125
CHAPTER XII.
As Impracticable Scheme 136
CHAPTER XIII.
At the End of the Chase 147
CHAPTER XIV.
An Easy Victory 158
CHAPTER XV.
The Gentleman with a Grizzly Beard 169
CHAPTER XVI.
Among the Bahamas 180
CHAPTER XVII.
The Landing at New Providence 191
CHAPTER XVIII.
An Affray in Nassau 202
CHAPTER XIX.
An Old Acquaintance 213
CHAPTER XX.
A Band of Ruffians 224
CHAPTER XXI.
A Question of Neutrality 235
CHAPTER XXII.
On Board of the Snapper 246
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Chateaugay in the Distance 257
CHAPTER XXIV.
The Tables turned 268
CHAPTER XXV.
Captain Flanger in Irons 279
CHAPTER XXVI.
A Visit to Tampa Bay 290
CHAPTER XXVII.
Among the Keys of Tampa 302
CHAPTER XXVIII.
The Surrender of the Reindeer 313
CHAPTER XXIX.
Bringing out the Prize 324
CHAPTER XXX.
A Very Important Service 335
CHAPTER XXXI.
An Undesired Promotion 346
FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT
CHAPTER I
A CONFERENCE AT BONNYDALE
"Well, Christy, how do you feel this morning?" asked Captain Passford,
one bright morning in April, at Bonnydale on the Hudson, the residence
of the former owner of the Bellevite, which he had presented to the
government.
"Quite well, father; I think I never felt any better in all my life,"
replied Lieutenant Passford, of the United States Navy, recently
commander of the little gunboat Bronx, on board of which he had been
severely wounded in an action with a Confederate fort in Louisiana.
"Do you feel any soreness at the wound in your arm?" inquired the
devoted parent with some anxiety.
"Not a particle, father."
"Or at the one in your thigh?"
"Not the slightest bit of soreness. In fact, I have been ready to return
to my duty at any time within the last month," replied Christy very
cheerfully. "It would be a shame for me to loiter around home any
longer, when I am as able to plank the deck as I ever was. In truth,
I think I am better and stronger than ever before, for I have had a long
rest."
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