I'd trust you just as far as I would General McClennon, and you know we all b'lieve in him." "What are you going to do with us ?" asked one of the rebels, who began to exhibit some interest in the fate of the schooner.
"I suppose you will find good quarters in Fort McHenry," replied Tom.
"Where do you belong ?" "In Baltimore." "What are you doing here, then ?" "We go in for the South." "Go in, then!" added Tom, laughing.
"You'll fetch up where all the rest of 'em do," said Hapgood.
"How's that fellow that was hit ?" asked Tom, pointing to the rebel who lay in the middle of the standing room.
"I guess it's all right with him," replied Hapgood, bending over the silent form.

"No; he isn't dead." "I have it!" shouted Tom, suddenly crowding the helm hard-a-lee.
"What, Tom ?" "I see where we are.

We are running up the river.

I see the land on the weather bow." The schooner was put about, and after running with the wind amidships for ten or fifteen minutes, Tom discovered the outline of Mrs.Budd's house, which was directly under the guns of the Union battery.
"Stand by the fore halliards, Hapgood," said Tom, as the boat came about again.

"Let go!" The foresail came down, and Tom sprang upon the pier, as the schooner came up under its lee.