Identifier: onblockade01opti (find matches)
Title: On the blockade
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897 Wilmer, Richard Hooker, 1918-, former owner
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Publisher: Boston : Lee and Shepard
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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ou have rendered good service, Dave, and Ishall not forget it, added Christy. Where areMr. Flint and Mr. Baskirk? In the ward room, sir. Give my compliments to them, and say thatI wish tosee them in my cabin in about tenminutes, continued the captain. Dave left the cabin, and Christy devoted him-self to his breakfast; and in his haste to meet theofficers indicated, he hurried the meal more thanwas prudent for the digestion. The steward re-ported that he had delivered the message, andChristy finished his hasty collation. The table was hurriedly cleared by the steward,and the captain paid a visit to his state room,during which he did not fail to look under hisberth. He had a trunk there, and he saw that ithad been moved to the front of the space, so thatthere was room enough for the conspirator toconceal his body behind it, though his was a good-sized body. Returning to the cabin, he took hisusual seat at the table, facing the door. In a fewminutes more Mr. Flint and Mr. Baskirk came to
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DAVE FINDS MULGRUM UNDER THE BERTH. ANOTHER READING OF SEALED ORDERS 133 •the door and were invited to come in. Dave hadreturned from the galley, and he was instructed towatch that door as he was told to close it. Flint took the seat assigned to him, and Baskirkwas placed opposite to him. The first lieutenantappeared to be a great deal more dissatisfied thanthe captain; but then he was a poor man, andnext to his duty to his country, he was as anxiousas the average officer to make all the money hecould out of the prizes captured by his ship. Itlooked to him as though all his chances hadslipped beyond his reach for the present. Flint had taken no little stock in the twosteamers that were expected on the coast at thistime, and in spite of the treachery anticipated hehad counted upon a share in at least one of them.He knew very well .that the commander, fromsharp experience at his side some months before,would not pass by an opportunity to strike a blow,even in the face of any reasonabl

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