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As soon as the Bronx had lost her headway, the screw was stopped, and a drift lead was dropped into the water. A sharp lookout had been kept, 313 and some flickering lights had been reported. The weather had become cloudy since noon, but there was no fog and no wind.
āļŠāļđāļāļĢ āļāļē āļāļē āļĢāđāļē āļāļĢāļĩ āļāļĨāļāļ āļāļĩāļ "Boat, ahoy!" shouted a man on the forecastle of the sloop. "All right, doctor; I have been directed to admit you. Pass in, sir." "But can you not recall some event or circumstance which will throw some light on the mystery?" persisted Dr. Connelly. "Hold water!" added the lieutenant. "Stern all!" The contraband touched his cap, for he had been rigged out in a new suit of seaman's clothes. The commander retired to his cabin, and again devoted himself to the study of the chart of the locality. His first purpose must be to obtain accurate information in regard to the strength of the fort, and the position of the steamer, if there were such a craft in the bay. He decided to approach the entrance by the East Channel, though it would not be possible for the Bronx to reach the Grand Pass from that direction, for there were hardly more than six feet of water at low tide; and the rise and fall was less than a foot and a half. "We have a nest of them in the cabinâthe captain and two officers. What is to be done? We cannot allow the Bronx to be captured by any such trick as this, with forty-five loyal seamen on board of her, to say nothing of myself as a loyal officer."