He was certainly a non-combatant; and it could not be shown that he had any mission to Nassau or elsewhere in the service of the Confederacy, though it would have been otherwise if the steamer and the West Wind had not been captures, for he was to sell the cotton in England, and purchase a steamer with the proceeds; but his mission ended with the loss of the vessels.

He finally decided to send him to Fort Morgan under a flag of truce.
Before he left he called upon his nephew.

He was still in a state of despondency over his own losses, and his failures to benefit the Confederacy, whose loss he counted as greater than his own.

He stated that the commander had announced his intention to send him on shore.
Christy had seen him but for a moment, for his uncle had not desired to meet him again.
"We will not talk about the war, Uncle Homer," said Christy.

"How are Aunt Lydia, Corny, and Gerty?
I hope they are all very well." "Your aunt is not very well, for the hardships of the war have worn upon her.