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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: Sarréo + 1901 + +Author: Louis Becke + +Release Date: April 19, 2008 [EBook #25107] +Last Updated: January 8, 2013 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SARRÉO *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h1> + SARRÉO + </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> + "Well, there's niggers an' niggers, some just as good as any white man," + said Mr. Thomas Potter as he, the second mate of the island-trading barque + <i>Reconnaisance</i>, and Denison the supercargo, walked her short, stumpy + poop one night, "though when I was before the mast I couldn't stand one of + 'em bunking too close to me—not for a long time. But after awhile I + found out that a Kanaka or a Maori is better than the usual run of the + paint-scrubbing Jack Dog who calls himself a sailorman nowadays. Why, I've + never seen a native sailor yet as was dirty in his habits—they're + too fond o' the water. Look at these Rotumah chaps aboard here—if + there's a calm they'll jump overboard and take a swim instead of turning + in when it's their watch below. Bah, white sailors ain't worth feeding in + this Island trade—lazy, dirty, useless brutes; a Kanaka is worth + three of any one of 'em. Did you notice that photograph in my cabin—that + one showing a ship's company standing on deck?" + </p> + <p> + "Yes, I did," replied Denison. + </p> + <p> + "Well, that's the crew of the <i>Fanny Long</i>, and amongst 'em is a + fellow I'm goin' to tell you about—a chap named Sarréo. We had that + picture taken in Hobart after we had come back from a sperm whaling + cruise. We had been very lucky, and the skipper and owners had all our + photographs taken in a group. I was second mate, and this Sarréo was one + of the boatsteerers. Him and me had been shipmates before, once in the old + <i>Meteor</i> barque, nigger-catching for the Fiji planters, and once in a + New Bedford sperm whaler, and he had taken a bit of a liking to me, so + whenever I got a new ship he generally shipped too. + </p> + <p> + "Well, I was tired of whaling; I had two ribs broke on that cruise in the + <i>Fanny Lang</i>, by a boat being stove in by a whale. So after I had got + my money I walked out of the office, thinking of going to Sydney by the + steamboat, when up comes Sarréo. + </p> + <p> + "'Got your dollars, Sarréo?' I says. + </p> + <p> + "'Yes,' he answers. 'What you goin' to do now, Mr. Potter?' + </p> + <p> + "'Going to Sydney to look for another ship.' + </p> + <p> + "'All right,' he says quietly. 'I come too. I don' want to go whalin' no + more.' + </p> + <p> + "Sure enough, when I went on board the steamer there he was for'ard + sitting on his chest, smoking his pipe, an' waiting for me. + </p> + <p> + "In Sydney there was a fine big lump of a schooner just fitting out for a + trading cruise to the Solomon Islands, and I happened to know the skipper, + who worked it for me with the owners and I got the berth of chief mate; + and Sarréo (who used to come every day to the place I was staying at to + ask me not to forget him) was shipped as an A.B. + </p> + <p> + "What sort of a looking man? Well, he was a short, square-built chap, with + a chest like a working bullock. He was rather darker than a Samoan or a + Tahiti man, owing to a seafaring life, and had straight, black hair. He + only spoke as a rule when he was spoken to, and kept himself pretty much + aloof from the rest of the hands, though he wasn't by any means sulky." + </p> + <p> + "Where did he hail from?" Denison inquired. + </p> + <p> + "Ah, now you're asking, sir. There was a beast of a supercargo—I beg + pardon, sir, for forgetting myself—a reg'lar flash, bullying pig of + a fellow, with us that trip. He put on as many airs as if he owned the + whole blooming Pacific. Well, one day he was straightening up his + trade-room, and calls for a couple of hands to help, and the skipper sent + Sarréo and another native sailor to him. We were then lying at anchor in + Marau Sound, in the Solomons, and the sun was hot enough to blister the + gates o' hell, and presently the supercargo comes on deck and slings his + fat, ugly carcase into a deck chair under the awning and says— + </p> + <p> + "'That's a smart fellow, that Sarréo, Potter. Where does he come from?' + </p> + <p> + "Now I didn't know, and said so; so Mr. Supercargo grunts and says that + he'd ask him himself. Presently up comes Sarréo and the other native—they + were going for'ard for their dinner. + </p> + <p> + "'Here, I say you,' said the supercargo to Sarréo, touching him on the + calf of the leg with his foot as he was passing, 'what island you belong + to, eh?' + </p> + <p> + "Sarréo turned like lightning, and I caught a sight of his face. He had + dark, deép-set eyes and they seemed to spit fire at the fat brute in the + chair, and his two brown hands shut tight; but he said nothing, not a + blessed word, only looked as if all the rest of his body was turned to + stone. He stood like that for about ten seconds or so, then he bent his + head close to the other man's face and put his two clenched fists out + behind him. + </p> + <p> + "'Here, Sarréo,' I says, collaring him by one arm, 'what's all these + gymnastics? What's the matter?' + </p> + <p> + "He pushed me aside as if I was a feather, then he straightens himself up + sudden, and, lookin' at the supercargo, spits on the deck at his feet. + </p> + <p> + "'You dog,' he says, 'when we get ashore I will fight you!' + </p> + <p> + "'Warby,' that was the supercargo's name, was no cur, whatever else he + was, but though he seemed mighty sick when he heard Sarréo call him a dog, + he jumped up at once. + </p> + <p> + "'You damned Kanaka swine! You're drunk! You've been sneaking a bottle of + gin in the trade-room, an' I'll give you a pounding,' he says. + </p> + <p> + "Then before any one could interfere they were at it, and in less than a + couple of minutes Sarréo had the supercargo by the throat, lifted him off + his feet, and dashes him down on the poop. He lay there stunned, an' I + tell you, mister, I was mighty pleased, for we all hated him for his + beastly bullyin' ways, and his foul talk. So none of us rushed at him too + violently to pick him up. Presently up comes the skipper and orders me to + put Sarréo in irons, though I could see he didn't half like doing it. But + it had to be done, and I had to do it However, Sarréo held out his hands + to me as quiet as a lamb, and I led him for'ard and told him to keep a + stiff upper lip; the captain, I knew, would let him loose again the next + morning. He nodded his head quietly and said, 'All right, Mr Potter. But + when we get ashore <i>I mus' kill that man</i>.' + </p> + <p> + "'Why, Sarréo,' I said, 'you mustn't talk like that, you've nearly cracked + his skull as it is. Don't you go on that tack, or it'll be worse for you.' + </p> + <p> + "He nods again. 'I know. But I have been look for that man for more'n five + year.' + </p> + <p> + "'Why, do you know him?' + </p> + <p> + "'Yes, I know him <i>now</i>. When I see him roll up his shirt-sleeve in + the trade-room, an' I see some tattoo mark on his arm, I know him.' + </p> + <p> + "Of course I asked him what the supercargo had done to him, but he + wouldn't tell me any more. So, telling one of the hands to give him his + pipe and tobacco, I went aft again and told the skipper that there seemed + to be an old grudge between the two men. + </p> + <p> + "'Like enough/ says the skipper. 'That fellow Warby is the two ends and + bight of a howling blackguard. He was only appointed to this ship at the + last moment, or else I would have bucked against his coming aboard. He's + got a bad name.' + </p> + <p> + "Warby lay in his bunk for the rest of the day, but in the evening he came + on deck and said to the skipper roughly— + </p> + <p> + "'What are you going to do with that damned nigger?' + </p> + <p> + "' Keep him in irons for a day or two, I suppose. What more can I do?' + </p> + <p> + "Warby looked at him for a moment, then he says, with a sneer, that in + some ships the captain would have tied such a fellow up and given him six + dozen. + </p> + <p> + "'No doubt,' says the skipper, looking him full in his ugly face, 'no + doubt, especially in the sort of ships you've sailed in. But nothing like + that is going to happen aboard this hooker.' + </p> + <p> + "The supercargo muttered something under his breath and turned away. Next + morning, however, when we were at breakfast, he asked the captain how long + he meant to keep Sarréo in irons. + </p> + <p> + "'Till after breakfast' + </p> + <p> + "Warby jumped up in a rage and said that he protested against such a man + being given his liberty. 'Why, he'll murder me,' he says at last with a + white look in his face. + </p> + <p> + "The skipper laughed. 'You make too much of the business, Mr. Warby. Why, + he is one of the best and quietest men aboard. If you hadn't kicked him + and then swore at him, he wouldn't have tackled you. And I'm not going to + keep him in irons—that's flat.' + </p> + <p> + "After breakfast I went up for'ard to take the irons off Sarréo. He was + sitting against the windlass and smoking. + </p> + <p> + "'Here, Sarréo,' I said, 'I've come to take off your bracelets; but you + must promise not to have any more rows with the supercargo; if you won't + promise, then the captain says he'll have to keep you in irons until we + get to Fiji, and then send you to jail.' + </p> + <p> + "He promised, and from the quiet, soft manner in which he spoke, I felt + sure he was over his burst of passion, and was feeling a bit funky over + it. However, he turned-to very quietly, and was soon sent ashore with a + watering party, he being in charge of the boat which was manned by native + sailors. When he came back with the first lot of casks he told me that the + bush around the watering-place was full of pigeons. As soon as the captain + heard this he said he would go ashore and shoot some, and Mr. Warby said + he would like to join him. + </p> + <p> + "So off they went—skipper, supercargo, and Sarréo and his boat's + crew. We on board soon heard the two guns firing, and were smacking our + chops at the thought of pigeon stew for supper. I did not expect to see + them back until about supper-time, knowing that the boat had to tow the + casks off to the ship, which lay about half a mile from the beach. But + about four o'clock I saw the boat pushing off in a deuce of a hurry, and + then pull like mad for the ship. Knowing that there was no danger from + natives at that part of the island, I couldn't make it out, but in a few + minutes the boat dashes up alongside, and looking over the side I saw that + Sarréo was sitting beside the captain, in between him and Mr. Warby; his + eyes were closed, and I thought he was dead at first. + </p> + <p> + "We had him lifted up on deck and then carried into the cabin in a brace + of shakes, and I saw that he had a bullet wound in his shoulder; the ball + had gone clean through. Then the skipper, who was never much of a talker, + told me that Mr. Warby had shot the man accidentally. Of course I looked + at Warby. His face was very pale, but his eyes met mine without flinching. + </p> + <p> + "It didn't take the captain long to dress the wound, and half an hour + later, when I came below again, Sarréo was sitting up on some cushions in + the transoms smoking one of the captain's Manilas, and looking as if + nothing had happened. He smiled when he saw me and put out his hand. + </p> + <p> + "'I'm all right, Mr. Potter,' he said; 'not going to die this time.' + </p> + <p> + "I was just about to ask him how the thing happened, when Robertson—that + was our skipper's name—called me into his room. He was as solemn as + a judge. Closing his cabin door, he said, 'Sarréo will get over it all + right, but the business is an ugly one; to cut it short, I believe that it + was no accident, but that Warby tried to murder the poor fellow.' + </p> + <p> + "Then he told me what had occurred. Leaving the rest of the boat's crew to + fill the water casks, they set out to shoot pigeons; Sarréo went with them + to pick up and carry the birds. About an hour later they saw a wild boar + rush by them. Robertson fired both barrels at it and wounded it, but it + didn't stop. Warby had one barrel empty. He at once loaded with ball, and + the three men gave chase, Sarréo leading, Warby following him close. On + reaching some high grass at the river bank Sarréo plunged into it; then, a + few seconds later, Robertson heard Warby call out that he saw the animal + lying down, and fired. The captain was a short distance behind, but he and + Warby reached the spot together, and there, sure enough, lying in the long + grass, was the wounded boar, and Sarréo beside it, with the blood pouring + from his shoulder. He was sitting up, supporting himself on his left hand. + The skipper assisted him to his feet, and Warby tried to help, but Sarréo + turned on him and cursed him, and said that he (Warby) had tried to murder + him. The supercargo swore that he had not seen him when he fired, but + further talk was cut short by Sarréo going faint through loss of blood, so + they carried him to the boat. + </p> + <p> + "That was the story so far, and Robertson asked me what I thought of it. + </p> + <p> + "Now I had been shipmates with Sarréo off and on for a matter of five or + six years, and I never knew him to tell a lie; but at the same time I + couldn't think Warby would be such a brute as to try and murder the man in + cold blood. The skipper, however, took a very black view of the matter, + and told me that if we met a man-of-war he would put Warby in irons, + signal for a boat, and hand him over on a charge of attempted murder. Then + we went out into the main cabin and sat down, and Robertson told the + steward to call the supercargo. + </p> + <p> + "Warby came below at once. He gave a quick glance at Sarréo, then at the + skipper and myself, and sat down quietly. In less than a minute the + captain told him of his suspicions and what he intended doing if we met a + man-of-war. + </p> + <p> + "I thought Warby would bluster and blaspheme in his usual way; but he + didn't. He listened in silence. Then he rose and put his hands on the + cabin table, and said— + </p> + <p> + "'Before God, I swear to you both that I am innocent I did not fire at + that man; I did not even see him again after he disappeared into the grass—as + the Almighty is my judge, I did not... I did mean to take it out of Sarréo + for nearly breaking my skull the other day; but then I remembered + afterwards that he had cause to hate me, and I was only waiting for a + chance to ask him to make it up. And I say again that I am no cowardly + murderer; when I fired, I fired at the boar or what I honestly thought was + the boar, struggling in the grass. You can put me in irons now if you + like; or shut me up in my cabin. I'm not going to sit down at the same + table with men who suspect me of attempted murder.' + </p> + <p> + "There was something in his voice which made us believe him, and then he + took a couple of turns up and down the cabin deck, and stepped up to the + wounded man. + </p> + <p> + "'Sarréo, I did you a bad turn a long time ago; but I'm sorry for it now—I + have been sorry for it ever since. But I did not know where to find you, + and I would not have known you yesterday if you hadn't looked into my face + and spoken. It's ten years since that day, Sarréo.' + </p> + <p> + "The wounded man looked up, searching-like, into Warby's face all the time + he was speaking; then his big black eyes drooped again, but he made no + answer. So then Warby went on again, talking to the lot of us. + </p> + <p> + "'I was supercargo on the <i>Manola</i> brig, and Sarréo here was one of + the hands. One day, in Apia harbour, a bag of dollars was stolen out of my + cabin. The steward next morning said he had seen Sarréo ashore at one of + the dance houses spending money very freely. The captain and I burst open + his chest, and we found about twenty Mexican dollars among his clothes. + Now, in the bag which had been stolen there were nearly five hundred + Mexican dollars. Sarréo swore he had not stolen the money and that all the + money he had spent on shore was five dollars, which he had brought with + him from San Francisco. But the skipper and I believed he was the thief, + and to make him own up and tell us where the rest of the dollars were, we + flogged him. Then we put him in irons and kept him in irons for a week. He + still swore he had not taken the money, and I, believing he was lying, + gave him another thrashing on my own account. That night he got overboard + and swam ashore, and we gave the money up for lost Well, about a week + after this, when the steward was ashore, the mate and I decided to make a + thorough search of <i>his</i> cabin. We found nothing there, but we did in + the pantry—we found the missing bag of dollars, all but the twenty + which he had put into Sarréo's chest—stowed away in the bottom of + half a barrel of flour." + </p> + <p> + "As soon as Sarréo heard this, the poor fellow almost began to cry, and + said, 'I told you, Mr. Warby, I no steal that money.' + </p> + <p> + "'No, Sarréo, I know you didn't—that is, I knew it when the steward + owned up to stealing it; and told us afterward that he took twenty dollars + out of the bag, and, seeing your chest lying open in the deck-house, he + slipped in when no one was about and put the money among the clothes at + the bottom.' + </p> + <p> + "Sarréo sighed, pleased-like, and then his brown face lit up. + </p> + <p> + "The big supercargo came a bit nearer to him, and then held out his hand. + </p> + <p> + "'Look here, Sarréo! The day before yesterday I was wrong, but you got my + blood up; and I am sorry, very sorry, for the wrong I did you on board the + <i>Manola</i>; but so help me God, Sarréo, I <i>did not</i> fire at you.' + </p> + <p> + "Sarréo's eyes seemed to look right through the white man; then they + turned towards the skipper and me. + </p> + <p> + "'Ibelieve you, Mr. Warby,' said the skipper, coming up and shaking hands + with the supercargo. + </p> + <p> + "And I believed him too, for he looked terribly distressed and cut up, so + I shook hands with him too. + </p> + <p> + "Then Sarréo put out his big brown tattooed hand. + </p> + <p> + "'And me too, Mr. Warby.' + </p> + <p> + "The supercargo pressed it gently, so as not to hurt Sarréo's shoulder, + then he almost ran past us on deck. + </p> + <p> + "Well, from that time out, that man Warby changed, and he looked after + Sarréo all the time he was laid up, as if he had been his own brother + instead of a Kanaka chap before the mast. + </p> + <p> + "After leaving Marau Sound we stood to the northward, being bound to + Bougainville Island. It took us more than a month to get there, and by + that time Sarréo was as well and strong as ever he was, and me and the + skipper had got quite chummy with the supercargo, for we found out that he + had a lot of good points about him. You see, mister, ten or twelve years + ago the Solomon Group was the place to show what a man was made of—as + far as that goes it's not much altered since. If you don't die of fever + you're pretty sure to get knocked on the head and go down the nigger's + gullets—and this chap Warby had rare pluck. He never ran a boat's + crew into danger, but would take any risks himself, and somehow we had + cruised right up from Marau Sound to the north end of Bougainville without + losing a man, or having more than a few arrows or shots fired at the + boats. + </p> + <p> + "Just when we were about to brace up to round Bouka Island, and being + about three miles off the land, we sighted the hull of a vessel ashore on + the beach of a small bay. We stood in for a mile or so and saw that there + was a native village at the head of the bay, and that the vessel was a + schooner of about a hundred tons. There were no signs of any boats and she + seemed to be stripped of both running and standing gear. + </p> + <p> + "We manned and armed two boats—one, with Mr. Warby in charge, being + the landing-party; and the other as a covering boat in case the natives + attacked. I had charge of the second boat and had four white sailors; + Warby had Sarréo and four other natives. The skipper told us to have a + good look at the vessel, then try and learn what the natives on shore had + to say about her, and then come off and report. + </p> + <p> + "We pulled right in to the wreck as close as we could get, for it was low + tide. Then Warby and I got out and walked over to it. We found that she + was stripped of everything of value, even the chain-plates having been cut + out, the decks were torn up and partly burnt, and the anchors and cables + were gone; in fact, she was nothing but a shell. + </p> + <p> + "'Been looted by the niggers,' I said to Warby. 'Hope the poor chaps that + manned her got away in the boat; better for 'em to have been drowned than + be eaten by these beggars about here.' + </p> + <p> + "'We'll soon see,' said he. 'It's my opinion they did get away safely. + Look over there, Potter, at those niggers waiting for us on the beach; now + if they had cut off this vessel they would have bolted into the bush, or + begun firing at us. Come on.' + </p> + <p> + "We walked back to the boats and then pulled over to the village, which + was about eight hundred yards away, Warby's boat, of course, going first. + About thirty or forty natives came down to the water's edge and waited. + They were all armed with bows, spears, and clubs, but seemed friendly. + </p> + <p> + "However, Warby jumped boldly out on to the beach, and telling his crew to + keep her afloat in case he had to run for it, he went up to the crowd of + niggers and shook hands with some of them; I and my chaps in the covering + boat keeping our rifles out of view, but quite ready. + </p> + <p> + "In about five minutes Warby sang out to me that it was all right. The + vessel, the natives told him, had parted her cables, gone ashore and + bilged on the reef in the night; and the hands being too frightened to + come ashore, had gone away next morning in two boats. Then he told me to + wait a few minutes, as he was going to the chief's house to look at the + copper and other gear that the natives had taken from the schooner, and + very likely he would buy it. First of all, though, he told Sarréo to pass + him out a 12 lb. case of tobacco as a present for the chief. + </p> + <p> + "He took the case from Sarréo and handed it to the chief, and then off + they went—he in the middle of thirty or forty murderous-looking + savages; but he had done the same thing so often before that we did not + feel any particular alarm. + </p> + <p> + "We lay there, backed stern on to the beach, for about five minutes, + looking at the house into which he had gone with the natives. Suddenly we + saw him burst out of the house and fall on his knees, trying to draw his + revolver; but in another moment he was being tomahawked and clubbed by a + mob of yelling devils! Poor chap, he must have died very quickly. + </p> + <p> + "We opened fire at once and they disappeared like magic, and then from + every bush, tree, and rock they began firing at us in the boats with both + muskets and arrows. One of my men was hit, and then, before I could stop + him, Sarréo had jumped out of his boat and was running up the beach, rifle + in hand, to where Mr. Warby's body was lying. + </p> + <p> + "He got there, I think, without being hit, just as a big native ran at him + with a tomahawk. He hadn't time to put his Snider to his shoulder; but + that nigger gave his last jump anyway, for I saw the rifle go off and the + nigger topple over. In another five seconds he had lifted the supercargo + up, thrown him over his left shoulder, and was running down to the boats. + </p> + <p> + "By this time, me and two of my crew had jumped out of the boat and ran to + meet him, firing as we went. We had just reached him when down he went on + to his face in the sand—a bullet had smashed his hip. + </p> + <p> + "Dropping our rifles, we picked him and Mr. Warby's body up, and by God's + mercy managed to tumble into the boat together and push off, covered by + the fire from the ship, which carried two six-pounders. + </p> + <p> + "Sarréo lived two days—he died the same morning that we were getting + ready to take Warby's body ashore to bury on a little island between Bouka + and Bougainville. So we made only one trip ashore. Poor chap! He had a + good, simple heart, and almost his last words were that he 'was glad Mr. + Warby wasn't eaten.' + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + "Ah, as you say, Mr. Denison, the rotten South Seas ain't no place for a + white man. 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