LIEUTENANT PASSFORD AND HIS APPARENT DOUBLE The Vernon continued on her course, and in another hour the pilot had been discharged.

Christy had puzzled his brains over the events of the day and the night before without being able to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion.

He was extremely anxious to see the officer who had taken his name and assumed his character, as he was to obtain all the information within his reach.

His reflections assured him that some one had chosen the _role_ of an impostor for the purpose of accomplishing some treasonable object, and he was anxious to fathom the mystery for his country's sake rather than his own.
Captain Battleton would soon begin his investigation, and Christy was confident that the sick officer would be proved to be the impostor.

He was not at all worried or even disturbed in regard to the result, for he felt that "truth is mighty and must prevail." His only solicitude was to unravel the plot.