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"I don't think I care to go to the Gulf again as the commander of a vessel," added Christy, who had not changed his mind on this subject.
2pg joker "Then I stay for sure; I don't go back on you, Massa Christy," protested the steward warmly. "Uncle Homer!" exclaimed Christy, extending his hand to him, which Colonel Passford, as he was called at home, though he was not in the Confederate army, warmly grasped; and the first smile that had been seen on his face played upon his lips. "Who is it? What is the matter?" demanded the lady of the mansion, in tones which indicated anxiety if not alarm. 322 This seemed to be reasonable to the lieutenant, and in accordance with the belief of his superiors on board of the Bronx, for no union man-of-war of any size could pass through the water courses to the great river. It looked as though the big guns had been replaced with those of smaller calibre.