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Baskirk, I shall ask you to take the deck, relieving Mr. Amblen," added Christy, who wished to talk with Flint alone. "I shall be really glad to get back into the Bronx, for I feel at home here with you, captain," said Flint. "You will be back to your berth here very soon. Now we have to send these two steamers to New York. They are fine vessels, and will be needed.
The moment Baskirk appeared, the deaf mute exhibited a paper, which he passed to the new lieutenant, evidently satisfied that he could get no nearer to the door. When he had delivered the paper, he hastened up the ladder to the deck. Dave came into the cabin and explained that Mulgrum had tried to force him out of the way, and he had resisted.
"I beg your pardon, Captain Passford," said the captain of the Arran, attempting to rise from the deck, in which he was assisted by Christy and by Mr. Baskirk, who had just come aft. "I beg your pardon, Captain Passford, for I did not understand what you said at first, and I did not suspect that you were the captain." "I hope you are not seriously injured, sir," added Christy.
"Very well; then I will appoint them both." Flint was instructed to communicate their appointment to Baskirk and McSpindle, and make all the preparations for the departure of the Escambia and the Ocklockonee.
"I certainly should, father, for whatever success I may have will depend largely upon them," replied the embryo commander of the St. Regis. "Your executive officer will be Lieutenant George Baskirk," continued Captain Passford, reading from a paper he took from his pocket. "Good!
Baskirk to have him arrested and put in irons, if he was violent. "But this gentleman is the commander of the steamer," interposed the mate. "I don't care what he is; if he were a gentleman, as you call him, I would treat him like one; but he is a brute, and I shall treat him as such," replied Christy, as two of his men, attended by two more, laid hands on the dripping captain.
Baskirk," said the commander, as he observed that she did not vary her course, and stood on to her destination, apparently with perfect confidence. "I don't think she does, sir," replied the first lieutenant. "She can see the American flag at the peak, and she knows what we are. Doubtless she is making the mistake of believing that all the Federal ships are slow coaches." "Heave the log, Mr.
Returning to the cabin, he took his usual seat at the table, facing the door. In a few minutes more Mr. Flint and Mr. Baskirk came to the door and were invited to come in. Dave had returned from the galley, and he was instructed to watch that door as he was told to close it. Flint took the seat assigned to him, and Baskirk was placed opposite to him.
"I ask no better officer than Baskirk has proved himself to be. I shall retain him on board of the Bronx, and for the present I shall ask you to take command of the Ocklockonee; and you may select your own officers. The probability is that, if we find the Arran, we shall have a fight with her."
"But there are not less than three steamers pursuing her, though they are a long way astern of her." "I make out the chasers, and I should judge that she is getting away from them," added Christy. "The leading steamer is turning her head to the south!" exclaimed Mr. Baskirk, with no little excitement in his manner.
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