That was a very good turn you did me, for I believed you would take me to New York, and pitch me into a Yankee prison.

I was very grateful to you, for I know it was your influence that saved me." This remark seemed to put a new face upon the meeting.

Christy had done nothing to cause him to be set free; for the Bellevite, though she had beaten off several steamers that attempted to capture her, was not in the regular service at the time, her mission in the South being simply to bring home the daughter of her owner, who had passed the winter with her uncle at Glenfield.
"I am very glad I was able to do you a good turn," replied Christy, who considered it his duty to take advantage of the circumstances.

"I am just going out to take a sail; won't you join me ?" "Thank you; I shall be very glad to do so.

I suppose you are a Yankee still, engaged in the business of subjugating the free South, as I am still a rebel to the backbone," replied Percy, laughing very pleasantly.
"But you are not in the rebel army now, any more than you were at that time," added Christy in equally good humor.
"I am not.