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A Story Showing How It M*y Be
Uied u * Weapon of Detente
By Jack Tomlinson
Copyright by Amfrlc*n IYea? Asso
ciation, 1811.
Many people nowadays consider the
perils of the sea to be due to the sea
alone. The time of piracy? being
wrecked on n shore and falling Into
the hands of savages or being eaten
by cannibals? la supposed now to be
long to the past. This is not the case.
There are pirates today on the coast
of China and on the Malay arohlpele
go, and as for falling into the hands
of savages, and that within twelve
months past. I have such a story to
tell myself.
1 was second officer of the American
tramp steamer Evelyn Hope. We
were running along the foast of Brit
ish East Africa, giving the shore us
we thought a wide berth, beaten by n
high wind and sea3 off the Indian
ocean.
It was very early in the morning
that the wind suddenly ceased Anil
it was lucky that it did so, for our
bow ran upon n coral and sand bench
We tried to back off, but our engines
were not strong enough, and we were
obliged to wait for daylight in order
to see where we were and adopt more j
strenuous means for getting free.
When the dawn came we found our
selves on the shore of an uninhabited :
island. We at once set about cutting j
our kedge anchors and making other j
preparations to pull us off. I was or j
dered to go ashore with a crew of six :
men and try for some game that we j
might have fresh meat. We found I
plenty of wild animals and birds on j
the island and were fast getting a sup- j
ply of both when we heard a shout
from the man we had left on the i
shore with the boat. Hurrying to the |
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"X OWR HIM A PC6K OF STEAM."
beach, we saw Ave large canoes, each
containing some forty negroes, pulling
toward the Kvelyn Hope.
Of course we pot Into our boat at
once and raced with the Macks for the
vessel. When they saw that we would
reach It before them they lay on their
oara.and contented themselves with ob
serving our movements.
They watched us all the afternoon,
and our captain concluded that they
were waiting for the darkness, when
they would attack us, and If they cap
tured our Phlp we would all doubtless
be murdered. We scoured the vessel
for arms, and all we found was a shot
gun. a rifle and two revolvers. We
had a dosen white seamen aboard and
a mixture of copper colored men. most
ly Malay*. I.ate In the afternoon the
blacks sent a boat toward us, prob
ably to draw our Are and discover how
strong we were. At the sight of the
negro warriors our Asiatics howled so
with fright that the captain ordered
them all below. We did not gratify
the blacks by firing at them.
Our chance for our lives looked very
small. Our armament wouldn't afford
a weapon each to our white crew. As
for the rest, they were not worth arm
ing. Suddenly 1 thought of a weapon
that would serve us better than pow
der and ball. We had plenty of hose
aboard, and It occurred to me to couple
It to the boilers and fight the blacks
whh steam.
What frightened our men was that
some of them remembered that sev
etui years ago a French ship had g.ine
ashore on this or another Island on
this very part of the coast and the
natives had massacred all on Itoard.
Tho outlook with a couple of hundred
black devils waiting for night to come
to treat us the same way was, to sny
the least, not reassuring, especially
since our principal weapon was steam.
Wo calculated that it would be high
IHcle about 0 o'clock in the evening If
we weren't captured before that there
was a possibility of our sliding ofT Into
deep water. Once free we could put
on steam and sail away without mo
lestation. But the blacks knew this
as well as we and were not likely to
delay their attack till the tide helped
us off.
Fortunately the weather, which had
been thick when we struck and con
tinued thick, cleared at sunset, and
there was a three-quarter moon In the
east.
We had counted on this to help us
even more than the tide, for with its
light we could see our enemies With
out it they could climb to our decks
tinder cover of the darkn?*a and ovefr
power us by force of nninlier*.
Our luckiest Bud In the way of de
fense whs some barbed wire fencing
stowed rw?v tu ibe cargo. We
stretched it nroiiinl the gunwale. We
didn't insider It sufilfclent to keep off
on ciietny. l>ot ixielleut far purposes
of delay. We put two rowa, oneabo^e
the other, from stern to midships In
order to make It ensler for the blacks
to attack us aft, thus concentrating
ihem to our advantage.
W.e had two couplings on the boilers
and hose enough to reach any part of
the ship from both couplings. By
Hunset we had all our dispositions
made. The captain was in command.
'? The tlrst oflfttr was to wi>rk the 'port ]
am! 1 the stnrlswrd hose. The urnw
I were distributed anions the white
crew. The Asiatic* were kept in the
hold.
As the evening approached they be
Iran to cry to be let ont, not reMshing :
being murdered like rat* In a trap
And they also feared that the blacks
might bet the ship afire or let the wa
ter In on them to drown them. We
paid no attention to them, and they
Anally became more qulei.
Long l>efore the sun surrendered the
day to the moon we had everything
in readiness to repel boarders. Open
ings were left in the fencing, which
was closely woven, with a barb on
top, so that we could fire at our one
mles as well as keep them from get
ting at us. When there was on'.y
tnoonllght a dark cloud rolled over onr i
j big round lantern and hid It. At It
was being obscured we saw every ca
noe pulled fnrlously toward us.
It seemed to me that we fifteen
white men oppos.-d to more than three
times I heir number of strong men
armed with spears they were used to
handling, besides prohabiy some fire
arms. had a very small chance for our
llvea. We were supported, however,
by faith In our arrangements for their
reception, and If we could reach them
with our steam Jets we had confidence
In its power to harm them considerably.
Now and again while our enemies
were pulling tow ml us a thin part of
the cloud passing over the moon would
give us some llj^ht. The coining ea
noea and their loads were black a*
Erebus, though here and there wo
would see a flash when the moonlight
struck a shield or a steel weapon
Nearer came the black death till the
canoes reached a point a cable's
length from us. Two pulled to port,
two to starboard and one toward the
stern.
I wondered how they proposed to
board us, for wc had been careful to
leave nothing hanging for them to take
hold of. As soon as they came beside
us and under our stern we learned
their method. They were provided
with ropes of tbelr own making? of
what material I did not know? and at
the end of each was a sort of V
made from a forking branch, one side
being free to form a hook. They no
sooner came near enough thon they
began to throw these Vs to catch on
the gunwale. But here our wire fenc
ing stood us In good stead. The blacks
found It Impossible to get au attach
rnent except at the openings we had
purj>osely left for our own action.
Standing at my post with my noi
tic, I saw one of the canoes come to
ward me. and Its crew, seeing * single
man apparently unarmed to defend the
opening, pulled directly under me.
One of them threw a V, which caught
on the gunwale, and a black came
quickly up, climbing hand over hand.
I gave him a dose of steam right In
the face.
With a wild shriek, he dropped
into the boat. I dared not remain ex
posed to n spear thrown from below;
but, sighting the position of the boat,
I reached out with the nowle In my
hand nnd i?uired a stream of hot va
por Into it. Knowing by their yells
that they were in distress, I made bold
to lean over the shlp'a aide and turn
the stream from one end of the canoe
to the other.
For awhile the blacka were too para
lyxed to act; thou every one who bad
not been severely scolded Jumped Into
the water, leaving the wounded in the
boat to drift away. Of coonw a* won
as they were put out of the fight I
desisted.
Meanwhile the flrst ofllopT itm hav- |
Ing n similar eiperlence with the
blacks on the other aide, as I well
knew from tho yells coming from that
direction. 1 hart no sooner driven off
my euetulea than I was ordered by the
captain to the atern, where several
blacks had already climbed up and
were JumphiK down on the deck. I
[ltd not need to go to them. I simply
turned a stenm Jet on them. Home fell
on the deck; others managed to get
over the taffrall and down Into their
canoe or the water
And bo at every point we achieved
an easy victory wlthont firing a shot.
Oreat la the power of steam Since
our triumph on the African crwat with
no other weapon I have wondered
why military men should not place
boilers with hose attachment* In fortl
ficatlona for the clo?e work MI*V It
aot he made aa effective aa a Oatllnir
?run?
Aa we saw the canoes pulling away
to get rid of the dreadful hot water
Ve felt our ship sliding "ff the r*??f
A cheer both for our victory and for
fic friendly tide that had freed us :
went op, donbtleaa the greatest noise ;
from the mingling of htiman volets i
that had ever been heard on that ?l i
lent shore. In a few minutes we w?r j
In deep water, and Instead of nslnc
our steam to scald negroes we moved
awny "tinder It toward a friendly port
T*ve been throngh bnrrlcanes and
been wnvked on a deserted Inland, but
never lu all my *aflor life have I been
so scared as when those blacks were
wnlllng for dsrkncsa to ?o<ne aboard
nnd murder ns.
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