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āļŠāļđāļāļĢ āļāļē āļāļē āļĢāđāļē āđāļŪāļĩāļĒ āļāļ§āļēāļ "One of these officers is evidently a Confederate, and the other a loyal citizen. The commission, as Mr. Salisbury suggests, outweighs all the rest of the evidence. One or the other of the two men is an impostor, and without the commission, I should decide that my patient was the false Lieutenant Passford," answered the surgeon. "Strike one bell, Vincent!" said Mr. Flint, when the captain had given him the order to go ahead. Christy went to the library, and busied himself in considering whether or not the sudden departure of Walsh had any connection with the mysterious midnight intruder. The two events had been near together in point of time; but he could establish no other relation between them. Then it flashed upon his mind that the man-servant had been the person who had opened or closed his door, and visited his room; but he was sure he had seen a man near the grand entrance of the estate. He had been all around the house, and Walsh could not have escaped his observation. He had answered the bell, and admitted him after his search. He concluded that the servant was not the person who had disturbed his slumbers. 228 "We were going to Appalachicola after a while, where we were to pilot out some vessels loaded with cotton." "Your papers do not seem to be altogether regular, Mr. Passford," said the captain, as he held up one of them so that all could see it. "Do you wish to leave this place, Uncle Job?" asked the officer.