In one instance a lieutenant received for his share nearly forty thousand dollars; and even an ordinary seaman pocketed seventeen hundred from a single capture.

The Chateaugayans were anxious to engage in this harvest, and in a hurry to be on their way to the field of fortune.
In a short time the steamer was standing down East River at moderate speed.

The Ionian could not be seen yet, and nothing in regard to her was known to any one on board except the captain and his two passengers.
As the ship approached the battery, a tug, which Christy recognized as the one his father had employed, came off and hailed the Chateaugay.

The screw was stopped, and Captain Passford was discovered at her bow.

He waved his hat to his son, saluted the commander in the same manner, and then passed up an envelope.
The tug sheered off, and the ship continued on her course, with a pilot at the wheel.