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

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"That it may be thle means of rescuinlg tihe la-:ties, thougtt it f in llaking the prtisoners we antieipate."
" But this pilot! you reimebx er tnat hie holds
t8s by our ne(tcks, and can run us all tup to the1 yardartn of some l'E!nglish} ship, whenever lhe chlooses to
opeln his throat at thteir- threats or bribes."
It would }have been better that hte should ltave
east the ship ashore, when he had her entanled in
the shoals; it would avellVt been our last thought to
suspect hiim of tr eachery thenl," ettur't d Gt i ftlbth.
follow him with conftidence, and t mtist believe
thalt we are safer with him than we should bie wit}t
out him."
"Let him le ad to the dwellilng of his fox -lutint ministers of state,) cried I ahnstable,> hrusting
his book of signals into htis bosom; bu tt tere is a
chart that will show us the way to tihe por1t we
wish to find. Let my fioot once more ttouth'terra
firma1, and you ma1y write cravenl against inmy nlame~
if (lit t lauglhingl vixen slips hetr cable bere my
ey es, and shoots into the winSll ey e agailln lik'-e a
flyinjg-fish chased by a dotlphin. Mtr. (tGrifith, wei
t1must have the chlaplai n with us to the shoie."
iThe madness of love is driving you into t)he
errors of the soldtier. Would you lie-by to hear
slermtl0ons, with a flying:c partty lile ours?"
Nay, nay, Nwe must lay-to for nothing that is
not unavoidable; )but there are so many tackfs int
such a chase, w'hen one thas time: to bre)athe, that vwe.
might as xvell spend our) leisture inl getting that fellow to splice lus together. li-e has a handttdy way
with a jtiayer-boork, and could (tt the job as we'll
as a bishop|, and I should like to b)e able to say.,y
that this is the last tilmte these two saucy names,.
which are wrxtitten at the bt)tom of this lette: r, should
ever be seetn?' sailin::; in' lhm (f.l,,t l'ay of 4eat.lh othe{v."p