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"That will bring our gun where we can use it; and we shall have a better chance at the Belle than she has at us, for she is larger, and has a crowd of men on her main deck," added Captain Pecklar, as he went to the ladder.
The Dauphine is still afloat, and in good condition; and I don't believe she is going to let the Bellevite off without doing something." Captain Pecklar was letting off steam also; for he realized that the battle, so far as the Leopard was concerned, was finished.
"I reckon I do," replied Spikeley. "My brother, who was down here a little while ago, will also remain on board; and Captain Pecklar will be in his room, for he cannot leave it. That is all that will be on board. But no one will bother you, unless it should be the fellow now at the wheel; and he can't do any harm as long as you don't start the engine for him."
The remark which Captain Pecklar had made when he came partly upon the hurricane deck, that the Bellevite had changed her course because Major Pierson had been fool enough to fire at the tug, came up in Christy's mind again. He had thought of it at the time it was uttered, and several times since; but he had not had the time to weigh its meaning.
"That won't do!" exclaimed Captain Pecklar, when they had the gun in position for use. "What won't do?" asked Christy. "Didn't you notice that? They are firing rifle-balls from the Belle. One of them just struck the bulkhead." "I don't see that we can help ourselves, whether it will do or not."
When the major applied this high-sounding title to the new captain, the lieutenant opened his eyes a little; but he asked no questions, for he had learned as he came on board that Captain Pecklar had fainted at his post. "Well, what have you been about, Dallberg?" asked the major rather impatiently, as soon as the boat was under way again. "Walking, talking, and rowing most of the time.
The enemy were now a little forward of the beam of the tug, and not more than fifty yards from her; but Christy was satisfied that the Leopard would go clear of the long-boat if his craft was not disabled. The major and his companions could not help seeing that Captain Pecklar had deserted their cause, and that, with the gun on the deck, he was a dangerous enemy.
"How do you find yourself, Captain Pecklar?" asked Christy in sympathetic tones; for he really pitied the poor man, far away from his friends, and apparently on the very brink of the grave. "I am a great deal better," replied the invalid, looking earnestly into the face of the young man in front of him. "I am glad to hear it. Major Pierson has gone in the boat to the Bellevite for Dr.
With his glass he could see that there was a hand in the fore-chains heaving the lead; and probably Captain Breaker feared that the bottom "might be too near the top of the water" for the draught of his vessel, and he was proceeding with caution. Christy descended the ladder to the main-deck. He found Captain Pecklar in the fire-room, shovelling coal into the furnace.
Christy's bed was just behind them, when they had seated themselves; and he dropped down on his blanket, rolled it about him as well as he could, and then pretended to be asleep, as Percy was still, in spite of the noise of the escaping steam on board of the boat. "What have you done with your men, Captain Pecklar?" asked the major.
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