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A man from Christy's was in at the other end, who had been instructed to keep up his end for an hour. As a matter of fact, they scored exactly two runs between them in about half-an-hour. That two was from a drive from Lovelace past cover. At such daring Lovelace became much elated. "Come on, I say, come on. Lots of runs here. Come on." The Radley men were very amused.
He might know a thing or two. He's the chap I told you about at Christy's minstrels," continued Master Tom, warming up at the genial reminiscence. "Is that the French waiter down-stairs who helped bring you down from London?" asked the doctor. "Yes. I'm keeping him here as valet for the present. Armstrong mentioned, I remember, that he knew him." "Ring him up," said Tom.
Before the conquerors introduced the use of iron, these deposits were regularly mined, and this place was the Sheffield of Mexico. We were curious to see all that was to be seen; for Mr. Christy's Mexican collection, already large before our visit, and destined to become much larger, contained numbers of implements and weapons of this very peculiar material.
"I think we ought to fill Christy's place now," whispered Marie. "Shall I appoint Eleanor Watson or have her elected?" "Have her elected," said Betty, as promptly as if she had thought it all out beforehand. "Then will you propose her?" Betty shook her head. "That wouldn't do. Eleanor knows how I feel toward her. It must come from the people who haven't wanted her. They're all here, I think."
Christy's men poured down after him, and before the crew of the gun, who had no doubt been ordered to conceal themselves, could get upon their feet they were cut down by the impetuous tars from the Bellevite. It was the work of but a moment.
This man had been brought on board by the influence of Mr. Lillyworth, who had been ordered to the Gulf for duty, and was on board as a substitute for Mr. Flint, who was acting in Christy's place, as the latter was in that of Mr. Blowitt, who outranked them all.
Notwithstanding his military title, Colonel Homer Passford was not a soldier, though he had once been a sort of honorary head of a regiment of militia. His brother, Captain Horatio Passford, Christy's father, was a millionaire in the tenth degree.
There are three large theatres; an opera-house of gigantic proportions, which is annually graced by the highest vocal talent of Europe; Wood's minstrels, and Christy's minstrels, where blacks perform in unexceptionable style to unwearied audiences; and comic operas. There are al fresco entertainments, masquerades, concerts, restaurants, and oyster saloons.
One of the others is Christy's, and one is that sweet Miss West's she writes poetry, you know, and is on the 'Argus. Wasn't it lovely of her to pin it on me?" "I should think anybody would be glad to have you wear their pin," said Helen loyally, if ungrammatically. "But to think the society wanted me!" said Betty in awe-struck tones.
They all agreed that the men would not own up, and the general opinion was that someone in Christy's was responsible. Discussion raged fiercely as to who it was. Gordon was all for it being Isaacs, Lovelace for Everington, Hunter for Mead. The point was being debated, when Tester and Bradford came in. "Hullo, come in," shouted Gordon, "we are having a great fight about this.
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