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[Frontispiece: MARCY AND THE OVERSEER.]

CASTLEMON'S WAR SERIES.

MARCY

THE

BLOCKADE-RUNNER

BY

HARRY CASTLEMON,

AUTHOR OF "GUNBOAT SERIES," "ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES,"

"SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES," ETC., ETC.

Four Illustrations by Geo. G. White.

PHILADELPHIA:

PORTER & COATES.

BY

PORTER & COATES.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MARCY HAS A VISITOR, 1

II. HIDING THE FLAGS, 26

III. BEARDSLEY BETRAYS HIMSELF, 52

IV. TWO NARROW ESCAPES, 77

V. A CAT WITHOUT CLAWS, 105

VI. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE, 125

VII. THE mate's LUCKY SHOT, 150

VIII. A NOISE AT THE WINDOW, 174

IX. THE "SUMTER" LOSES A PRIZE, 197

X. A COOL PROPOSITION, 219

XI. THE BANNER ON THE WALL, 241

XII. CONFLICTING REPORTS, 268

XIII. UNION OR CONFEDERATE—WHICH? 292

XIV. JULIUS IN TROUBLE, 317

XV. THE ENCHANTED LOOKING-GLASS, 339

XVI. OFF FOR THE FLEET, 362

XVII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING, 381

XVIII. CONCLUSION, 403

MARCY, THE BLOCKADE-RUNNER,

CHAPTER I.

MARCY HAS A VISITOR.

The boys who have read the first volume of this series of books, inwhich we followed the fortunes of our Union hero, Marcy Gray, anddescribed the persevering but unsuccessful efforts he made to be true tohis colors in deed as well as in spirit, will remember that we left himat his home near Nashville, North Carolina, enjoying a brief respitefrom the work he so heartily detested, that of privateering. He had madeone voyage in the Osprey under Captain Beardsley, during which heassisted in capturing the schooner Mary Hollins, bound from Havana toBoston with an assorted cargo. When the prize was brought into the portof Newbern the whole town went wild with excitement, Captain Beardsley'sagent being so highly elated that he urged the master of the Osprey torun out at once and try his luck again, before the capture of theHollins became known at the North. But Beardsley, who was afraid totrust landsharks any farther than he

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