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the theory that she had dragged her anchor, and that she would 

 work back in the morning; but morning revealed no sign of her. 

 Without question, she had got safely away. 



Smith, unknown to the party on shore, had quietly formed 

 a counter-plot, and had enlisted in his project those of his six 

 men in whose loyalty he trusted. The only man on board who 

 was in sympathy with the mutiny was Joseph Thomas, whose 

 flogging had brought it to pass. 



On the island, Payne was in a quandary. Enraged by 

 Smith's success in running away with the ship, he stormed and 

 cursed, and threatened those on board her with instant death, 

 if ever he should lay hands on them. Also he was in mortal 

 fear of the consequences of her escape; but the arrival of throngs 

 of natives soon forced him to dissemble both fear and anger. 

 The inconsiderate Smith had left a cloud in the sky of Utopia. 



For a few days the little group of maroons, as now they 

 virtually v/ere, lived peacefully enough. They traded for food 

 with the natives, worked on their boat, and roamed about the 

 island, visiting villages and exploring. But they were living 

 in a fools' haven. 



Of those who were left, Payne and Oliver had had an active 

 part in the mutiny, and at least one other was known to have 

 been in the councils of the mutineers. So those who were 

 entirely innocent, being each uncertain of the attitude of the 

 rest, could only hold their peace and await whatever events the 

 future should bring — except, that is, William Lay and Cyrus 

 M. Hussey, lads of eighteen or nineteen years, who were in- 

 timate friends of long standing and mutual confidence. Not 

 only were these two secretly at odds with the whole escapade, 

 of which they were innocent victims: they were kinder of heart 

 than the others. Courageously, and \\dth a humaneness that 

 at the time and under the circumstances was distinctly credi- 

 table, they interfered with their fellows to protect some of the 

 old men and women of the natives from abuse. 



Thus matters went forward, until a day when Payne and 

 Oliver returned from an exploring expedition after the manner 

 of the tribe of Benjamin, with two young women whom they 



