One placed a speaking trumpet to his lips and called out: "Cruiser ahoy! Is that the 'Yankee' ?" "You have made a good guess," shouted Captain Brownson.

"What boat is that ?" "'Talbot' from Newport.

Any news?
Sighted you and thought we would speak you." Our commander assured them that we were in search of news ourselves.

The "Talbot's" officers saluted and then waved a farewell.
The narrow, low-lying craft spun about in almost her own length, a series of quick puffs of dense black smoke came from the funnels, and then the haze swallowed up the whole fabric.
We were left to take our discomfiture with what philosophy we could muster.

When "secure" was sounded we left our guns with a sense of great danger averted and a feeling of relief..