The Blockade Runner — page 61: what you’re looking at

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§2 THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. visitor, who was Flash Gilmor, Captain Powers’ second in the duel on the river bank the evening before. : “Dick and I were hunted up last night by Tom, who, somehow or other, had discovered your nephew was going to join the Yankees against us,” began Gilmor. “We at once resolved to thwart him, and to clip his wing feathers at the same time. There was no inten- tion of hurting him. ‘The duel that was fought he brought. about himself. We—Dick and myself— started for your house immediately after getting Tom’s news, and on our way we saw Bentham and Jupe cross the street ahead of us, moving toward the river. Of course we followed and saw that nigger pull a boat from the water. Everything was plain, then. The two were going to the Yankee fleet, and we had a right to detain them. ‘The captain called a halt, when Bentham jumped from the boat, opened his coat, showing that he was fully prepared for a fight, and rushed at Powers witha sword. That brought on the fight.” “ Well?’ said Mr. Mowbray impatiently. “They must have fought for five minutes without one gaining any advantage over the other. If Powers knows how to handle a sword, I now know that Bob Bentham practiced fencing while abroad. At last he got in a pass and a twist that disarmed the captain, and before the lost ground could be recovered his sword transfixed the disarmed man. Then | attempted to draw my revolver, but that rascally black Jupe, rushed up and put me hors de combat beside Powers. After that, escape for the pair was easy, and I suppose — they reached the fleet.” S| Comichbooksico