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The Bronx continued on her course indicated in the verbal order of the flag-officer. Christy felt that he had had a narrow escape from death, or at least a severe wound, at the hands of the desperado who had invaded his cabin. Flanger had escaped, after he had been put on board of the flag-ship, with the assistance of Galvinne; and he appeared not to have taken the trouble to render the same service to his confederate. The ships' companies of the two steamers were inclined to converse, giving and receiving the news; and doubtless the prisoner had taken advantage of the confusion to slip on board of the Bronx and secrete himself.
āļāļąāļāļĢ āđāļāļĢāļāļīāļ āļāļĢāļļāļ āļĻāļĢāļĩ āļāļĢāļĩ āļāđāļēāļāļĢāļĢāļĄāđāļāļĩāļĒāļĄ āļāļĨāļāļ āļāļĩāļ When he had finished his morning meal, he proceeded to study his chart again. He had never been to the westward of the mouths of the Mississippi; but he had a chart of the entrance to Barataria Bay. He examined it with the greatest care, and made himself familiar with the bearings and distances. In about an hour after he left the deck, a messenger came to the door of the cabin to inform him that the South West Pass was in sight, bearing due north. "How is your patient, Dr. Connelly?" asked Captain Battleton, joining them at this moment. "Quartermaster Camden. He commanded a three-masted schooner in the coal trade. He is not college educated, but he is a remarkably well-informed man who shipped in the navy to learn the details of duty on board of a man-of-war." 221 "But I cannot dress the wound here, Mr. Pennant," added the surgeon. "I said one of the officers; and you know as well as I do which one."