"Are you still in the army, Corny ?" "No, sir, I am here.

I did not like the service very well, and I thought I should like the navy better.

The reason why I did not like it as well as at first was because I was no longer in Major Pierson's battalion," replied Corny, looking at his uncle as though he expected a question from him.
"Then Major Pierson is no longer in the army ?" added the captain.
"Oh, yes, he is; but I think he was the maddest man in the army soon after you left." "Indeed! Why was he so mad ?" "Because he was removed from command of Fort Gaines for letting you pass it in your steamer." "Then he is still in the service ?" asked Captain Passford.
"Yes, sir; he is a good officer, and he will make his way, if he was guilty of a blunder in letting the Bellevite pass the fort." "Then you intend to be a sailor, Corny ?" "Yes, sir; in fact, I am a sailor now.

I had been in your yacht so much that I knew something about the ropes, and I had no difficulty in getting transferred, as sailors were wanted more than soldiers," replied Corny, who seemed to be studying the figures in the carpet.
"But if you went into the navy, how do you happen to be in New York ?" asked Captain Passford.
"I suppose you remember the Dauphine, which was fitting out when you were in Mobile Bay ?" continued Corny.
"I heard the name, and was told that she was one of the vessels that tried to prevent the escape of the Bellevite." "I was sent on board of her; but, in coming out of the bay, she was captured by a Federal vessel, and sent to New York.

I hid myself when the crew were taken off, and came in her here," replied Corny, still studying the carpet.
Captain Passford had not heard of the capture of the Dauphine.