pg diamond999
pg diamond999
āđāļāļ āļāļē āļāļē āļĢāđāļē āđāļ§āđāļ āđāļŦāļ āļāļĩ "I hope you have not committed any rash act, Mr. Passford," said Dr. Connelly as the party passed through the ward room. 344 In ten minutes more the Bronx quivered under the discharge of the great midship gun, and a cloud of smoke rose above her deck. 203 The captain went on the bridge; but he could not see the light. He descended to the deck, and then mounted the fore-rigging. The lookout saw him, and said he could not see the light any longer; it had been in sight a couple of minutes, and then had disappeared. It was useless to look for it if gone, and Christy returned to the bridge, where Mr. Pennant was attentively studying the compass. "All right; I think we understand the situation up here," said Mr. Pennant, as he led the way in the direction from which they had come. "Stand by, my men! Give way together, lively!" shouted the lieutenant as though he intended that those on board of the sloop should hear him as well as his own crew. "No, captain: I have not. That is not my affair, and I don't meddle with what does not concern me." "Do the people there really expect to put down the Rebellion, as they call it, nephew?" asked Colonel Passford, in a tone which indicated his confidence in the final success of his cause.