. Taken by the enemy . the boat. But we shall be nobetter off than we are now when she gets here,for not one of those in it is a sailor. Christy was not a little interested in thesituation; for he thought his father must havegone on board of the Bellevite, or she wouldnot have changed her position. It was all amystery to him as well as to the commandant ofFort Gaines, and the boat in the distance had beento the shore for the purpose of investigating it. He had an idea in his head, and he continuedto examine the interior of the pilot-house till hefound a number of paper rolls in a drawer, which
. Taken by the enemy . the boat. But we shall be nobetter off than we are now when she gets here,for not one of those in it is a sailor. Christy was not a little interested in thesituation; for he thought his father must havegone on board of the Bellevite, or she wouldnot have changed her position. It was all amystery to him as well as to the commandant ofFort Gaines, and the boat in the distance had beento the shore for the purpose of investigating it. He had an idea in his head, and he continuedto examine the interior of the pilot-house till hefound a number of paper rolls in a drawer, whichlooked very much like local charts of the examined several of them, and found onewhich covered the portion of the waters aroundhim. He had noted the direction taken by theBellevite the day before, and he had no difficultyin placing the inlet where she had moored at thewharf. What have you got there, Mr. Passford?asked the major, who had been looking on thefloor, thinking what he should do in his You A Sailok ? (Page 215) THE REPORT OF THE SCOUT 215 It is a chart of these waters, which appearsto have been considerably improved with a penand ink, replied Christy, still examining it. That is the work of Captain Pecklar. Theycall him the best pilot for Mobile Bay there isabout here, though he has been here but twoyears. Here is the inlet, or river, where we passedthe night; and the captain has marked the wharfon it. What good is the chart without a man thatknows how to steer a steamer? asked the major,who was becoming very impatient in the presenceof the delay that confronted him ; for the illness ofCaptain Pecklar deprived him of the ability todo any thing, even to return to the fort. You forget that I am a sailor, Major Pierson,said Christy. You a sailor? I thought you were the sonof a millionnaire, who could not possibly knowany thing except how to eat and sleep, repliedthe soldier, laughing. I have steered the Bellevite for a great manyhundred miles, and
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