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"I can't told you 'zackly, massa; she as big as de fort."
āļāļēāļŠāļīāđāļāļāļāļāđāļĨāļāđāļāļąāđāļāļāđāļēāđāļāļŠāļŦāļĢāļēāļāļāļēāļāļēāļāļąāļāļĢ "You can trust Dave, Massa Christy," replied the steward, as the officer drew back into his hiding-place. 162 Christy was not very hungry after his late dinner, but he ate the dainties brought to him, and found that the cook of the Bronx had lost none of his skill. He might not have an opportunity to eat again very soon, for he did not lose sight of the fact that failure was possible, and he might soon be an occupant of a Confederate prison with Flint, as he had been once before. He had not been mistaken in his estimate of the man, so far as he could judge from his answers. Pennant had taken a steamer home to New York from Havana after the captain had died there of yellow fever. He had expected to be given the command of the vessel; and when he failed to obtain the position he resigned his place as mate, but secured the same position in another and larger steamer. "Captain Battleton," added the quartermaster. "I hope you are feeling better to-day, sir." "Nothing more, captain," said the first lieutenant; and the stock of the other claimant mounted a little.