The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-02
How a Young Girl Got to
Melbourne. :" !.
HAD ONLY A LONE NICKEL:
She Hid in the Cabin. of the
Il Steamer Monowai. +. 81. +:
DESERTED BY HER PARENTS.
And Left to Shift for Herself in San
- Francisco-fIer STORY Told to =:
Captain Carey E; :. =. ::
DESERTED BY HER. PARENTS

- "A slender young: girl dressed In a plain
black garment, locking. distressed and
hungry. was little Becky Lazy. the only
female that has ever been known. TO stew
away on a vessel sailing ont *of San Franc
cisco. becky hid iu.<s SEINE small corner of
the steamer Monowai when, that vessel
" left for Sydney, via Honolulu, on her last
e trip. She had. Just a NICKEL In coin wttef
discovered;. but She: got rhr ougll omit as far
as Melbourne, :neyertheless, where: her
parents reside :%+:.: :'- i: & III T:
= Tine MotioWai arrived last Saturday,
from H0n6llfu and is now at the Oceanic
deck. Captain Carey and {Purser Bendan
gave the41ews@ out yesterday regarding
Becky and her: bold. plan to steal; a march
on the O. seanics Steamship Company: 7 hey
;: said that she was more than successful. i:
Then they gave an aeCeunt.of the .yplng
:. lady's trip to her nafiva land. =.
= Two years ago a family named Levy,
residents of Me1benrn e,came to San Fran
:: cisco on one: ct the. Spreckels steamers.
The father was AN honest shepztriInmer.
who had. heard a great deal. bout San
Francisco and the Stateof CaIforrih.-- He
sold out his small possessions id: Australia,
:: purchased tickets for himself. wife and
child for America, and landed at Folsom
street dock full of the idea of. rapidly be-
coming rich in the land Of gold. ;: y 2.
e: But Mr.. Levy was deceived TO d certain
s extent. He had: been%s6ld thai :there:was
plenty of work: for shee-trimIners In this
:: city, but he soon found out thar all:Nf that
class of work w as=dnne In tfls country by:
machinery and not by hand. -, =: i. : !:
:. :: The SIN all stack of: cuin that the work
: man had saved up soon diminished. : He
Tried to secure employment j U: various ca
pacities, but failed. He was. bligell to
borrow money from his: friends toegable.
him self and wife ITO. get back to Aus
.tralia, he having deciaed toleave his Child.
Becky; with q married uple VIII pesi ded
in the Mission unit llsfe could +seeurB funds
enough on returning to- Melbourne to send
her atieket for home 81 r.: HI: @ =:
The man and his4:wife started for. the.
!: Antipodes about Gig hteen months ago.
Becky was down at.the wharf to see them
;. off,. her blue eyes filled. with tears and her
little head bowed with: a. SORROW: which.
she vainlY tried TO ia ster,& :: Becky: had
Just reached .ner sixteenth: year ard she:
. seemed to realize what a. lonesome life: SO:
!: young girl as she would ha We to 1--we in a:
strange land among comparatively strange:
people. s. r. =: ::
= The man and wife with. whom the girl:
: had been left were not leading life or
; domestic bliss; They qaarrefed often. and:
. several times came 10 ::pfowss Finally:
riey separated, one going South, the other:
East. leaving Becky with Just 81 in coin:
and without friend ON the coast: This,
desertlon: of the helples Sly GUN gster PC:
Cured. three days. befQre3:the MonOwAI
sailed. ~: .::: >: >: :: !. =,
:. Becky. was discovered by this. steam er,s
Waterman. hiding In: the main cabin. or
social half some hours after the vessel had
: passed out of.sigh:t of lanf. SHE: was nlF.
.ried before Captain Carey, to whom she
J: told the story of how she's came ON board r
:: Il had jnst5. cents left out of: my. 50, =:
she said, hanging her head bashfnIly.= 81
was hungry and had no p FACE. to so to. eat
or sleep. = -. s: ~.
:: 81 wandered down to: the dock and sa "
the M6nowa getting ready to ieave.*::I
'couldn' help coming on board and hiding
. under that bench until: the ship had got
away from the arbor;% -. -: ;:
:. ':Oh. captain, don't put me; off at Homo.
: lulu let me: GO homo. to father and:
: mother" Il =.
Captain Carey is oGeof: the best men in:
tuO WVitu d3u Had, tup. AIDGcSt OIL HEarlS,:
: but at first he thought perhaps. some: of
the stserage. passengers were trying to
: play trick ON him.. =; & =. : -.
lie grnfiy ordered the first officer to.
. bring out the irons and. told the child that
he was going to put.her below among the.
coalpassers. She never:q ualled. but stuck.
to her. story bravely,. telling it. with SO
much childish Innocence that the skipper
ordered her. given comfortable room in
the .steerage. Purser Bendall made it his
. business to see that she wanted for moth
ing. -; = =. D.
. In the stserage were number of Ger
mans, who were going to"Austraiia None
of them had any too much money, but
they all willingly contributed 10 purse
that was started for. Becky to pay her
passage from Honolulu to Sydney ::
:. When. Hon olulu was reached Captain
Carey accepted the coin for the girl, but
instead of Claiming the money as payment
for ticket he gave it to Becky in lump
at Sydney and started her onher way to
Melbourne rejtifinos = :. =