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baffling winds prevented them from gaining across。 Daylight found them 

still several miles from their goal。 But daylight brought a cutter�察�in which 

were two white men�察�who were not afraid of eleven Malaita men armed 

with twelve rifles。 Mauki and his companions were carried back to Tulagi�察�

where   lived   the   great   white   master   of   all   the   white   men。 And   the   great 

white master held a court�察�after which�察�one by one�察�the runaways were tied 

up and given twenty lashes each�察�and sentenced to a fine of fifteen dollars。 

They were sent back to New Georgia�察�where the white men knocked seven 

bells out of them all around and put them to work。                  But Mauki was no 

longer house´boy。 He was put in the road´making gang。 The fine of fifteen 

dollars had been paid by the white men from whom he had run away�察�and 

he was told that he would have to work it out�察�which meant six months' 

additional toil。 Further�察�his share of the stolen tobacco earned him another 

year of toil。 



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     Port Adams was now three years and a half away�察�so he stole a canoe 

one night�察�hid on the islets in Manning Straits�察�passed through the Straits�察�

and began working along the eastern coast of Ysabel�察�only to be captured�察�

two´thirds of the way along�察�by the white men on Meringe Lagoon。 After a 

week�察  �he   escaped   from  them   and   took   to   the   bush。 There   were   no   bush 

natives on Ysabel�察�only salt´water men�察�who were all Christians。 The white 

men   put   up   a   reward   of   five´hundred   sticks   of   tobacco�察  �and   every   time 

Mauki ventured down to the sea to steal a canoe he was chased by the salt´ 

water   men。   Four   months   of   this   passed�察  �when�察  �the   reward   having   been 

raised to a thousand sticks�察�he was caught and sent back to New Georgia 

and the road´building gang。 Now a thousand sticks are worth fifty dollars�察�

and Mauki had to pay the reward himself�察�which required a year and eight 

months' labor。 So Port Adams was now five years away。 

     His homesickness was greater than ever�察�and it did not appeal to him to 

settle down and be good�察�work out his four years�察�and go home。 The next 

time�察�he was caught in the very act of running away。 His case was brought 

before Mr。 Haveby�察�the island manager of the Moongleam Soap Company�察�

who adjudged him an incorrigible。             The Company had plantations on the 

Santa Cruz Islands�察�hundreds of miles across the sea�察�and there it sent its 

Solomon       Islands'   incorrigibles。    And    there  Mauki     was    sent�察 �though    he 

never arrived。 The schooner stopped at Santa Anna�察�and in the night Mauki 

swam   ashore�察  �where   he   stole   two   rifles   and   a   case   of   tobacco   from   the 

trader and got away in a canoe to Cristoval。 Malaita was now to the north�察�

fifty   or   sixty   miles   away。   But   when   he   attempted   the   passage�察  �he   was 

caught   by   a   light   gale   and   driven   back   to   Santa Anna�察  �where   the   trader 

clapped him in irons and held him against the return of the schooner from 

Santa Cruz。       The two rifles the trader recovered�察�but the case of tobacco 

was charged up to Mauki at the rate of another year。 The sum of years he 

now owed the Company was six。 

     On   the   way   back   to   New   Georgia�察  �the   schooner   dropped   anchor   in 

Marau   Sound�察  �which   lies   at   the   southeastern   extremity   of   Guadalcanar。 

Mauki swam ashore with handcuffs on his wrists and got away to the bush。 

The     schooner     went    on�察 �but   the   Moongleam        trader   ashore    offered    a 

thousand   sticks�察  �and   to   him   Mauki   was   brought   by   the   bushmen   with   a 



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year   and   eight   months   tacked   on   to   his   account。 Again�察  �and   before   the 

schooner called in�察�he got away�察�this time in a whale boat accompanied by 

a case of the trader's tobacco。 But a northwest gale wrecked him upon Ugi�察�

where the Christian natives stole his tobacco and turned him over to the 

Moongleam trader who resided there。 The tobacco the natives stole meant 

another year for him�察�and the tale was now eight years and a half。 

     ;We'll send him  to Lord Howe�察─  �said Mr。 Haveby。  ;Bunster is   there�察�

and we'll let them settle it between them。 It will be a case�察�I imagine�察�of 

Mauki   getting   Bunster�察  �or   Bunster   getting   Mauki�察  �and   good   riddance   in 

either event。; 

     If   one   leaves   Meringe   Lagoon�察  �on   Ysabel�察  �and   steers   a   course   due 

north�察�magnetic�察�at the end of one hundred and fifty miles he will lift the 

pounded coral beaches of Lord Howe above the sea。                    Lord Howe is a ring 

of    land   some    one   hundred     and    fifty  miles   in   circumference�察     �several 

hundred yards wide at its widest�察�and towering in places to a height of ten 

feet above sea level。        Inside this ring of sand is a mighty lagoon studded 

with     coral    patches。    Lord    Howe      belongs     to   the   Solomons       neither 

geographically  nor   ethnologically。   It   is   an   atoll�察  �while   the   Solomons   are 

high    islands�察   �and   its  people    and   language     are   Polynesian�察    �while    the 

inhabitants of the Solomons are Melanesian。 

     Lord     Howe     has   been   populated     by   the  westward      Polynesian     drift 

which continues to this day�察�big outrigger canoes being washed upon its 

beaches   by   the   southeast   trade。   That   there   has   been   a   slight   Melanesian 

drift in the period of the northwest monsoon�察�is also evident。 

     Nobody ever comes to Lord Howe�察�or Ontong´Java as it is sometimes 

called。 Thomas Cook & Son do not sell tickets to it�察�and tourists do not 

dream   of   its   existence。   Not   even   a   white   missionary   has   landed   on   its 

shore。 Its five thousand natives are as peaceable as they are primitive。 Yet 

they were not always peaceable。 The Sailing Directions speak of them as 

hostile and treacherous。 But the men who compile the Sailing Directions 

have   never   heard   of   the   change   that   was   worked   in   the   hearts   of   the 

inhabitants�察  �who�察  �not   many   years   ago�察  �cut   off   a   big   bark   and   killed   all 

hands   with   the   exception   of   the   second   mate。   The   survivor   carried   the 

news to his brothers。 The captains of three trading schooners returned with 



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him   to   Lord   Howe。   They   sailed   their   vessels   right   into   the   lagoon   and 

proceeded to preach the white man's gospel that only white men shall kill 
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