"I shall hoist The Yankee flag over the Confederate; then the Yankees will think this ship is a prize, and will not fire into her."
"That beats me!" repeated the pilot.
"I came down here in a Yankee man-of-war, and I made the arrangements for carrying this thing through before I left her."
"O, yes, I see!" laughed Captain Column. "You are playing them a Yankee trick."
"Exactly so!"
"Capital! capital!" exclaimed the pilot.
Fifteen minutes later, the Ben Lomond came to anchor under the lee of Sand Island, to wait for a favorable time to continue her voyage.
CHAPTER XXIII.
A YANKEE TRICK.