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"No; Warping is on board, but he has gone to sleep in the pilot-house. Do you want him?" "No; but you wish to take a couple of friends on board to obtain the measure of a gun-carriage," continued Captain Carboneer. "No; I don't want Warping; I only wanted to know if he was on board," repeated Corny.
"But Christy is not at home, and we are somewhat anxious about him," added the mother, stating the facts in regard to her son. Paul Vapoor volunteered to go in search of him, and left the house. If Captain Carboneer had felt any especial interest in the Florence as a sailing yacht, he might have desired to see the cabin of the craft, which had always been the delight of Christy Passford.
Captain Carboneer was waiting for a steamer which his naval associate, Lieutenant Haslett, was to charter or buy for the use of the party," said Christy, as he led the way to the forward deck of the steamer. He and the engineer mounted the top-gallant forecastle, and looked intently down the river. The tide was coming in, so that the vessel, in coming up to her cable, pointed in that direction.
"Nothing at all," replied Christy, bowing again, and bearing himself with the dignity of a veteran officer; and in the matter of demeanor, the Confederate Captain Carboneer had presented to him one of the best models he had seen, both in action and as a prisoner. "You do not wish to make any explanation of the remarkable situation in which you find yourself placed at the present moment?"
But they had hardly jumped down on the beach before Christy Passford opened the cabin door of the yacht, and crept out with the utmost care. As Captain Carboneer blew his whistle, a mile below the moorings of the Bellevite, an occasional response came from the shore. Everything was remarkably quiet on the river, though at long intervals a steamer passed on its way up or down the stream.
"As you said, Captain Carboneer, I am no sailor; and you don't think of taking the steamer out of the river alone?" added Mulgate. "I have not come here on a fool's errand, Major Pierson," replied the captain. "We are alone now, and we may call things by their right names." "But I don't care to have my name used in this vicinity," interposed this gentleman, when addressed by his own name.
As you seem to be a little sensitive to the fact that I have not consulted you in regard to the naval operations of this enterprise, I can tell you in a few words all there is of them," continued Captain Carboneer. "As you are aware, as soon as our plan was matured by you, I left Mobile with Lieutenant Haslett, though you knew nothing about him, for Nassau.
"But the major insisted that he did not mean to take her against her own will. Captain Carboneer bought an old steamer, put his men on board of her, and started up the river to make the capture. I knew they were coming, and was ready for them. We fired only one shot at the old steamer, which smashed her walking-beam, and disabled her.
The discovery was not calculated to fan the hopes of Captain Carboneer and his officers, though the two Unionists on board of the Yazoo were elated. The chase was continued till the middle of the afternoon, when the Bellevite opened fire with her heavy midship gun. "Mr.
Though he could hardly get the three pints into the quart measure, he had done the best he could, and succeeded to a rather remarkable degree. But spite of the miracle which had been wrought in the cabin, Captain Carboneer did not even try the door of the apartment when he and his companions went on board of the yacht.
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