Frank was excused from all duty, that he might act as Simpson's nurse; and he scarcely left him for a moment during the two weeks of fever and delirium that followed.

By the time they reached Cairo, however, he was pronounced out of danger.
Frank wanted very much to see his cousin; but the Milwaukee was anchored out in the river, and no one was allowed to go ashore.

One afternoon, as he sat by his friend's hammock, reading aloud a letter from Harry Butler, in which he gave a vivid description of a late battle in which his regiment had participated, the orderly entered and informed him that the captain wished to see him.

He followed the orderly, and, as he entered the cabin, the captain said: "Please help yourself to a chair, Mr.Nelson; I shall be at liberty in a moment.

I should like to finish this letter before the mail-steamer sails.
You will excuse me, will you not ?" "Certainly, sir," answered Frank; and he seated himself, lost in wonder.
The captain had addressed him as _Mr._ Nelson, while heretofore he had always been called, by the officers, Nelson, or Frank.