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A third shot fell a little nearer the cutter; but it was evident enough that it was out of the reach of the feeble guns of the fort. The firing continued but a few minutes longer, for it was as plain to Lieutenant Fourchon as to Lieutenant 339 Pennant that the shots were harmless to the boat. The commander on shore could see by this time, if he had not before, that a gunboat was in the offing, and that he might soon have a better use for his powder than wasting it upon the boat.
คาสิโนไทยออนไลน์ 63 "Can you make anything of this affair yet, Mr. Passford?" asked Captain Battleton. 327 "Dar's somebody comin' from de fort! He's comin' mighty quick shore." Lieutenant Christopher Passford, in his two years' experience in the navy, had been under the fire of the enemy too many times to be intimidated by a burglar, and he felt a certain contempt for the midnight marauder, who had entered the mansion and disturbed his restful slumbers. He returned to his bed, therefore, and slept like a marine till the call bell woke him in the morning. "We will not give them any signal, but we will treat them to some visitors. Is the steamer armed, Mike?" "Then you have improved wonderfully since last evening," added Captain Battleton.