The governor and his band would perhaps have been astonished to know
that, while they were revenging themselves upon the robbers, they were
playing into the hands of one of their pursuers. But it turned out that
such was the fact; and if Johnny Harding, who was at that moment
standing on the deck of the Storm King, disappointed and utterly
disheartened, could have received intelligence of what had just
transpired on the deck of the pirate vessel, he would have danced for
joy. Johnny was not one who made loud boasts of what he intended to do.
He possessed quite as much courage as the majority of his fellows, but
he did not deny that he was afraid of the robbers. He even confessed
that if he should overtake them he would be at a loss to know how to
recover the money. But there was no one in the Crusoe band that he was
afraid of, and if he had known that his employer's property was in
possession of the governor, he would have been certain of success.