"He is going to take out the Davids

" Yes ? "

"And blow up the Wabash^

Her hand went to her heart. Her face
turned whiter than the frock she wore.
" My God ! " she whispered, " Admiral
Vernon's ship ! "

" She loves him ! She loves him ! "
flashed into Lacy's mind, and for the mo-
ment he suffered agonies of jealous pain.
" But," continued the girl, " why should
they — "

" In the first place," went on Lacy, " if
the venture succeeds, we sink a noble ship
and put out of the way a most determined



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enemy, and we hope to let the blockaded
cotton ships get to sea."

" But the David! " said the girl, who
knew the sinister story of the crazy sub-
marine torpedo boat as did every one in
Charleston. " It is sure death ! "

It is dangerous," said Lacy, softly,

but General Beauregard has ordered
Sempland to keep her on the surface.
That ought to give them a chance. Glas-
sell escaped, you remember, when he tried
the New Ironsides^

"He will be killed! He will be
killed ! " she cried piteously, " and — Ad-
miral Vernon ! "

"What is the Yankee admiral to you,
to any of us ? " Lacy asked, curiously
interested to know the meaning of her
remark.
Why do you tell me of all this ? "



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she asked, failing to notice his question in
her anxiety and alarm.
