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"I have no doubt the Bellevite knows her business in this case, and that she will attend to it in due time," added the lieutenant. "Good!" exclaimed the sheet-anchor man, suddenly. This exclamation was called forth by a flag, which was run up at the peak, and which proved to be that of the Confederacy as soon as it was spread out to the breeze. "She is plucky, anyhow," added Christy.
Probably the rattling windows and the shaking frames of the houses roused all the sleepers within a mile of the ship. The Bellevite was enveloped in the smoke from the discharge, and though Christy mounted the carriage again to obtain a better view, he could see nothing, for there was not wind enough to sweep it away at once.
"Why not?" demanded Christy; and he explained the conduct of his uncle in regard to the Bellevite, when she was on a peaceful errand to convey her owner's daughter back to her home. Then he related the attempt of the colonel's son, his cousin Corny, to capture the Bronx by a piece of wild strategy. "But I do not object to your scheme on moral grounds," interposed M. Rubempré.
Doubtless her commander had gauged the speed of the Bellevite by what she had been doing in the shoal water, and had not believed she could overhaul him before he had thrown a force on board of the Leopard.
When the Bellevite passed up the river, she was promptly recognized by the investigating party on board of the Alert, which followed the steamer up to her anchorage. She came alongside some time after the crew had fished up the cable; but Captain Passford warned her to keep off as soon as he discovered her intention to come alongside.
The Snapper was quite a small craft, and looked like an old vessel; for she was a side-wheeler, though she had evidently been built for a sea-going craft. Whether Flanger had escaped from the Bellevite after being transferred to her from the Bronx, or had been regularly exchanged as a prisoner of war, Christy had no means of knowing.
You are chaffing me. Didn't you come from that steamer over there?" demanded the young man, pointing at the Bellevite again. "No, sir. I came from China, from a place they call Shensibangerwhang. Were you ever there?" "I never was there, and I question if you were ever there." "Do you mean to question my veracity?" demanded Christy, knitting his brow. "Oh, no, not at all!"
Another was occupied by the chief steward, who was a person of no little consequence on board; while the others were appropriated to guests when there were any, as was often the case when the Bellevite made short voyages.
The enemy might make an attempt to board the Bellevite as she passed down the river, for the accident must have rendered the party more desperate than before. In the face of a failure to capture the Bellevite at her anchorage, which had seemed so easy a matter to the leaders of the expedition, they would be ready to take any chances of success that came in their way.
Now I must warn you that he has his duty to do, and I hope you will not expect to be favored, or ask him for privileges not granted to other officers," continued the late owner of the Bellevite. "I am sure I expect him to be impartial with his officers." "I meant to have seen Breaker this afternoon before I came home; but I had not time to go to the ship.
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