She is loaded with cotton, and she is going to run the blockade about this time.

I intend to take passage in her." "Then you knew about this vessel ?" asked Flint curiously.
"I did; and that is the particular reason why I came here.

Lonley told me that my uncle had offered him the command of the schooner; and now that he has lost his position on board of the Teaser, I have no doubt he has already applied for the berth that was offered to him.

I am confident that he has seen my uncle, and it must have been he who told him that I was a prisoner." "I begin to understand you now, Mr.Passford," added Flint.
"If you do, we will say no more about it just now, for there may be some one within earshot of us," replied Christy.
Nothing more was said, and the boat cautiously approached the schooner.
No one appeared to be on board of her, and the fugitives found that she was loaded with cotton, even carrying a deck-load of this staple of the South, the price of which had bounded up to an enormous figure in the markets of the world.

In the early morning the clouds and the fog were swept away, and the sun came out.