10/10 "That gentleman is Colonel Homer Passford." "He bears your name," said Mr.Pennant. He is as devoted to the Confederate cause as my father is to the Union. But go below, and have your wound dressed, Mr.Pennant." The lieutenant went to the ward room where the surgeon was waiting for him. Christy called out the skipper of the sloop, and walked into the waist with him. The octoroon was a large man, of about the size of the third lieutenant, and he could have made a good deal of mischief if he had been so disposed. |