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

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sex. i ltor)tt, somellhovt to have mlsetf annllotlnce
)but thatll Borrotuttlhlitfe leads me tdeeper into l:-t'
Malttaeirt than I have been accustomned to go, since,
the ti.me wtihcn mII y poot brother tharry, with his
^ort'ly f'iend, Iugh (H l ritviih...the (1devii seize
Xl'tutg Gh.('i.itth, and all htis race ot.........our par-don, iss
Alice w —.tllhat is your business W\\ith met Mr.. I)itb I tear a me ssage firon Captain lioitroiughlt ifti.
Yot t ay lrememlbrtt b that, according to yourttt sggtestions, tthe sentinels were to t)e chlangt~ed every
nir:lt~ sitr.
"Ay! ay e plractisted hat in our cait)paigt
agailnst l:ontcatIlm;'twas necet.ssary to avoi(l the
tlmurders of their tIndians, who Nwere sure, Miss
Alice, to shoot down a man at his p)(os, if lie w\ere
plaeetd two nights runlnint int the sal )tht'ee."
c \Well, si', yottr prudent )'reeauitltini havt. e not
beent tirowvn away," Continued )Dillon, moving
ftather into tht te aipartt'mnt, las. if he I:tt hinmsrelf becoitnit a mnll)te wtelcome guest as he l)i'Octcledt
(the conse(tuences are, that w\e Iave already made
th res pr1isoiner." S
"'ruly it has beet a most politic scheme tl ex-.
claimcd Kattherine PlowNlden, with iniinite conteinapt.
"I suppose, s Mr. C. hristo)her i)Dillon appttluds it
so highly, thtit it hivas sonm-e coinmlltrnion( with tthe
law! and thlat the red(oubltal)le garrison of St. Rtuith
ar'e about to reap the hitgh glory of beincrg imost sueteessftl tthiet;f:takerts!'''The sallo-v thee, of It)illon actuinalty )eceanc livid
as hre replied, and his who'}le tatIne shook with the
tra:ge that hlf vaintlly'.tndeavoured to'suppress.
(;' There imay be a closer communion with the
law~, andi its miniisnters perlaps, than'\iss P'lowden
Ctall desire,' he saidl; " f t' rebellion seldom indsttt
favour in any Christian code."