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Baskirk, and if you don't receive it, it will not be on account of any weakness in my report of the events of the last twenty-four hours," added Christy heartily. "Thank you, captain; I suppose I could have procured a better position than that of able seaman, but I preferred to work my way up." "It was wise not to begin too high up, and you have already won your spurs. Now, Mr.
Baskirk and myself, and Dave had been stationed at the door; or at least he was there, for he beckoned you out into the gangway just as you were beginning to read the orders," argued Flint. "Possibly I should have understood the first reading better if I had not seen for myself that you had taken all precautions against any listener.
Baskirk and McSpindle were required to make all the speed they could consistent with safety, though Christy hardly thought they would encounter any Confederate rover on the voyage, for they were not very plenty at this stage of the war.
Just before noon by the clocks, Lieutenant Baskirk appeared on the bridge, dressed in a brand-new uniform, with a sextant in his hands. Christy, who did not depend upon his pay for the extent of his wardrobe, had not less than three new suits, and he had presented one of them to the newly appointed officer, for there was no material difference in the size of the two persons.
He listened there for a full half-hour, and while the ship had made ten miles. "Starboard a little, Mr. Baskirk," he called to the executive officer, who had followed him forward. "Starboard, sir," repeated the officer, as he sent the order aft. "Port! Port!" exclaimed the commander with more energy.
"Gentlemen, it is dinner time in the ward room, and I will not detain you any longer," said Christy, as politely as he usually spoke to his officers, though the opera of "Pinafore" had not been written at that time. Flint bowed to his captain, and left the cabin; and his example was followed by Baskirk.
Baskirk, the executive officer, had the ship in first-rate order when the commander went on board with his party; and as there was nothing for him to do, Christy devoted himself to the entertainment of his friends.
When the ship's company were assembled on the forward deck, though this is not the usual place for such a gathering, the first lieutenant read the order of the commander appointing George Baskirk as acting third lieutenant of the Bronx, and directing that he should be respected and obeyed as such.
Christy proceeded to read the document as it was written. Before Captain Passford had read two lines of the document in his hands, a noise as of a scuffle was heard in the passage way to the ward room. Mr. Baskirk was sent to ascertain the cause of the disturbance, and he threw the door wide open.
"She has stopped her screw, sir!" reported the third lieutenant in the waist, passing the word from the second lieutenant on the forecastle. "She has stopped her screw, Captain," repeated Mr. Baskirk. "That means mischief," replied Christy, as he directed his gaze to the Raven. "She is getting out two boats on her port side!" shouted Mr.
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