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

Tl.ml PILOT. Il l
seeking' the cavities of tlhe ocean, and agSain, to be
ridingt in tOhe ('louds, as she passed fiomn one vessel
to tlhe other.
At tlentit it was announced that the cutter wtas
toady to receive tte olcficrs of the party. The
pilot w alked aside, and held private discourse, fi:t
a fekw momenlts, with th:e cot)lande. r, who listened to his sentences w\ith )tmarlked and Sitnltlar at(ention. When their c()onfet'rence vwas ended, the
veteran bared his g trey ltt ad to the blasts and offiere diis lihand to the otherl, with a seamantls i'ank.
n-ess, mingrled with tle deference of an inficrio
The c)omplimen'(tt was cottrteously returned by the
refcted tile attention of this ho o awaitcd h}is
m1ovenientst, by a siHmniifican't re.st.urt to tie "'an,Wvay.
"C (om e, e)In)tlen t t tl s go,'':ait ( riffdt
start(ing' li(lt a t eL-1iLl iind bowing his lhasty cotlt
phint.ttents to his }Il:.t}trr it in arms.
When i tittl'tared that shisnp superiors vwe're read,:
to enter. the }oat-, tie }.boy, whbo, by nautical courtesy,,,as styled M'r. \l cvrry, arnd Nwho had been
ordetfre to h in iadtimness spi'ang over tim side
of tite fri(iatc, a.ld td.illded( into thie eutter, with the
tctivitiy oti stiquirrel, But the captain of marlittntS
pauiscd arid Last a meaining glance at thle Ptilot,
iv hose plat. itx was to prcede hint.'Tl'}Ie strangertt,
as h1w 111t.,Wc; oilr the deck, evas xamiiiinr, the
aspett of th It:avetns, and seeme d utnctnscious ot(
ht:{ expc\ ta{tio)ns (.of the soldier, wvhlon g ave vent to
his imp itlati Lfter a e i noinciit's d.btention, by sayAt ou se}I bty th} e ound oft his name the 1pilot
SaStla'tc(l his quick eye on the speaker, but instead,A', adtvancitig, hit gtt ently bent his botdy, as ihe again