"Bonnydale sounds like a fancy name, such as any gentleman might give to
his estate, as Sunnyside was the home of Washington Irving. Is this the
fact?" asked Mr. Salisbury.
"I suppose it is," answered Corny, with increasing confusion.
"Don't you know?"
"We always called it Bonnydale; and I know no other name for it."
"But Bonnydale is not an incorporated town. In what city or town is your
father's place situated?"
"I know no name but Bonnydale," replied Corny; and the flush of fever or
something else was on his cheeks now.
"Nothing more, captain," said the first lieutenant; and the stock of the
other claimant mounted a little.
"Mr. Passford," continued the captain, indicating Christy with his
finger, "your father's name, if you please."
"Horatio Passford," replied Christy with a smile.
"Where does he live?"
"At Bonnydale, on the Hudson."
"Permit me, Captain Battleton," interposed Mr. Salisbury; and the
commander nodded his acquiescence. "Is Bonnydale the name of the town
or city in which your father lives, Mr. Passford?"
"It is the name of my father's place," answered Christy, using the same
words that Corny had.
"Bonnydale sounds like a fancy name, such as any gentleman might give
to his estate," continued Mr.
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