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"I should think he might have been. By the way, Corny, where is my commission that you and he stole from my pocket at Bonnydale?"
āļŠāļĨāđāļāļāļāļīāļāļāļē "What do you know about him, Christy?" asked the colonel with the deepest interest. 200 The men gave three hearty cheers as they were dismissed, proving to the commander that Pennant was a popular man among them, as Camden had also been proved to be when his appointment had been announced to the starboard watch. As in politics, legislation, war, and business, the masses of the people soon ascertain who are their natural leaders, the crew of the Bronx, or that portion who had come from New York in the Vernon, had been prompt in discovering the abilities of the two men now promoted. "Now will you inform me, Mr. Passford, who your officers were?" The commander pointed at Christy. "Your executive officer?" "Who is Captain Flanger?" asked Christy. It was plain enough to all the officers and men that the commander knew what to do in the emergency, and every one was energetic in the 352 discharge of his duty. Mr. Ambleton was fully alive to the peril of the moment, and he was careful to make his aim sure with the great gun. It had been loaded before with a solid shot, and presently the steamer was shaken to her keel by the concussion of its discharge. "Then I stay for sure; I don't go back on you, Massa Christy," protested the steward warmly.