CHRISTY MATURES A PROMISING SCHEME However interesting the voyage of the Bellevite might prove to be, the purpose of this story does not admit of its details.

Mr.Vapoor was instructed to the effect that a quick run was desirable, and he governed himself accordingly.

At daylight on a bright May morning, the lofty light tower of Sand Island, off the entrance to Mobile Bay, was reported by the lookout, and the captain was called.
On the passage from Nassau, the guns of the steamer had been mounted; for, as a measure of prudence, they had been put in the hold.

Though the owner hoped to avoid any close scrutiny of his outfit, and had succeeded in doing so, he was not inclined to tempt fate by any carelessness.

But when the first watch was called, the night before her arrival off the bay, every thing was in condition for active service.
Captain Passford had not a particle of the foam generated by the excitement of the times, and he sincerely hoped he should have no occasion to use the guns which it had cost him so much trouble to procure.