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But they had lost all their chances, and after an insignificant struggle, the deck of the steamer was in possession of the boarders. The crew were driven forward by the victorious "Bronxies" as Giblock called them. "Do you surrender?" said Mr. Baskirk to the officer he took for the captain.
Regis backed out from her position on the port side of the prize. During all this time Christy was very busy with his glass. As Mr. Baskirk had discovered, the leading steamer had three blockaders in chase of her. She was now headed to the south, having done so as soon as she saw the four vessels lying in her course. "Make the course south-west by south, Mr.
He appeared to believe that the pursuer from the northward had simply cut him off by approaching on the shorter side of the triangle, and that all he had to do was to escape to the southward, evidently satisfied that no steamer in the Federal navy could overhaul him in a fair and square race. "Now comes the tug of war," said Mr. Baskirk, when the St. Regis had been headed for the chase.
The thought came to him then and there that it was possible for a man to hang over the rail, and place one of his ears at an opening and listen to what was going on; and besides there were, besides Mulgrum, six others who were capable of doing such a thing. He sent Mr. Baskirk on deck to see that no man was at work over the side.
"Our first duty will be to search for the Arran, and we can use the Ocklockonee, which the captain says is her present name, to assist in the chase, for we have force enough to man both vessels, though we are not oversupplied with officers." "There are two more quartermasters who are nearly as good men as Baskirk," replied the first lieutenant.
Christy came on board, and Mr. Baskirk introduced him. "I am glad to see you, Captain Passford," said the commander as a matter of form. "I was absolutely sure that you would chase me to the westward, sir; and I had not the slightest expectation of encountering you on this course." "I took my chances of finding you in this direction rather than in the opposite one," replied Christy.
Baskirk," added Christy, and he walked forward. It was a matter of angles when it was desirable to come down to a close calculation, and the young commander found his trigonometry very useful, and fortunately not forgotten. With an apparatus for taking ranges he had procured the bearing of the highflyer accurately as soon as the last course was given out, perhaps half an hour before.
"Then I shall make McSpindle my first lieutenant, and Luffard my second," added Flint, evidently pleased with the idea of having even a temporary command. "I shall appoint Baskirk in your place on board of the Bronx; but I need one more." "I recommend Amblen, though he is not as well qualified as the others I have named." "Send for these men at once," added the captain.
Not a shot had been fired by any one of the steamers, and it would have been a waste of ammunition to do so. "We are gaining on her," said Christy, half an hour later. "That steamer is making sixteen knots at least." "If she has found out that we can outsail her, very likely she will count upon the darkness to enable her to give us the slip," suggested Mr. Baskirk. "Mr.
"You have rendered good service, Dave, and I shall not forget it," added Christy. "Where are Mr. Flint and Mr. Baskirk?" "In the ward room, sir." "Give my compliments to them, and say that I wish to see them in my cabin in about ten minutes," continued the captain.
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