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mething like a uniform. "I will try to find out when I am well off, and then I will answer you," replied Christy. "All fast, sir," reported Flint. The commander of the expedition, turning his back to the fat man, went forward to the pilot house. CHAPTER XXVI THE BATTLE WITH THE SOLDIERS Mr. Amblen went to the pilot house, and rang two bells. Dolly responded properly by starting the engine on the reverse, and the schooner alongside began to move away from the wharf, for the stern of the Havana pointed out into the bay. "Stop, there! What are you about?" shouted the fat man on the deck of the schooner. "About going," replied Christy. "These vessels are the property of a citizen of the Confederate States, and I command you to stop," yelled the fat man with all the voice he could muster. "All right," replied Christy, as the gong sounded to stop her. "Now, Mr. Flint, cast off the fasts, and let the schooner go astern," he added to the second lieutenant. "All clear, sir," replied Flint a moment later, and after the steamer lost her headway, the vessel continued to back, though the Havana was checked by the engine. The fat man went adrift in the schooner, but Christy gave no further attention to him. The steamer was started ahead again; her bow was run alongside of the other vessel at the wharf, and Flint proceeded in the same manner as with the first one. "Orderly!" shouted the fat man, evidently addressing the man who had come to the schooner with him, and had retreated to the wharf when the vessel began to move. "Captain Rowly!" replied the man, who was doubtless the orderly sergeant of the company. "Go to the barracks and have the men haul the four field pieces over to the wharf," yelled the fat captain. "All right, little one! Have them hauled over by all means," said Christy, as the men made fast to the other schooner, and cast off the fasts. But it was soon evident that the sleepy soldiers had been roused from their slumbers by some other agency than the orderly, though it was not quite possible for them to haul over the four guns, as they happened to be on the forward deck of the Havana. But the men were armed with muskets, and were capable of doing a great deal of mischief with them. Christy hurried up the men at the fasts, but they had about finished their task. "All clear, Mr. Passford," called Mr. Flint, as the soldiers double-quicked across the railroad to the w
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