It was soaked through, but when they turned the ship's lantern upon it the captain could make out its tenor and the names.

Doubt could exist no longer and he clapped his hands heartily upon the lad's shoulder.
"Come into the cabin and have something to eat and dry clothes," he said.

"This is the converted steamer Union, and I'm its commander, Captain William Hays.

I judge that you've had an extraordinary time." "I have, captain, and the hardest of it all was when I saw our army repulsed to-day." "It was bad and the wounded are still lying on the field, but it doesn't mean that Vicksburg will have a single moment of rest.

Listen to that, will you, lieutenant ?" The far boom of a cannon came, and Dick knew that its shell would break over the unhappy town.