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"You took the bull by the horns at an opportune moment, my son," said Captain Passford, Senior. "If you had not done so you would have been in a rebel prison at this moment. As it is, poor Corny has got back to Fort Lafayette, with Galvinne and our man-servant, whom I never should have suspected of being a Confederate officer."
āļāļēāļ āđāļĄāđāļĄāļĩ āļāļąāđāļ āļāđāđāļē āļāļāļ 100 "We have damaged the enemy enough to make it pay, and the steamer and her cargo will put at least seventy-five thousand dollars into the pockets of our side in the conflict." "But what could have been his object in coming into the house?" asked the bewildered lady. "I suppose you were religiously inclined when you were engaged in the business of smuggling," added the commander. "I do not regard his statements as lies in any proper sense of the word, Dr. Connelly," replied Christy with considerable spirit. "I have had occasion to deceive the enemy on several occasions; and nearly two years ago I looked up the morality of lying on the field of battle and its surroundings. I think my father is as good a Christian man as draws the breath of life, and I found that I simply held to his opinions." "Hold the sloop as she is, and I will board you," said Mr. Pennant, as he saw the skipper filling away again. CHAPTER XI LAYING OUT A PLAN OF OPERATIONS 154 "I have no doubt he is concealed on board of the Vernon, with the intention of returning to New York, where he has plenty of influential friends to fight his battle for him. But I must go on deck, or something may go wrong in my absence."