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Updated: July 24, 2025
Captain Breaker had been restored to his former rank, and was to be the commander of the Bellevite. It was two months before the ship was ready to go into commission.
It would be difficult to imagine how he expected to manage his case with Miss Florry, since he could not enter the house without betraying his identity. Perhaps he intended to lie in wait for her in the grounds of the estate, and trust that her interest in him would induce her to keep his secret. "Is that you, Christy?" called a voice from the steamer, as the Florence approached the Bellevite.
"I shall pretend to be a prize of the Bellevite long enough to distract the attention of the fleet," added Lonley, impatiently. "I don't understand these things, and I shall leave you to manage the affair as you think best; but I beg you will use all proper caution," continued Colonel Passford. "Here are the ship's papers.
"Oh, yes, he is; but I think he was the maddest man in the army soon after you left." "Indeed! Why was he so mad?" "Because he was removed from command of Fort Gaines for letting you pass it in your steamer." "Then he is still in the service?" asked Captain Passford. "Yes, sir; he is a good officer, and he will make his way, if he was guilty of a blunder in letting the Bellevite pass the fort."
"We may be wanted on board, and I should not like to be absent from the Bellevite if she is to take part in an engagement of any kind." "And I am sure I should not," added Christy. "I should not be surprised if the enemy made an attempt to capture Pickens; but even if they storm it in the darkness, I do not see that the ships can do anything until they are able to see what they are to do."
The hour at which the steamer was to leave, evidently by arrangement with the officers of the fort, was valuable knowledge, and he hoped they would be able to carry or send seasonable warning of the time to the Bellevite, for she was the only ship on the blockade that could be counted upon to overhaul the Trafalgar, if the reports of her great speed had been correctly given.
At this moment several sharp orders were given on board of the Dauphine, and her head began to swing around to the northward. "That's what's the matter!" exclaimed the captain. "They think they won't wait for the rap the Bellevite is ready to give them."
"Only the Bellevite and Holyoke remained off the entrance to Mobile Bay," added Christy. "We have had a very quiet time of it since I joined the Bellevite, and the action with the Tallahatchie was really the only event of any great importance in which I have been engaged."
"I intend to hoist the United States flag over the Confederate to show that this steamer is a prize, otherwise the Bellevite might put a shot through her as soon as she shows herself outside of the key," replied Christy. "A wise precaution," added Captain Stopfoot. The naval officer rang one bell as one of his men reported to him that the fasts had been cast off, and that all was clear.
"Men pulling in the boat with all their might!" shouted Percy. "I think I can bring their labors in that way to an end," added the captain. "But do you understand what the Bellevite is doing, Christy?" "She is coming this way; that is all I know." "She is coming this way because the major has been fool enough to fire on the Leopard. The shooting assures your father that this tug is an enemy."
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