Soudan. Nor must the plucky Tom Taylor be forgotten,
supercargo of the Banshee and the Night Hawk, who, by
his coolness and daring, escaped with a boat's crew from
the hands of the Federals after capture off the fort, and
who was endeared to the children as the "Santa Claus" of
the war.
At first the little Confederate was satisfied with pork and
potatoes, corn-bread and rye coffee, with sorghum sweetening;
but after the blockade-runners made her acquaintance
the impoverished store-room was soon filled to overflowing,