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Spokeley informed him that neither of them would be in condition to do duty on either side for a considerable period. They were in no danger under careful treatment, but both of them were too seriously injured to trouble their heads with any exciting subjects.
"Oh, no: I have no fault to find with any one, and least of all with you," added the captain promptly. "The trouble is that we are short of officers, though all that could be spared for this vessel were sent on board of her. As the matter now stands, Dr. Spokeley and I are the only idlers on board in the cabin and ward room.
Spokeley is to go to New York in the Vernon, and the doctor of the store-ship is appointed to the Bronx." "Dr. Connelly!" exclaimed Christy. "Just so; and I dare say he is asleep in his stateroom at this moment." "Then we had better obey the sealed orders of the flag-officer; we will come about, and head her for St. Andrew's.
"But we have plenty of good men, and some of them will make good officers," suggested the first lieutenant. "We have no surgeon, I believe, for Dr. Spokeley is sick, and was to be sent home before I left in the Vixen for New York," added the commander, now restored to his own right on board. "Oh, yes; we have a surgeon, for Dr.
Everything was in good order on deck, and Christy next went down to the sick bay, where Hungerford and Pawcett were the only occupants. He found Dr. Spokeley there, and inquired in regard to the condition of the wounded men. The surgeon described the wounds of his patients, and pointed them out to the captain. "Does Mr. Hungerford talk any now?" asked Christy. "Who is Mr.
The men who had been only slightly wounded in the action with the Escambia were progressing finely under the care of Dr. Spokeley, and when the Bronx was off the southern cape of Florida, they were able to return to duty. The latest information located the flag officer off Pensacola, and in due time Christy reported to him.
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