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The shot from the Parrot passed between the funnel and the mainmast of / the chase, as judged by the splash of the ball in the water just beyond / her. It had come near enough to the mark to wake up the captain of the / highflyer. He appeared to believe that the pursuer from the northward / had simply cut him off by approaching on the shorter side of the / triangle, and that all he had to do was to escape to the southward, / evidently satisfied that no steamer in the Federal navy could overhaul / him in a fair and square race.
"Now comes the tug of war," said Mr. Baskirk, when the St. Regis had / been headed for the chase.