"I believe you have never seen the inside of a Confederate prison, Mr.Graines." "Never; though I came pretty near it once while I was an oiler on board of the Hatteras," replied the engineer.
"You have been fortunate, and I hope you will come out of this excursion as well.

I spent a short time in a Confederate lock-up; but I did not like the arrangements, and I took leave of it one night.

It was in Mobile, and I don't care to be sent up there again.

Therefore we must clothe ourselves in the worst garments we can find; and I carry a suit for just this purpose, though I have not had occasion to use it lately." "I have to wear old clothes when at work on the machinery, and I have a plentiful supply on hand," added Graines.

"Perhaps I could help out some of the others." "All the seamen have old clothes, and they will need no assistance in arranging their wardrobes.