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‘ 44 THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. i ships of war! The stars and bars will be riddled by his balls! Itis terrible—-more than I can stand! He shall be detained, even if I have to break my word. He shall not fight against us. By Jove! I will force him to accept the commission I have procured for him.” Terribly excited, Mowbray seized his hat and was about to rush from the house, when a door opened and ; Norah glided into the room. Why, where is Robert ?” she asked, sending a look of surprise from the empty chair to Mowbray. * Supper is ready for him, but ‘“ He isn’t here to taste my food, thank heaven !” interrupted the Southerner. ‘He has subsisted too long off my bounty already. He has left us forever. Our flag is not his flag. He has gone to join the Yankee navy!” | The color left the young woman’s face while Mow- bray talked, jerking out his short sentences madly. When he finished she recoiled from him as pale as death. “Gone—so soon!” she gasped, looking at her guardian. ‘“ You cannot mean that!” “ He came here to cut me to the heart with his in- fernal loyalty to what he styles ‘the government!” cried Mowbray. “I should have locked the door on him and turned him over to the Confederate author- ities. I was a fool to let him leave the house at will. By Jove, I will do so yet !” “You will not i “ Listen to me, child. Robert Bentham is a traitor. He is no longer nephew of mine. I command you to forget bim !” GComichbooksneo