on the topgallant forecastle--and +the girl succeeded in reaching the ship's side in time to take hold of a +life-buoy secured to a line which was thrown to her, and Wright, jumping +overboard, helped the poor creature up over the side into safety. + +Then began a desperate and furious assault to capture the ship. The +savages, led by the renegade Malay, made three successive attempts to +board, but were each time beaten back by Wright and his gallant seamen, +and the crystal water around the _Union_ was soon reddened to a deep +hue. Meanwhile the cable had been slipped, and, like the _Portland_, +the _Union's_ company were saved from death by the freshness of the +trade-wind alone. In half an hour after the last attack had been +repelled, the ship was out of danger from pursuit. As soon as the vessel +had cleared the passage Wright hove her to, and went down below to Miss +Morey, who, exhausted and almost hysterical as she was, yet answered his +questions readily. + +"You must forgive me, madam, but it is my duty to at once ask you +an important question. Are you _sure_ that Captain Pendleton and +the supercargo are dead? I cannot take the ship away if there is any +uncertainty about their fate." + +"I beseech you, sir, to have no doubts. I saw the two gentlemen beaten +to death by clubs before my eyes.... They were sitting down to eat when +they were murdered. One was killed by the Malay man, the other by an +old _matabuli_,{*}... Oh, for God's sake, sir, do not delay! The natives +have been planning to capture this ship and murder her people for the +past three days." + +Then as she became more collected she satisfied him that all of Captain +Pendleton's party had been cruelly and treacherously murdered, and also +told him her own terrible story previous to the arrival of the _Union_. + +The destruction of poor Pendleton and Mr. Boston had been planned, she +said, by the Malay; and when he and his native friends found that they +could not induce Mr. Wright to further weaken his ship's company by +sending another boat's crew on shore, so that the _Union_ might the more +easily be captured, she was ordered under the most awful threats to +act as decoy. Resolved to upset their diabolical plan, or die in the +attempt, she gave an apparently cheerful assent to the meditated scheme +of murder, and hence her appearance in the canoe with the treacherous +Malay. + +Under the kindly care of Mr. (now Captain) Wright, the young woman soon +regained her health and strength in a great measure and her delight knew +no bounds when he announced to her his intention of returning to Sydney +Cove to refit before proceeding home to America. The _Union_, as we have +before stated, entered Sydney harbour in October, 1804, and before that +time the simple gratitude of the rescued girl to her rescuer had changed +into a deeper and tenderer feeling. But we must not anticipate. + +As soon as Captain Wright had made his report to the New South Wales +authorities, Miss Morey went on shore, where she was treated most +hospitably by the wives of some of the military officers, whilst Wright +was refitting his ship. + +A few days afterwards there arrived in Sydney Harbour an East India +ship, the captain of which gave Wright some interesting particulars +concerning the _Portland_ and Captain Melton. The latter had had a +peculiar history. At the end of the year 1800 he appeared in Manila, +where he was entrusted with the command of a brig belonging to a Mr. +John Stewart Kerr, the American Consul of that city. His orders were to +proceed to Batavia, and there dispose of his cargo, bringing in return +saleable goods for the Manila market He was given also a letter of +credit for $20,000 the better to load the vessel. On arrival at Batavia +he sold the cargo and the brig into the bargain, and purchased in her +place the _Portland_, a ship of about 400 tons. From Batavia he wrote +to Kerr--he seemed to have been the Captain "Bully" Hayes of his +time--informed him of what he had done and mentioned that as he intended +to make "a long pleasure cruise" among the islands of the South Pacific, +he did not expect to return to Manila for some considerable time! + +He also, it is needless to say, duly cashed his letter of credit for +$20,000, which six months afterwards was duly presented and taken up by +Mr. Kerr. + +The _Portland_ was then chartered by a firm of Dutch merchants at +Batavia to proceed to Serra Bay to load rice and return to Batavia. +Melton sailed to Serra Bay, loaded his cargo of rice, and instead of +returning to Batavia, went to the Isle of France and there cheerfully +sold it. The next account of him received at Manila was that he +was having a "real good time" at the Cape of Good Hope, where his +fascinating manners and command of money (Kerr's money) made him many +friends. Suddenly, however, he and the _Portland_ disappeared, and +Elizabeth Morey, as we have mentioned, accompanied him. He had given out +that he was bound for the North-west coast of America, to enter into the +fur trade, but, beyond that rumour, nothing more was heard of him until +the _Union_ arrived at Port Jackson, and Elizabeth Morey told the tale +of his dreadful end. + +***** + +No further mention of the names of Captain Daniel Wright, Elizabeth +Morey, or the good ship _Union_ appear in the early Sydney records after +1806; but that the girl's rescue by the gallant mate of the whaleship +led to her ultimate happiness we can safely assume, for in the year 1836 +there were married in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, one "Marie Kaiulani +Shepherd, daughter of John Shepherd, to Daniel Morey Wright, master of +the ship _Patience_, of New Bedford, and son of Daniel and Elizabeth +Wright, of Salem, U.S.A." + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Adventure Of Elizabeth Morey, of +New York, by Louis Becke + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURE OF ELIZABETH *** + +***** This file should be named 25057.txt or 25057.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/0/5/25057/ + +Produced by David Widger + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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