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."