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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: Pâkia + 1901 + +Author: Louis Becke + +Release Date: April 19, 2008 [EBook #25105] +Last Updated: January 8, 2013 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PÂKIA *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h1> + PÂKIA + </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> + Late one evening, when the native village was wrapped in slumber, Temana + and I brought our sleeping-mats down to the boat-shed, and spread them + upon the white, clinking sand. For here, out upon the open beach, we could + feel a breath of the cooling sea-breeze, denied to the village houses by + reason of the thick belt of palms which encompassed them on three sides. + And then we were away from Malepa's baby, which was a good thing in + itself. + </p> + <p> + Temana, tall, smooth-limbed, and brown-skinned, was an excellent savage, + and mine own good friend. He and his wife Malepa lived with me as a sort + of foster-father and mother, though their united ages did not reach mine + by a year or two. + </p> + <p> + When Malepa's first baby was born, she and her youthful husband apologised + sincerely for the offence against my comfort, and with many tears prepared + to leave my service. But although I was agreeable to let Malepa and her + little bundle of red-skinned wrinkles go, I could not part with Temana, so + I bade her stay. She promised not to let the baby cry o' nights. Poor + soul. She tried her best; but every night—or rather towards daylight—that + terrible infant would raise its fearsome voice, and wail like a foghorn in + mortal agony. + </p> + <p> + We lit our pipes and lay back watching a moon of silvered steel poised + 'midships in a cloudless sky. Before us, unbroken in its wide expanse, + save for two miniature islets near the eastern horn of the encircling + reef, the glassy surface of the sleeping lagoon was beginning to quiver + and throb to the muffled call of the outer ocean; for the tide was about + to turn, and soon the brimming waters would sink inch by inch, and foot by + foot from the hard, white sand, and with strange swirlings and bubblings + and mighty eddyings go tearing through the narrow passage at eight knots + an hour. + </p> + <p> + Presently we heard a footfall upon the path which led to the boat-shed, + and then an old man, naked but for his <i>titi</i>, or waist-girdle of + grass, came out into the moonlight, and greeted us in a quavering, cracked + voice. + </p> + <p> + "<i>Aue!</i> white man, my dear friend. So thou and Temana sit here in the + moonlight!" + </p> + <p> + "Even so, Pàkfa, most excellent and good old man. Sit ye here beside us. + Nay, not there, but here on mine own mat. So. Hast thy pipe with thee?" + </p> + <p> + The ancient chuckled, and his wrinkled old face beamed as he untwisted a + black and stumpy clay from his perforated and pendulous ear-lobe, which + hung full down upon his shoulder, and, turning it upside down, tapped the + palm of his left hand with it. + </p> + <p> + "See!" he said, with another wheezing, half-whispered, half-strangled + laugh, "see and hear the emptiness thereof! Nothing has been in its belly + since cockcrow. And until now have I hungered for a smoke. Twice did I + think to come to thee to-day and ask thee for <i>kaitalafu</i> (credit) + for five sticks of tobacco, but I said to my pipe, 'Nay, let us wait till + night time.' For see, friend of my heart, there are ever greedy eyes which + watch the coming and going of a poor old man; and had I gotten the good + God-given tobacco from thee by daylight, friends would arise all around me + as I passed through the village to my house. And then, lo, the five sticks + would become but one!" + </p> + <p> + "Pâkia," I said in English, as I gave him a piece of tobacco and my knife, + "you are a philosopher." + </p> + <p> + He stopped suddenly, and placing one hand on my knee, looked wistfully + into my face, as an inquiring child looks into the eyes of its mother. + </p> + <p> + "Tell me, what is that?" + </p> + <p> + I tried to find a synonym. "It means that you are a <i>tagata poto</i>—a + wise man." + </p> + <p> + The old, brown, bald head nodded, and the dark, merry eyes danced. + </p> + <p> + "Aye, aye. Old I may be, and useless, but I have lived—I have lived. + And though when I am dead my children and grandchildren will make a <i>tagi</i> + over me, I shall laugh, for I know that of one hundred tears, ninety and + nine will be for the tobacco and the biscuit and the rice that with me + will vanish!" + </p> + <p> + He filled and lit his pipe, and then, raising one skinny, tattooed arm, + pointed to the moon. + </p> + <p> + "Hast such a moon as that in <i>papalagi</i> land?" + </p> + <p> + "Sometimes." + </p> + <p> + "Aye, sometimes. But not always. No, not always. I know, I know. See, my + friend; let us talk. I am full of talk to-night. You are a good man, and + I, old Pâkfa, have seen many things. Aye, many things and many lands. Aye, + I, who am now old and toothless, and without oil in my knees and my + elbows, can talk to you in two tongues besides my own.... Temana!" + </p> + <p> + "<i>Oi</i>, good father Pâkia." + </p> + <p> + "Go away. The white man and I would talk." + </p> + <p> + I placed my hand on the bald head of the ancient "Temana shall go to the + house and bring us a bottle of grog. We will drink, and then you shall + talk. I am one who would learn." + </p> + <p> + The old man took my hand and patted it "Yes, let us talk to-night And let + us drink grog. Grog is good to drink, sometimes. Sometimes it is bad to + drink. It is bad to drink when the swift blood of youth is in our veins + and a hot word calls to a sharp knife. Ah! I have seen it! Listen! Dost + hear the rush of the lagoon waters through the passage? That is the quick, + hot blood of youth, when it is stirred by grog and passion, and the soft + touch of a woman's bosom. I know it I know it. But let Temana bring the + bottle. I am not afraid to drink grog with <i>thee</i>, Ah, thou art not + like some white men. Thou can'st drink, and give some to a poor old man, + and if prying eyes and babbling tongues make mischief, and the missionary + sends thee a <i>tusi</i> (letter), and says 'This drinking of grog by + Pâkia is wrong,' thou sendest him a letter, saying, 'True, O teacher of + the Gospel. This drinking of grog is very wrong. Wherefore do I send thee + three dollars for the school, and ask thy mercy for old Pâkfa, who was my + guest.'" + </p> + <p> + I slapped the ancient on his withered old back. + </p> + <p> + "To-night ye shall drink as much grog as ye like, Pâkfa. The missionary is + a good man, and will not heed foolish talk." + </p> + <p> + Pâkfa shook his head. "Mareko is a Samoan. He thinketh much of himself + because he hath been to Sini (Sydney) and stood before many white + gentlemen and ladies, and told them about these islands. He is a vain + fool, though a great man here in Nukufetau, but in Livapoola{*} he would + be but as a pig. Livapoola is a very beautiful place, full of beautiful + women. Ah! you laugh.... I am bent and old now, and my bones rattle under + my skin like pebbles in a gourd. Then I was young and strong. Listen! I + was a boat-steerer for three years on a London whaleship. I have fought in + the wars of Chile and Peru. I can tell you many things, and you will + understand.... I have seen many lands." + </p> + <p> + Temana returned with a bottle of brandy, a gourd of water, and three cups. + </p> + <p> + "Drink this, Pâkfa, <i>taka ta-ina</i>{**} And talk. Your talk is good to + hear. And I can understand." + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + * Liverpool. + + **Lit, dear crony. +</pre> + <p> + He drank the liquor neat, and then washed it down with a cupful of water. + </p> + <p> + "<i>Tapa!</i> Ah, the good, sweet grog! And see, above us is the round + moon, and here be we three. We three—two young and strong, one whose + blood is getting cold. Ah, I will talk, and this boy, Temana, will learn + that Pâkia is no boasting old liar, but a true man." Then, suddenly + dropping the Nukufetau dialect in which he had hitherto spoken, he said + quietly in English— + </p> + <p> + "I told you I could speak other languages beside my own. It is true, for I + can talk English and Spanish." Then he went back into native: "But I am + not a vain old man. These people here are fools. They think that because + on Sundays they dress like white men and go to church five times in one + day, and can read and write in Samoan, that they are as clever as white + men. Bah! they are fools, fools! Where are the strong men of my youth? + Where are the thousand and two hundred people who, when my father was a + boy, lived upon the shores of this lagoon? They are gone, gone!" + </p> + <p> + "True, Pâkfa. They are gone." + </p> + <p> + "Aye, they are perished like the dead leaves. And once when I said in the + hearing of the <i>kaupule</i> (head men) that in the days of the <i>po-uri</i> + (heathen times) we were a great people and better off than we are now, I + was beaten by my own grand-daughter, and fined ten dollars for speaking of + such things, and made to work on the road for two months. But it is true—it + is true. Where are the people now? They are dead, perished; there are now + but three hundred left of the thousand and two hundred who lived in my + father's time. And of those that are left, what are they? They are weak + and eaten up with strange diseases. The men cannot hunt and fish as men + hunted and fished in my father's time. + </p> + <p> + "<i>Tah!</i> they are women, and the women are men, for now the man must + work for the woman, so that she can buy hats and boots and calicoes, and + dress like a white woman. Give me more grog, for these things fill my + belly with bitterness, and the grog is sweet. Ah! I shall tell you many + things to-night." + </p> + <p> + "Tell me of them, old man. See, the moon is warm to our skins. And as we + drink, we shall eat. Temana here shall bring us food. And we shall talk + till the sun shines over the tops of the trees on Motu Luga. I would learn + of the old times before this island became <i>lotu</i> (Christianised)." + </p> + <p> + "<i>Oi.</i> I will tell you. I am now but as an old, upturned canoe that + is used for a sitting-place for children who play on the beach at night. + And I am called a fool and a bad man, because I sometimes speak of the + days that are dead. Temana, is Malepa thy wife virtuous?" + </p> + <p> + "<i>Se kau iloà</i>" ("I do not know"), replied Temana, with a solemn + face. + </p> + <p> + "Ah, you cannot tell! Who can tell nowadays? But you will know when some + day she is fined five dollars. In my time if a man doubted his wife, the + club fell swiftly, or the spear was sped, and she was dead. And, because + of this custom, wives in those days were careful. Now, they care not, and + are fined five dollars many times. And the husband hath to pay the fine!" + He laughed in his noiseless way, and then puffed at his pipe. "And if he + cannot pay, then he and his wife, and the man who hath wronged him, work + together on the roads, and eat and drink together as friends, and are not + ashamed. And at night-time they sing hymns together!" + </p> + <p> + "People must be punished when wrong is done, Pâkia," I said lamely. + </p> + <p> + "Bah! what is five dollars to a woman? Is it a high fence set with spears + over which she cannot climb? If a man hath fifty dollars, does not his + wife know it, and tell her lover (if she hath one) that he may meet her + ten times! Give me more water in this grog, good white man with the brown + skin like mine own!" + </p> + <p> + The old fellow smoked his pipe in silence for a few minutes; then again he + pointed to the moon, nodded and smiled. + </p> + <p> + "<i>Tah!</i> What a moon! Would that I were young again! See, in the days + of my youth, on such a night as this, all the young men and women would be + standing on the outer reef fishing for <i>malau</i>, which do but take a + bait in the moonlight. <i>Now</i>, because to-morrow is the Sabbath day, + no man must launch a canoe nor take a rod in his hand, lest he stay out + beyond the hour of midnight, and his soul go to hell to burn in red fire + for ever and ever. Bah!" + </p> + <p> + "Never mind these things, Pâkia. Tell me instead how came ye to serve in + the wars of Chile and Peru, or of thy voyages in the <i>folau manu</i> + (whaleship)." + </p> + <p> + His eyes sparkled. "Ah, those were the days! Twice in one whaleship did I + sail among the ice mountains of the far south, where the wind cuts like a + knife and the sea is black to look at <i>Tapa!</i> the cold, the cold, the + cold which burneth the skin like iron at white heat! But I was strong; and + we killed many whales. I, Pâkfa, in one voyage struck thirteen! I was in + the mate's boat.... Look at this now!" He held up his withered arm and + peered at me. "It was a strong arm then; now it is but good to carry food + to my mouth, or to hold a stick when I walk." The last words he uttered + wistfully, and then sighed. + </p> + <p> + "The mate of that ship was a good man. He taught me many things. Once, + when we had left the cold seas and were among the islands of Tonga, he + struck me in his rage because I threw the harpoon at a great sperm whale, + and missed. That night I slipped over the side, and swam five miles to the + land. Dost know the place called Lifuka? 'Twas there I landed. I lay in a + thicket till daylight, then I arose and went into a house and asked for + food. They gave me a yam and a piece of bonito, and as I ate men sprang on + me from behind and tied me up hand and foot. Then I was carried back to + the ship, and the captain gave those pigs of Tongans fifty dollars' worth + of presents for bringing me back." + </p> + <p> + "He thought well of thee, Pâkia, to pay so much." + </p> + <p> + He nodded. + </p> + <p> + "Aye, for I was a good man, and worth much to him. And I was not flogged, + for the mate was my friend always. All the voyage I was a lucky man, till + we came to a place called Amboyna. Here the mate became sick and died, so + I ran away. This time I was not caught, and when the ship was gone, I was + given work by an Englishman. He was a rich merchant—not a poor + trader like thee. He had a great house, many servants, and many native + wives. Thou hast but two servants, and no wife. Why have ye no wife? It is + not proper!" + </p> + <p> + I expressed my deep sense of the insignificance of my domestic + arrangements, and gave him another nip of brandy. + </p> + <p> + "But, like him, thou hast a big heart. May you live long and become a <i>mau + koloa</i> (rich man). Ah! the grog, the good grog. I am young again + to-night... And so for two years I lived at Amboyna. Then my master went + to Peretania—to Livapoola—and took me with him. I was his + servant, and he trusted me and made much of me. + </p> + <p> + "Ah, Livapoola is a fine place. I was six months there, and wherever my + master went I went with him. By and by he married, and we went to live at + a place by the sea, in a fair white house of stone, with rich lands + encompassing it. It was a foreign place, and we crossed the sea to go + there. There were many women servants there, and one of them, named Lissi, + began to smile at, and then to talk to me. I gave her many presents, for + every week my master put a gold piece in my hand. One day I asked him to + give me this girl for my wife. He laughed, and said I was foolish; that + she was playing with me. I told her this. She swore to me that when I had + fifty gold pieces she would be my wife, but that I must tell no one.... + Ah! how a woman can fool a man! I was fooled. And every gold piece I got I + gave to her to keep for me. + </p> + <p> + "I have said that there were many servants. There was one young man, named + Harry, whose work it was to take my master about in his <i>puha tia tia</i> + (carriage). Sometimes I would see him talking to the girl, and then + looking at me. Then I began to watch; but she was too cunning. Always had + she one word for me. Be patient; when we have the fifty gold pieces all + shall be well. We shall go away from here, and get married.' + </p> + <p> + "One night, as I lay upon the grass, smoking my pipe, I heard voices, the + voices of the man Harry and Lissi. They were speaking of me. They spoke + loudly, and I heard all that was said. 'He is but a simple fool,' she + said, with a laugh; 'but in another month I shall have the last of his + money, and then thou and I shall go away quietly. Faugh! the tattooed + beast!' and I heard her laugh again, and the man laughed with her, but + bade her be careful lest I should suspect." + </p> + <p> + "She was a bad woman, Pâkfa," I began, when he interrupted me with a quick + gesture. + </p> + <p> + "I crept back into the house and got a knife, and waited. The night was + dark, but I could see. Presently they came along a narrow path which led + to the house. Then I sprang out, and drove my knife twice into the man's + chest. I had not time to kill the woman, for at the third blow the knife + broke off at the hilt, and she fled in the darkness. I wanted to kill her + because she had fooled me and taken my money—forty-six gold pieces. + </p> + <p> + "There was a great wood which ran from my master's house down to the sea. + I ran hard, very hard, till I came to the water. I could see ships in the + harbour, quite near. I swam to one, and tried to creep on deck and hide, + but heard the sailors talking. Presently I saw a vessel—a schooner—come + sailing slowly past. There was a boat towing astern. I swam softly over, + and got into the boat, and laid down till it was near the dawn. There was + but little wind then, and the ship was not moving fast, so I got into the + water again, and held on to the side of the boat, and began to cry out in + a loud voice for help. As soon as they heard me the ship was brought to + the wind, and I got back into the boat I was taken on board and given food + and coffee, and told the captain that I had fallen overboard from another + ship, and had been swimming for many hours. Only the captain could speak a + little English—all the others were Italians. It was an Italian ship. + </p> + <p> + "I was a long time on that ship. We went first to Rio, then down to the + cold seas of the south, and then to Callao. But the captain never gave me + any money, so I ran away. Why should a man work for naught? By and by an + American whaleship came to Callao, and I went on board. I was put in the + captain's boat. We sailed about a long time, but saw no whales, so when + the ship came to Juan Fernandez I and a white sailor named Bob ran away, + and hid in the woods till the ship was gone. Then we came out and went to + the Governor, who set us to work to cut timber for the whaleships. Hast + been to this island?" + </p> + <p> + "No," I replied; "'tis a fair land, I have heard." + </p> + <p> + "Aye, a fair, fair land, with green woods and sweet waters; and the note + of the blue pigeon soundeth from dawn till dark, and the wild goats leap + from crag to crag." + </p> + <p> + "Didst stay there long, Pâkia?" + </p> + <p> + He rubbed his scanty white beard meditatively. "A year—two years—I + cannot tell. Time goes on and on, and the young do not count the days. But + there came a ship which wanted men, and I sailed away to Niu Silani.{*} + That, too, is a fair land, and the men of the country have brown skins + like us, and I soon learnt their tongue, which is akin to ours. I was a + long time in that ship, for we kept about the coast, and the Maoris filled + her with logs of <i>kauri</i> wood, to take to Sydney. It was a good ship, + for although we were paid no money every man had as much rum as he could + drink and as much tobacco as he could smoke, and a young Maori girl for + wife, who lived on board. Once the Maoris tried to take the ship as she + lay at anchor, but we shot ten or more. Then we went to Sydney, where I + was put in prison for many weeks." + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + * New Zealand +</pre> + <p> + "Why was that?" + </p> + <p> + "I do not know. It was, I think, because of something the captain had done + when he was in Sydney before; he had taken away two men and a woman who + were prisoners of the Governor had seen them on board at Juan Fernandez; + they went ashore there to live. But the Governor of Sydney was good to me. + I was brought before him; he asked me many questions about these islands, + and gave me some silver money. Then the next day I was put on board a + ship, which took me to Tahiti. But see, dear friend, I cannot talk more + to-night, though my tongue is loose and my belly warm with the good grog. + But it is strong, very strong, and I fear to drink more, lest I disgust + thee and lose thy friendship." + </p> + <p> + "Nay, old man. Have no fear of that. And see, sleep here with us till the + dawn. Temana shall bring thee a covering-mat." + </p> + <p> + "Ah-h-h! Thou art good to old Pâkfa. I shall stay till the dawn. It is + good to have such a friend. To-morrow, if I weary thee not, I shall tell + thee of how I returned to Chile and fought with the English ship-captain + in the war, and of the woman he loved, and of the great fire which burnt + two thousand women in a church." + </p> + <p> + "<i>Tah!</i>" said Temana incredulously; "two thousand?" + </p> + <p> + "Aye!" he snapped angrily, "dost think I be drunk, boy? Go and watch thy + wife. How should an ignorant hog like thee know of such things?" + </p> + <p> + "'Sh, 'sh, old man. Be not so quick to anger. Temana meant no harm. Here + is thy covering-mat. Lie down and sleep." + </p> + <p> + He smiled good-naturedly at us, and then, pulling the mat over him to + shield his aged frame from the heavy morning dew, was soon asleep. + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Pâkia, by Louis Becke + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PÂKIA *** + +***** This file should be named 25105-h.htm or 25105-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/5/1/0/25105/ + +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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