"I have been terribly worried about you, Christy." "I am all right, sir; and so is Mr.Flint, who was with me.

We have brought off a schooner of two hundred tons, loaded with cotton," continued Christy, as modestly as the circumstances would permit.
"I am very anxious to hear your report, Mr.Passford," said the commander.
"Excuse me, sir, but the captain of that schooner is badly wounded, and needs Dr.Linscott as soon as possible." The surgeon was sent on board of the Judith.

As Paul Vapoor caught a sight of the returned third lieutenant, he hugged him as though he had been separated from him for years instead of a few days.

His welcome was quite as cordial, though not as demonstrative, from the rest of the officers.

Then he went to the cabin with the captain, where he reported all that had transpired since he had been separated from his companions on board of the Teaser.