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146 THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. “ Neither has the national government. ” Powers could not avoid noting the manner of her reply. It drew a stare from his eyes. “T see that. my words have surprised you,” said Norah. “They seem to tell you that my sympathies. are not with the government you serve.” “They indicate this, but I have not interpreted your words correctly. You have grown up under Gordon Mowbray’s roof, and your see cannot be elsewhere, than with the South.”’ “Pardon me, sir, but if I have grown up as you say under the Mowbray roof, I have had thoughts—senti- ments of my own. This is not the proper place for an open avowal of sentiments which you may call treason, but since we have advanced to where we stand, let me say that the movement of secession finds no sympathy with me. I am for the old flag; my heart, my hopes, and my wishes are with the Union.” A silence followed the girl’s last’ words. Captain Powers appeared thunderstruck. “Then the loss of the Swiftwing occasions no regrets in your bosom,” he said, coloring. ‘“ Recollect that its loss shortens your fortune by almost one hun- dred and fifty thousand dollars.” “The men who sunk with the vessel have my tears,” she said softly ; “ but the loss of the money invested in her I do not regret. You will say that my avowed sentiments will deprive me of the estate which would naturally come into my possession by my father’s death ; that it will be confiscated by the Confederate government. He left no will, but many things have been understood for years. Captain Powers, I shall Gomichbooksscom