"Oh, I am not in trouble, Uncle Homer!" exclaimed Christy, laughing. "I have done my duty to my country, my conscience is clean, and I am not to be upset by an accident like this. I am really happy in the consciousness that I have been faithful to the cause of my country."
"I am glad to see you, Christy."—Page 308.
"I wish you had been; but we will not talk about that, for I suppose you and your father have the same views," replied the planter, looking very sad.
"I don't believe we should agree if we talked about it for a year, and we had better give the subject the go-by. But how are Aunt Lydia and Gerty?"
"Both are very well. I hope your father is in good health, as well as your mother and sister."
"All very well."
"I have not heard a word from any of you for about five months," continued Colonel Passford. "In fact, not since you were here in May."
"We got home all right, and the Bellevite is a man-of-war now. She captured one valuable prize off the coast of Carolina, and another at Pensacola," replied Christy cheerfully.
"She ought never to have been allowed to leave Mobile Bay," added the colonel.