This we did, and, still acting in accordance with the instructions of the lieutenant, Hiram said, not waiting for the door to be opened:
"We are come to learn if you can supply us with fish?"
"When do you want them?" was the answer, and our leader replied:
"As soon as possible, for fear some one will come up and interrupt the bargain."
All this conversation, we had been told, was necessary in order to convince Master Lord that his visitors were true to the Cause and desired his aid.
That we had repeated the words correctly was shown by the opening of the door, and although no one could be seen, we four stepped inside hurriedly, after which the door was closed and barred, when the screen was thrown from a lantern which set on a rude table. Then we saw before us the man whom we had been told would be able, above all others, to aid us in our dangerous venture.
"MASTER LORD HELD UP THE UNSCREENED LANTERN."
Master Lord was a tall, thin, hatchet-faced person, with shifty eyes which gave you the impression that he had something to conceal. In fact, he was the reverse of the man in whom I would put confidence, and yet the lieutenant at the battery had assured us that again and again Job Lord had given evidence of his loyalty to the Cause.