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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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