Many a time during his absence Hector Servadac had wondered how his present vicissitudes2 would end, and he had felt some misgivings3 as to whether he should ever again set foot upon the island, and see his faithful orderly, so that it was not without emotion that he had approached the coast of the sole remaining fragment of Algerian soil. But his apprehensions4 were groundless; Gourbi Island was just as he had left it, with nothing unusual in its aspect, except that a very peculiar5 cloud was hovering6 over it, at an altitude of little more than a hundred feet. As the yacht approached the shore, this cloud appeared to rise and fall as if acted upon by some invisible agency, and the captain, after watching it carefully, perceived that it was not an accumulation of vapors7 at all, but a dense8 mass of birds packed as closely together as a swarm9 of herrings, and uttering deafening10 and discordant11 cries, amidst which from time to time the noise of the report of a gun could be plainly distinguished12.
The Dobryna signalized her arrival by firing her cannon13, and dropped anchor in the little port of the Shelif. Almost within a minute Ben Zoof was seen running, gun in hand, towards the shore; he cleared the last ridge14 of rocks at a single bound, and then suddenly halted. For a few seconds he stood motionless, his eyes fixed15, as if obeying the instructions of a drill sergeant16, on a point some fifteen yards distant, his whole attitude indicating submission17 and respect; but the sight of the captain, who was landing, was too much for his equanimity18, and darting19 forward, he seized his master’s hand and covered it with kisses. Instead, however, of uttering any expressions of welcome or rejoicing at the captain’s return, Ben Zoof broke out into the most vehement20 ejaculations.
“Thieves, captain! beastly thieves! Bedouins! pirates! devils!”
“Why, Ben Zoof, what’s the matter?” said Servadac soothingly21.
“They are thieves! downright, desperate thieves! those infernal birds! That’s what’s the matter. It is a good thing you have come. Here have I for a whole month been spending my powder and shot upon them, and the more I kill them, the worse they get; and yet, if I were to leave them alone, we should not have a grain of corn upon the island.”
It was soon evident that the orderly had only too much cause for alarm. The crops had ripened22 rapidly during the excessive heat of January, when the orbit of Gallia was being traversed at its perihelion, and were now exposed to the depredations23 of many thousands of birds; and although a goodly number of stacks attested24 the industry of Ben Zoof during the time of the Dobryna‘s voyage, it was only too apparent that the portion of the harvest that remained ungathered was liable to the most imminent25 risk of being utterly26 devoured27. It was, perhaps, only natural that this clustered mass of birds, as representing the whole of the feathered tribe upon the surface of Gallia, should resort to Gourbi Island, of which the meadows seemed to be the only spot from which they could get sustenance28 at all; but as this sustenance would be obtained at the expense, and probably to the serious detriment29, of the human population, it was absolutely necessary that every possible resistance should be made to the devastation30 that was threatened.
Once satisfied that Servadac and his friends would cooperate with him in the raid upon “the thieves,” Ben Zoof became calm and content, and began to make various inquiries31. “And what has become,” he said, “of all our old comrades in Africa?”
“As far as I can tell you,” answered the captain, “they are all in Africa still; only Africa isn’t by any means where we expected to find it.”
“And France? Montmartre?” continued Ben Zoof eagerly. Here was the cry of the poor fellow’s heart.
As briefly32 as he could, Servadac endeavored to explain the true condition of things; he tried to communicate the fact that Paris, France, Europe, nay33, the whole world was more than eighty millions of leagues away from Gourbi Island; as gently and cautiously as he could he expressed his fear that they might never see Europe, France, Paris, Montmartre again.
“No, no, sir!” protested Ben Zoof emphatically; “that is all nonsense. It is altogether out of the question to suppose that we are not to see Montmartre again.” And the orderly shook his head resolutely34, with the air of a man determined35, in spite of argument, to adhere to his own opinion.
“Very good, my brave fellow,” replied Servadac, “hope on, hope while you may. The message has come to us over the sea, ‘Never despair’; but one thing, nevertheless, is certain; we must forthwith commence arrangements for making this island our permanent home.”
Captain Servadac now led the way to the gourbi, which, by his servant’s exertions36, had been entirely37 rebuilt; and here he did the honors of his modest establishment to his two guests, the count and the lieutenant38, and gave a welcome, too, to little Nina, who had accompanied them on shore, and between whom and Ben Zoof the most friendly relations had already been established.
The adjacent building continued in good preservation39, and Captain Servadac’s satisfaction was very great in finding the two horses, Zephyr40 and Galette, comfortably housed there and in good condition.
After the enjoyment41 of some refreshment42, the party proceeded to a general consultation43 as to what steps must be taken for their future welfare. The most pressing matter that came before them was the consideration of the means to be adopted to enable the inhabitants of Gallia to survive the terrible cold, which, in their ignorance of the true eccentricity44 of their orbit, might, for aught they knew, last for an almost indefinite period. Fuel was far from abundant; of coal there was none; trees and shrubs45 were few in number, and to cut them down in prospect46 of the cold seemed a very questionable47 policy; but there was no doubt some expedient48 must be devised to prevent disaster, and that without delay.
The victualing of the little colony offered no immediate49 difficulty. Water was abundant, and the cisterns50 could hardly fail to be replenished51 by the numerous streams that meandered52 along the plains; moreover, the Gallian Sea would ere long be frozen over, and the melted ice (water in its congealed53 state being divested54 of every particle of salt) would afford a supply of drink that could not be exhausted55. The crops that were now ready for the harvest, and the flocks and herds56 scattered57 over the island, would form an ample reserve. There was little doubt that throughout the winter the soil would remain unproductive, and no fresh fodder58 for domestic animals could then be obtained; it would therefore be necessary, if the exact duration of Gallia’s year should ever be calculated, to proportion the number of animals to be reserved to the real length of the winter.
The next thing requisite59 was to arrive at a true estimate of the number of the population. Without including the thirteen Englishmen at Gibraltar, about whom he was not particularly disposed to give himself much concern at present, Servadac put down the names of the eight Russians, the two Frenchman, and the little Italian girl, eleven in all, as the entire list of the inhabitants of Gourbi Island.
“Oh, pardon me,” interposed Ben Zoof, “you are mistaking the state of the case altogether. You will be surprised to learn that the total of people on the island is double that. It is twenty-two.”
“Twenty-two!” exclaimed the captain; “twenty-two people on this island? What do you mean?”
“The opportunity has not occurred,” answered Ben Zoof, “for me to tell you before, but I have had company.”
“Explain yourself, Ben Zoof,” said Servadac. “What company have you had?”
“You could not suppose,” replied the orderly, “that my own unassisted hands could have accomplished all that harvest work that you see has been done.”
“I confess,” said Lieutenant Procope, “we do not seem to have noticed that.”
“Well, then,” said Ben Zoof, “if you will be good enough to come with me for about a mile, I shall be able to show you my companions. But we must take our guns,”
“Why take our guns?” asked Servadac. “I hope we are not going to fight.”
“No, not with men,” said Ben Zoof; “but it does not answer to throw a chance away for giving battle to those thieves of birds.”
Leaving little Nina and her goat in the gourbi, Servadac, Count Timascheff, and the lieutenant, greatly mystified, took up their guns and followed the orderly. All along their way they made unsparing slaughter60 of the birds that hovered61 over and around them. Nearly every species of the feathered tribe seemed to have its representative in that living cloud. There were wild ducks in thousands; snipe, larks62, rooks, and swallows; a countless63 variety of sea-birds — widgeons, gulls64, and seamews; beside a quantity of game — quails65, partridges, and woodcocks. The sportsmen did their best; every shot told; and the depredators fell by dozens on either hand.
Instead of following the northern shore of the island, Ben Zoof cut obliquely66 across the plain. Making their progress with the unwonted rapidity which was attributable to their specific lightness, Servadac and his companions soon found themselves near a grove67 of sycamores and eucalyptus68 massed in picturesque69 confusion at the base of a little hill. Here they halted.
“Ah! the vagabonds! the rascals70! the thieves!” suddenly exclaimed Ben Zoof, stamping his foot with rage.
“How now? Are your friends the birds at their pranks71 again?” asked the captain.
“No, I don’t mean the birds: I mean those lazy beggars that are shirking their work. Look here; look there!” And as Ben Zoof spoke72, he pointed73 to some scythes74, and sickles75, and other implements76 of husbandry that had been left upon the ground.
“What is it you mean?” asked Servadac, getting somewhat impatient.
“Hush77, hush! listen!” was all Ben Zoof’s reply; and he raised his finger as if in warning.
Listening attentively78, Servadac and his associates could distinctly recognize a human voice, accompanied by the notes of a guitar and by the measured click of castanets.
“Spaniards!” said Servadac.
“No mistake about that, sir,” replied Ben Zoof; “a Spaniard would rattle79 his castanets at the cannon’s mouth.”
“But what is the meaning of it all?” asked the captain, more puzzled than before.
“Hark!” said Ben Zoof; “it is the old man’s turn.”
And then a voice, at once gruff and harsh, was heard vociferating, “My money! my money! when will you pay me my money? Pay me what you owe me, you miserable81 majos.”
Meanwhile the song continued:
“Tu sandunga y cigarro,
Y una cana de Jerez,
Mi jamelgo y un trabuco,
Que mas gloria puede haver?”
Servadac’s knowledge of Gascon enabled him partially82 to comprehend the rollicking tenor83 of the Spanish patriotic84 air, but his attention was again arrested by the voice of the old man growling85 savagely86, “Pay me you shall; yes, by the God of Abraham, you shall pay me.”
“A Jew!” exclaimed Servadac.
“Ay, sir, a German Jew,” said Ben Zoof.
The party was on the point of entering the thicket87, when a singular spectacle made them pause. A group of Spaniards had just begun dancing their national fandango, and the extraordinary lightness which had become the physical property of every object in the new planet made the dancers bound to a height of thirty feet or more into the air, considerably88 above the tops of the trees. What followed was irresistibly89 comic. Four sturdy majos had dragged along with them an old man incapable90 of resistance, and compelled him, nolens volens, to join in the dance; and as they all kept appearing and disappearing above the bank of foliage91, their grotesque92 attitudes, combined with the pitiable countenance93 of their helpless victim, could not do otherwise than recall most forcibly the story of Sancho Panza tossed in a blanket by the merry drapers of Segovia.
Servadac, the count, Procope, and Ben Zoof now proceeded to make their way through the thicket until they came to a little glade94, where two men were stretched idly on the grass, one of them playing the guitar, and the other a pair of castanets; both were exploding with laughter, as they urged the performers to greater and yet greater exertions in the dance. At the sight of strangers they paused in their music, and simultaneously95 the dancers, with their victim, alighted gently on the sward.
Breathless and half exhausted as was the Jew, he rushed with an effort towards Servadac, and exclaimed in French, marked by a strong Teutonic accent, “Oh, my lord governor, help me, help! These rascals defraud96 me of my rights; they rob me; but, in the name of the God of Israel, I ask you to see justice done!”
The captain glanced inquiringly towards Ben Zoof, and the orderly, by a significant nod, made his master understand that he was to play the part that was implied by the title. He took the cue, and promptly97 ordered the Jew to hold his tongue at once. The man bowed his head in servile submission, and folded his hands upon his breast.
Servadac surveyed him leisurely98. He was a man of about fifty, but from his appearance might well have been taken for at least ten years older. Small and skinny, with eyes bright and cunning, a hooked nose, a short yellow beard, unkempt hair, huge feet, and long bony hands, he presented all the typical characteristics of the German Jew, the heartless, wily usurer, the hardened miser80 and skinflint. As iron is attracted by the magnet, so was this Shylock attracted by the sight of gold, nor would he have hesitated to draw the life-blood of his creditors99, if by such means he could secure his claims.
His name was Isaac Hakkabut, and he was a native of Cologne. Nearly the whole of his time, however, he informed Captain Servadac, had been spent upon the sea, his real business being that of a merchant trading at all the ports of the Mediterranean100. A tartan, a small vessel101 of two hundred tons burden, conveyed his entire stock of merchandise, and, to say the truth, was a sort of floating emporium, conveying nearly every possible article of commerce, from a lucifer match to the radiant fabrics102 of Frank-fort and Epinal. Without wife or children, and having no settled home, Isaac Hakkabut lived almost entirely on board the Hansa, as he had named his tartan; and engaging a mate, with a crew of three men, as being adequate to work so light a craft, he cruised along the coasts of Algeria, Tunis, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece, visiting, moreover, most of the harbors of the Levant. Careful to be always well supplied with the products in most general demand — coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, cotton stuffs, and gunpowder103 — and being at all times ready to barter104, and prepared to deal in sec-ondhand wares105, he had contrived106 to amass107 considerable wealth.
On the eventful night of the 1st of January the Hansa had been at Ceuta, the point on the coast of Morocco exactly opposite Gibraltar. The mate and three sailors had all gone on shore, and, in common with many of their fellow-creatures, had entirely disappeared; but the most projecting rock of Ceuta had been undisturbed by the general catastrophe108, and half a score of Spaniards, who had happened to be upon it, had escaped with their lives. They were all Andalusian majos, agricultural laborers109, and naturally as careless and apathetic110 as men of their class usually are, but they could not help being very considerably embarrassed when they discovered that they were left in solitude111 upon a detached and isolated112 rock. They took what mutual113 counsel they could, but became only more and more perplexed114. One of them was named Negrete, and he, as having traveled somewhat more than the rest, was tacitly recognized as a sort of leader; but although he was by far the most enlightened of them all, he was quite incapable of forming the least conception of the nature of what had occurred. The one thing upon which they could not fail to be conscious was that they had no prospect of obtaining provisions, and consequently their first business was to devise a scheme for getting away from their present abode115. The Hansa was lying off shore. The Spaniards would not have had the slightest hesitation116 in summarily taking possession of her, but their utter ignorance of seamanship made them reluctantly come to the conclusion that the more prudent117 policy was to make terms with the owner.
And now came a singular part of the story. Negrete and his companions had meanwhile received a visit from two English officers from Gibraltar. What passed between them the Jew did not know; he only knew that, immediately after the conclusion of the interview, Negrete came to him and ordered him to set sail at once for the nearest point of Morocco. The Jew, afraid to disobey, but with his eye ever upon the main chance, stipulated118 that at the end of their voyage the Spaniards should pay for their passage — terms to which, as they would to any other, they did not demur119, knowing that they had not the slightest intention of giving him a single real.
The Hansa had weighed anchor on the 3rd of February. The wind blew from the west, and consequently the working of the tartan was easy enough. The unpracticed sailors had only to hoist120 their sails and, though they were quite unconscious of the fact, the breeze carried them to the only spot upon the little world they occupied which could afford them a refuge.
Thus it fell out that one morning Ben Zoof, from his lookout121 on Gourbi Island, saw a ship, not the Dobryna, appear upon the horizon, and make quietly down towards what had formerly122 been the right bank of the Shelif.
Such was Ben Zoof’s version of what had occurred, as he had gathered it from the new-comers. He wound up his recital123 by remarking that the cargo124 of the Hansa would be of immense service to them; he expected, indeed, that Isaac Hakkabut would be difficult to manage, but considered there could be no harm in appropriating the goods for the common welfare, since there could be no opportunity now for selling them.
Ben Zoof added, “And as to the difficulties between the Jew and his passengers, I told him that the governor general was absent on a tour of inspection125, and that he would see everything equitably126 settled.”
Smiling at his orderly’s tactics, Servadac turned to Hakkabut, and told him that he would take care that his claims should be duly investigated and all proper demands should be paid. The man appeared satisfied, and, for the time at least, desisted from his complaints and importunities.
When the Jew had retired127, Count Timascheff asked, “But how in the world can you ever make those fellows pay anything?”
“They have lots of money,” said Ben Zoof.
“Not likely,” replied the count; “when did you ever know Spaniards like them to have lots of money?”
“But I have seen it myself,” said Ben Zoof; “and it is English money.”
“English money!” echoed Servadac; and his mind again reverted128 to the excursion made by the colonel and the major from Gibraltar, about which they had been so reticent129. “We must inquire more about this,” he said.
Then, addressing Count Timascheff, he added, “Altogether, I think the countries of Europe are fairly represented by the population of Gallia.”
“True, captain,” answered the count; “we have only a fragment of a world, but it contains natives of France, Russia, Italy, Spain, and England. Even Germany may be said to have a representative in the person of this miserable Jew.”
“And even in him,” said Servadac, “perhaps we shall not find so indifferent a representative as we at present imagine.”
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