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Gilfleur? I hope that no accident has happened to him," said the captain with deep anxiety on his face. "None that I am aware of; but if you will excuse me from explanations for the present, I will state that the steamer on the bank is the Snapper, Captain Flanger, bound for Mobile; and the captain told me that he intended to run the blockade." "Mr.
Christy Passford related to Captain Chantor all that had occurred to the detective and himself from the time of their departure from the ship to their parting on the shore; and he did not fail to mention the fact that Mr. Gilfleur had come to his assistance when he was assaulted by the ruffian in front of the saloon. "You have had a narrow escape, Mr.
"I think if Monsieur Gilfleur and myself could make another visit to the Bermudas and Nassau, we might pick up information enough to insure the capture of many blockade-runners, and perhaps of an occasional Confederate cruiser," said Christy, laughing as he spoke.
"I spent a winter there when I was sick from over-work and exposure; and I know all about the islands." "That will not help me, Mr. Gilfleur," said the captain, with a smile at what he considered the simplicity of the Frenchman. "But why can you not go in and see if the Dornoch is there?" inquired the detective.
The tug continued on her course towards the Navy Yard, and the Chateaugay was discovered in the berth she had occupied for the last two weeks. Everything looked lively on board of her, as though she were getting ready to heave up her anchor. "Christy, you will find on board of your steamer a man by the name of Gilfleur," said Captain Passford, as the tug approached the man-of-war.
Passford, but this service is very different from that on the deck of a ship of war in action. But we will talk of that at a future time," said Mr. Gilfleur, as he rose hastily from his arm-chair at the desk, and rushed out into the ward room. Christy had heard footsteps outside of the door, and he followed his companion. They found there Mr.
If the captain of the steamer was a fool, the mate was not, for he saw the folly of resisting a United States force. "Mr. Carlin, you will remain on deck with the men; Mr. Passford and Mr. Gilfleur, may I trouble you to come into the cabin with me?" continued Mr. Birdwing, as he led the way.
Oh, no; I prefer to take my chance at a marine league from the shore," added the captain, shaking his head. "Perhaps I might go into Hamilton harbor and obtain the information you need," suggested Mr. Gilfleur, looking very earnest, as though he was thinking of something. "You!" exclaimed Captain Chantor, looking at him with amazement. "How could you go in without going in the ship?"
No toilet was necessary, for both of them had lain down with their clothes on. "Pray, who might you be?" demanded the captain, laughing heartily when the detective showed himself in his new visage and dress. "Can you inform me what has become of Mr. Gilfleur?" "He has stepped out for a couple of days, and Monsieur Rubempré has taken his place," replied the detective.
"While I am absent you will be attending to your duty as commander of the Chateaugay, for you will still be on the lookout for your prize," continued the versatile Frenchman. "You can run up twenty or thirty miles to the northward, on the east side of the islands, where all large vessels have to go in." "How long will it take you to carry out this enterprise, Mr. Gilfleur?"
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