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

g;eancAtt of art (o'eIndedl Ptrovidence has alreadly
reached tlitem.'Ilios wtho knowt the i(toast well,
tell ite that withoutt a better ptiloht that an 1enelmy
would bt likely to frtocurie, it wtouldt l) iln1)ossible
tfl any vess (el to escape tile sh1ocals ti0not:,g which
they entered, on a a trkl tight, and withl an tadvercs
ga.le; the morning ha01 s arrived, and they are not
t(o) l}i Seenl!)
" But be t:ey friienlds or be they enemiets, sir,"
eontinntd( i)illon), 1respectfutlly, " there is mulchl
r(e.ason) to think that we have now in the Abl:bey
those:who canl tell its somethinl of their true chaeraetel; for the. men Nwe hav, e detained carty. wi(} th
liemn lthe appearance of harving just landed, and
weatr not only the tlress but the air of secatnen."
"' Of seamen i,! echoed K!atherine, a d(eadly
1paeileess elhas.isnlg f1rom her chec.ks the bloomt which
indi'gnatioit had heighte(ned,' Of sciaineMn, Miss Plowxexdn,'' iepeated Dillon,
with,-atlignanlt satisltactionl but conceali.gt it tn1rn
dert' an air of' sul.missit'te respect.,
"' I t}llank you,, Sirf ior so genftltC a telrm," ieplied the yotlng lady, recollecting herselt' and recovetrinll hetl ptes.nce of mind in tte same ii-:anttt; the imtagination of.Mr. i)illmon is so apt to
conttjue thie worst, that ihe is entitled to o ti' p1'aise
t'tr so fattr hulnouring oumr'weaktness( as not to
aliarmtl ts with tdle at)pre}ttns'ions of' t beit etitng pt.
"Nay, naltdam1l, thley laitay Vyet Jdesetve tfha,
nant e,' returtned thfle Othc, coolly; buit my cdul,
",.ation hast instrnucted mnl to lheatt tlhe testimonlly be-.totre I lronUmlc. e sentene."'
"A. il! that the hoy has tundt in his Coke ul)on
I.ittletont,'" eric(i the colonel; " the lat\ is a salu,
taty' cort'ec.tive to hluman infi'lnities, MNliss Alice,
and among othel things8 it teaclhes patience t0a