Before night, the wind was blowing a full gale, and some reduction of sail became necessary.
The Bellevite had the wind fair, and the most that was possible was made of this accessory to her speed.

At one time she actually logged the twenty-two knots which the chief engineer had suggested as her limit, and inside of two days she reached her destination.

Christy had suddenly become the active agent of his father, and he was the first to be sent on shore to obtain information in regard to the guns and ammunition, for it was thought that he would excite less suspicion than any other on board..