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"There is no lack of pluck in the South. But I wonder what she means by setting that rag." "Beeks, hoist the ensign at the peak," said the captain, and the brilliant banner was spread in the morning air. "I reckon both sides understand the situation now.
The order was obeyed, and Beeks again reported that pistol shots had been heard from the westward. The third lieutenant was in a hurry to have the business finished, for he felt confident that the Bellevite would soon be engaged in an affair of more importance than picking up a couple of score of prisoners.
Beeks was directed to arrest the men on duty, and the engine was handed over to Sampson, who had been brought for such a position if the expedition needed him in that capacity. But there was only an assistant engineer and several firemen on duty, and these were disposed of without any delay. They were all conducted to the wardroom, where they were disarmed and a guard placed over them.
"They would not do that over there, and certainly not on a dark night," argued Christy. "But we will soon find out all about it." He led the way back to the boat, which he had ordered Beeks to have carried on the shore. Then they proceeded to bear it across the island to the bay, where it was put into the water again.
"I have no instructions yet, sir," replied Beeks, as he obeyed the order, and headed the boat away from the shore.
Her eyes were big and blue, and her voice quite pleasant to hear. "This way, miss," said Bob, from his high stool behind the desk. "What name, please?" "Frances Emiline Beeks." "Beeks, miss? Yes, miss. Let's see BA to BE, Barker, Becker, Beech, Beeks! Frances Emiline Beeks. Eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents, if you please." "That seems like a good deal of money," observed Miss Beeks.
"What do you suppose they will do with us?" asked Beeks, looking as though he had not a friend in the world, though he had always been a very brave and active fellow when there was anything to do. "I don't know, but I suppose she will run the blockade into the Cape Fear River, and we may be taken up to Wilmington."
He thought it might well be that he had obtained an exaggerated notion of their deformity, and if Miss Beeks merely succeeded in convincing him of that the gain would be something. He picked up the address-book during the morning and ascertained that she lived in a large apartment-house in Broadway, distant from his stables less than a block.
In the stillness of the night, and in the absence of any roar of breakers, sounds could be heard a long distance, though whether they came one mile or two, they could not determine. "Get out those cloths, Beeks," said Christy, as soon as the boat had been put into the water. "Every oar must be very carefully muffled, and you will see that it is properly done."
"It is beginning to warm up a little," said Beeks, as he tried to look out at one of the round ports of the wardroom. "It will be hotter than this before we see the end of it," replied Christy. "Can you see anything?" "Not a thing; of course the Bellevite is astern of us," added Beeks. "But the Yazoo is not using her guns." "How can she?
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