It is necessary for you to understand the situation better than you do," interposed Christy; and he proceeded to explain in what manner his cousin Corny happened to be in command of the Bronx, while he was himself nominally a prisoner of war.
"Your absence from the between decks of the Vernon has been discovered, and Captain Battleton has caused the strictest search to be made for you on board of all three of the ships.

The last I saw of him he was evidently talking with the flag-officer about you, as I judged from his looks and gestures," replied the second lieutenant.
"He has not found me yet; and I think that the stateroom of the commander of the Bronx is the last place he will think of looking for me.

But I have no time to talk of merely selfish matters, for I am not at all worried about my personal safety while we are within Union lines.

If this plot succeeds, and the conspirators get the ship into a Confederate port, I shall feel differently about this matter.

Has any third lieutenant been appointed, Mr.Flint ?" "There has, captain; he is a young man by the name of Byron; but I did not learn his rank." "Byron!" exclaimed Christy, recalling Walsh, and the name he had insisted was his own when he first encountered him on board of the Vernon.