The torpedo boat was found after the war lying on the bottom of the harbor, about one hundred feet from the wreck of the Housatonic, with her bow pointing toward the sloop of war and with every man of her crew dead at his post,—just as they all expected.
I shall be happy if this novel serves to call renewed attention to this splendid exhibition of American heroism. Had they not fought for a cause which was lost they would still be remembered, as, in any event, they ought to be.
For the rest, here is a love story in which the beautiful Southern girl does not espouse the brave Union soldier, or the beautiful Northern girl the brave Southern soldier. They were all Southern, all true to the South, and they all stayed so except Admiral Vernon, and he does not count.
CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY.
Brooklyn, N. Y.,
February, 1904.
CONTENTS
Chapter
- Hero versus Gentleman[15]
- She Hates them Both[33]
- A Strife in Magnanimity[51]
- Opportunities Embraced[65]
- What happened in the Strong Room[81]
- An Engine of Destruction[103]
- The Hour and the Man[115]
- Death out of the Deep[125]
- Miserable Pair and Miserable Night[141]
- A Stubborn Proposition[157]
- The Confession that Cleared[171]
- The Culprit is Arrested[185]
- Companions in Misery[199]
- The Woman Explains[223]
- The General's Little Comedy[241]
ILLUSTRATIONS