"Our five pairs of men must have readied the vicinity of the fort before this time, for we have had a long conference with those spreeists." "About an hour and a half; and the information we have obtained will fully pay for the time used." "No doubt of it; and we must hurry up in order to make a good use of it," said Christy.

"The fog is lifting just now, as it has been doing all the evening, and we can see the fort.

There are very few people about; for it cannot be an uncommon event to see a blockade-runner get under way." It was not probable that any of the persons in sight were soldiers, for they had abundant opportunity to see all there was to be seen within the solid walls that sheltered them.

The rapid pace at which the lieutenant led his companion soon brought them to the group of people near the shore of the channel leading to Pilot Town.

The five pairs of seamen were well scattered about, as they had been instructed to be, and they did not appear to have attracted the attention of the others in the vicinity.
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