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" He evidently had left his good manners aboard 

 ship, for he entered the room in a blustering 

 manner, ignoring the ladies present, and seated 

 himself near the head of the table and began to 

 talk to an English officer who was one of the 

 guests, about our Civil "War, asking questions in 

 a most offensive manner. 



" We were all feeling very much pleased over 

 the news of victory we had received and some one 

 began to tell the captain of Sherman's march to 

 the sea. 



" The English captain, whom we afterwards 

 learned was one of England's naval reserves, 

 spoke up in a loud and boasting tone, saying, 

 ' Well, sir, we will go over and heip the South- 

 erners whip the Yankees when we get back to 

 England.' 



" Captain Kelley, an American and a man of 

 small statue, was sitting near me, and I noticed 

 his temper was rising. He could not sit still in 

 his chair. As the English captain went on with 

 his boisterous and blustering talk, he jumped to 

 his feet, pushed up his coat-sleeves, looked the 

 Englishman full in the face, and said, ' It is not 

 necessary for you to wait to whip Yankees. Come 

 out into the street and I will give you a chance, 

 for I'm a Yankee.' 



