"Why don't the ship give chase ?" "I think she must be disabled, sir," replied the warrant officer.
"What could have disabled her ?" "I suppose she might be hit as well as this vessel," replied Beets, no better pleased with the situation than his companion in trouble.

"They fired three shots into her while she was alongside." "She must have been hit in a bad place, or she would have been alongside of us before this time.

But here we are." The third lieutenant and quartermaster felt very much like prisoners, though they had no evidence that the Killbright was a ship-of-war, except that she had hoisted the Confederate flag, and fired upon the Bellevite.

But the rakish-looking steamer continued on her course, while the Bellevite had not moved since the first broadside.

She had already made a mile, and the shots from her enemy did not seem to disable her.
She continued to run with all her speed, and the lieutenant felt the deck quiver as though it was in danger of being shaken out of her.