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"Will you set a nigger upon me again, Christy?" using the commander's proper name for the first time.
āļāļē āļāļē āļĢāđāļē āļāļēāļ 20 āļĢāļąāļ 100 "I have, captain; and it is in my own handwriting," replied the officer addressed. The skipper took his cap off, and bowed very low to Christy when he realized that he was talking to the principal personage on board of the gunboat. He was well dressed for one in his position, and displayed no little dignity and self-possession. Perhaps, if he had not been tainted with a few drops of black blood in his veins, he might have been a person of some consequence in the Confederate service. "I don't believe you will find many hands down here, Mr. Pennant," said Mike in a whisper. He slept soundly; but he had dreamed that some one opened the door of his room, or some one had actually done so. He was not a believer in dreams, and when an impression had fastened itself upon his mind, he was inclined to investigate it. It seemed to him that he had been awakened from his sleep by the opening of the door of his chamber. Some member of the family might be sick, and he might be needed to go for the doctor, or for some other service. "What is that, captain?" "You have been under this berth since the steamer left the flag-ship!" exclaimed Corny, apparently amazed at the fact.