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āđāļāļĄ āļāļĨāļē āļāļāļāđāļĨāļāđ The steamer had been so successful while in command of Captain Blowitt in breaking up the shipping of cotton in a port where a larger vessel could not operate, that Christy promptly concluded that she was to be used in a similar enterprise. The listener was amused rather than impressed by the conversation which was in progress so near him, and especially at the display of dignity and authority on the part of his cousin. "You will pardon me if I add that I think one or the other of them must be an impostor," added Captain Battleton with some diffidence. He put the formidable weapon back into the 291 drawer from which he had taken it; but the lesson of the evening had made a strong impression on his mind. Though he had permitted Captain Flanger to believe that he was not at all disturbed by his presence in his cabin, and had kept up the humor with which the intruder had introduced himself, yet he had felt a sense of humiliation through the whole of the scene. It was a new thing to be confronted by an enemy in his own cabin; and the privateersman, armed with two heavy revolvers, had all the advantage, while neither he nor the steward had a weapon of any kind. "Friends," replied the lieutenant. "But he did not." "I did; you were correctly informed," answered Corny, as the wandering gaze of the commander rested upon him. "A steamer, sir," answered Gorman.