The Blockade Runner — page 136: what you’re looking at

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THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. 13% Bertham sighted the gun carefully, the cruiser being held a point off the direct course, so as to offer no hin drance to the line of fire. The lanyard was pulled, and a shell curved into the air, and finally exploded close to the Foxhound’s stern. “Good,” cried the skipper. “Another like that, only a little closer, will disable her screw.” “The captain of yonder craft has wonderful nerve, though I call it foolhardiness, to venture so close within range of an enemy,” remarked Mr. Haskins. “That’s Powell’s reputation; he’s a regular dare- devil, they say. He had some object in hanging about here ‘and taking such chances. He’s a fantor steamer than the erubitrr: and wiil get. away as it is, unless we can bring him to with a shot.” The next shell exploded high above the blockade runner’s deck, but the third carried. away the mizzen- topinast. The long gun was worked as rapidly as possible, but the Foxhound was not hit, and to Bentham’s extreme vexation was gradually diobnias away. Great Abaco light was now visible above the hori- zon, and unless something was shortly done the block- ade runner would reach the safety of the three-mile limit, and could not legally be overhauled. During the next half hour three shells struck the fleeing steamer, but her speed was not affected in/any way. Twenty minutes later she was nearly out of range and fast nearing land, so the captain of the Avenger reluctantly hauled off and headed back over his course » in order to pick up his beats. On board of the Foxhound the engines were pound- COMMicoooks (C@) 5}