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Updated: May 17, 2025
"De ossifers and men ob de Reindeer will go asho' when you done took de steamer; don't you see dat, massa?" "What shall I do with you then?" asked Christy, as he handed him two sovereigns and two shillings. "T'ank you, sar; dat's a pile ob money!" exclaimed Quimp, as he looked with admiration upon the coins. "It is what I agreed to give you. But what shall I do with you now?
"Do you know of any vessels, any schooners, or steamers, inside the bay, Quimp?" asked Christy, pushing his inquiries a point farther. "Couldn't told you, massa," replied the boatman, shaking his head. "Do you mean that you don't know, my man?"
"I don't see anything," replied Christy. "No, sar, not yet; but look ober dat way, and you see somet'ing fo' yore t'ree minutes older, massa." Christy fixed his gaze on the point of the long key, beyond which Quimp intimated that the steamer would be seen.
Two of them seized a couple of the lines with which they had been bound, and tied the arms of the negro behind him. A second look at the negro assured Christy that it was Quimp, and he was more mortified than before at the trick which had been played upon him.
He could land the negro on that key, but he would reveal the presence of the boat to the people on board of the Reindeer, and they would burn her rather than have her fall into the hands of the Union navy. "I can land you on the long key, Quimp," suggested the officer. "No, sar! Can't go there; for Cap'n Stopfoot sartainly cotch me dar," protested the negro. "I don't think so, Quimp."
"I don't reckon a gemman like you would cheat a poor nigger," said Quimp, while his eyes were still glowing with delight at the sight of the money in his hand. "Certainly not, my man," replied Christy, laughing at the idea. "Just as soon as I get my eye on the steamer of which you speak, I will pay you the ten dollars in gold and silver."
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