COLONEL HOMER PASSFORD OF GLENFIELD As soon as the battle on the deck of the Tallahatchie had been decided, Graines, in command of the flanking party, had returned to the engine room of the Bellevite.

He and his men had fought bravely and effectively in the action, though the full effect of the movement under his charge could not be realized in the change of circumstances.

The engine of the ship had now cooled off, and Paul Vapoor hastened to the deck to see his friend and crony, the news of whose wound had been conveyed to the engine room in due time.
He was heartily rejoiced to find that it was no worse, and he had news for the patient.

Just before the burial of the dead he had been sent by the commander to examine and report upon the condition of the engine of the prize.

Captain Rombold had protected it with chain cables dropped over the side, so that it remained uninjured, and the British engineers declared that it was in perfect working order.
"But whom do you suppose I saw on board the prize, Christy ?" asked the chief engineer, after he had incidentally stated the condition of the engine.
"I cannot guess; but it may have been my cousin Corny Passford, though he has always been in the military service of the Confederacy," replied the wounded lieutenant.
"It was not Corny, but his father," added Paul.
"His father!" exclaimed Christy.