The incidents of the volume are more various than in the preceding stories, which were so largely a repetition of battle scenes; but the hero is still as earnest as ever in the cause he loves. He attains a high position without any ambition to win it; for, like millions of others who gave the best years of their lives to sustain the Union, who suffered the most terrible hardships and privations, so many hundreds of thousands giving their lives to their country, Christy fought and labored for the cause, and not from any personal ambition. It is the young man's high character, his devotion to duty, rather than the incidents and adventures in which he is engaged, that render him worthy of respect, and deserving of the honors that were bestowed upon him. The younger participants in the war of the Rebellion, Christy Passford among the number, are beginning to be grizzled with the snows of fifty winters; but they are still rejoicing in "A Victorious Union." William T. Adams. Dorchester, April 18, 1892. CONTENTS Page CHAPTER I. A Conference at Bonnydale 15 CHAPTER II. A Complicated Case 26 CHAPTER III. The Departure of the Chateaugay 37 CHAPTER IV. Monsieur Gilfleur explains 48 CHAPTER V. An Abundance of Evidence 59 CHAPTER VI. The Boarding of the Ionian 70 CHAPTER VII. A Bold Proposition 81 CHAPTER VIII. A Notable Expedition 92 CHAPTER IX. The Frenchman in Bermuda 103 CHAPTER X. Important Information obtained 114 CHAPTER XI. An Unexpected Rencontre 125 CHAPTER XII. As Impracticable Scheme 136 CHAPTER XIII. At the End of the Chase 147 CHAPTER XIV. An Easy Victory 158 CHAPTER XV. The Gentleman with a Grizzly Beard 169 CHAPTER XVI. Among the Bahamas 180 CHAPTER XVII. The Landing at New Providence 191 CHAPTER XVIII. An Affray in Nassau 202 CHAPTER XIX. An Old Acquaintance 213 CHAPTER XX. A Band of Ruffians 224 CHAPTER XXI. A Question of Neutrality 235 CHAPTER XXII. On Board of the Snapper 246 CHAPTER XXIII. The Chateaugay in the Distance 257 CHAPTER XXIV. The Tables turned 268 CHAPTER XXV. Captain Flanger in Irons 279 CHAPTER XXVI. A Visit to Tampa Bay 290 CHAPTER XXVII. Among the Keys of Tampa 302 CHAPTER XXVIII. The Surrender of the Reindeer 313 CHAPTER XXIX. Bringing out the Prize 324