, so that no attention was given to him when he made his investigation. At the proper time Captain Passford appeared; but, as the guns

Government, as it was intended that she should be when her present mission was accomplished. During her stay at St. George, such chan

on her course. Already there was not a little activity at the principal foreign ports nearest to the Southern States, created by the hurri

procure vessels for the use of the South in the struggle. The steamer was painted black, and, as she had been built after plans suggested by her owner, she was peculiar in her constructio

uld betray her nationality or character was allowed to be seen. The business of obtaining the needed stores required many of th

a young man to Christy, as he la

, as he looked over the person addressing him, who appe

ontinued the stranger, po

n his expression; and he suspected that he had been placed at the landing to interrogate him or some other person from the steamer, in regard t

ty carelessly, as he pointed at a vessel

an that steamer, off to the north-east," repl

rned about, and directed his finger towards the interior of the is

ean that way. Don't you kno

n I was young, but

ranger, who thought his companion was stupid en

ee, if I don't die of old age before that time," replied Christy, looking the

ome from that steamer over there?" demanded t

rom a place they call Shensiba

and I question if

my veracity?" demanded Ch

, not a

I shall be glad to see you; and then I will endeav

ame from that st

, but it wasn't your

know the name o

on a voyage of discovery to find the north pole, which she expects to reach here in the West Indies. When she find

w! You are

re a Yankee; for they say they live on baked beans, and ea

kee; I am a lon

e meridonial section of the nation o

ed the stranger, loo

idonial

don't know which m

was in the Bangerwhangerlang College in China, and I am sometimes apt to get that l

w

out it. If you prefer to carry on this conversation in Hebre

n do better w

ial' in French means 'southern,' if you w

nger, and he seemed to make the admissio

promptly added Christ

e other. "My name is Perc

ing back with astonishment, as though his

ded Percy Pierson, surprised at

ur name was? Did I u

e any thing surprising about that?" asked

e?" demanded the son of the owner of the Bellevite,

sure, though I ask

innocent young fellow of sixteen, and I don't like to have ot

I don't know yet what it is,

e which I don't understand, and I think I had better bid y

tell me your nam

, and you are up to some trick wi

outhern gentleman, I

might have come. My name is Percy Pierson," added Christy seriously; for he felt that this was a

eal owner of the name. "Didn't I

t is the reason why I thought

be when my name

d, though you may not be aware of the fact, there are seven thousand two hundred and twenty-seven native and foreign bor

little while ago you said you were fro

ther north than a

," continued Pe

of it," asse

er that is, where she is bou

g out his watch. "If you will meet me here to-morrow night at sundown, I will make a beginning of the yarn, and I think I can fini

g a fortune for himself, if he is willing to part with

t with her, and he is determined to get rid of her. I have the means of kno

at is, if the vessel is what she appears to be

ery impatient if I am not on time, and I have some important business with him before dinner," said Christ

n so much of a hurry as he had appeared to be, and he waited in the vicinity till he saw his Southern friend embark in a boat which