The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

Vyon. ttma\y be the happy sailor. who is to wed htr,7
returned the othr. "'The gilt g has indeed disoveredl surpri'sintg art in thtis bsines! w\here could
she have learnt the method and systemn: so well?"; Where! wh y whywhe she learnt better things;
how to prize'a \Vxlotle-hearttc seamantfr instahne.
)o you think that amy tongue was jlamllmed inf my
inoutlht all the time'e wuset to sit by the Side of
tl river intt. Carolina, and that Nwe Itund nothino:
to taltk about P)
"; o)idt you amuse your mtistress wvith treatises
otl tl(.he art of navigation, and thle sielnce of sit..
natis " said (Griititth, smitin1.
" answ-ered her questions, AMr. (Gritlith, as anyi
civil man 1wolld to a woman he loved. The girl
has as mueh cuisity as tct of isty e of y wn townswomen, s'lho has weatheredl cape forty wittout a.tsbalttlt and her tonguie groes like. a'(l ogvante itn a<
calmt, first Onet way and then another. But here
is:lint' dictionllry. Now otwn, Gril l, in spite of
your colle-ge, learnitng and stentitmentals, that a Nwsotsman of ingtenuity uanld tleverne ss is a very good sort
of a helpmate.'
<~ I never doubt:dtf tbhe merits of.Miss Plowdet,"
said the other, Aw\ith a droll gravity that often miinglld wilth his (leer feelilrgs, the resutlt of ati sa,.i[or.'s hatlits, llentded with native character. "But
thiis ilndeed surpasses all mly expecltations! Why\
she has, i truth, made a most judicious selection
of pt'trases. I No. 168,3. *indelible;' I 1 69.::;'^
endt onlvy with life;' 170. -1* I fear yours mis
leads me;' I 1I,-..
l'shaw!" exclaimed Barnstable, snatching tiln
)0tok tiom before the laughin'g eyes of Grilfith,
" what folly to o throw away our t:inme now on suchl
nonsense. Whait think you of' tis expedition te l
the land "')