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"The flag officer has not told me yet what he is about, and I am not good at guessing, though I am a Yankee," replied the man chuckling, as though he believed he had said something funny.
bet168 169 "All sorts o' tings, massa; guns, and pistols, and close. Dis nigger help take de tings out ob her." "Now will you inform me, Mr. Passford, who your officers were?" The commander pointed at Christy. "Your executive officer?" "He is quite safe; he is a prisoner of war below, with a pair of handcuffs on his wrists," replied Christy. "You and he together made the nest for him, and he must sleep in it. I cannot say what the commodore will do with you." "We will not give them any signal, but we will treat them to some visitors. Is the steamer armed, Mike?" "That sail appears to be headed for the station. She is a large steamer, and I judge by the way she is coming up with us that she is very fast," added Christy with some anxiety in his tones. "Then I am sorry I brought him in." "For these reasons, I do not believe this fort is of much account."