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

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e:Cimbe,;' I have known many a sad wi'rel( amonwgc
tlhe hit{de i shoals, and whlen tihe wind h as blowri
but a elitt. Jle.ete- etJ ro )ared to last night's telts)ei
t'Ilc wvars) at l the unt eri'ainties of tthe times togethNer wiih lnan's own wicked passions, have made
tgroeat havoct w\ith thtose wvhmo knew wVell the w\itnds
ni-s of (tle channels atnonto the " Riopples?.' Soe 0nic
tlere wete wo t e }t cl uld (111 )ass, as I have oftten hetard,
w ift(Inn a i'earful d(istancfe of the' I )evil's (:l rip,,
the darkest night thoat ever shadowed I.inglatd
html tallt are no'.::nt:( of that daring set either by
the hand ottf l<att} or, Nwhat is even as Iourhltit
by unnulaturttal banishiment:t ftrow- the land of theirl fi-'' this, x'amr has lthen l)trobably tldrawn oil nost of
th:emt foi) r(')tr tOfreeolte(ctionts must be quite rcecnt.
tiss A ice,' staid tlhe veterant; a as many of th}ie
wvere envga:ged inI the business of robbing hii ifajest's re, etO tm } ecountr y is in sonme meast.J ure
quitetd for their tt'rmer deptredations, b'y their prel
sncnt stervices and at the same t~ime it is ha.ppily
ridlof their presene.e. Ait h madam, ourts is a glo.
rious constitution, welre thin),gs are so nicely' }h)al:ntte(ed that, as in the phylsical orgaitization of a
heallIy, vigorous ntian, tlie baseri' patts are p urilted
in the eourse of things, by its own11 wholesome
struggles."'The! pale features of Alice D)unscombe became
slightly tinged wivith red as the oolonel proceeded,
nori (did thl.e fatint glowt entirely lefave lher )allid
fice, unmtil she had saidl........
"'l'ere mighplt have been somre vwhio knew not
htmow to respect the law'ts of thlte land, for suienh are
never w(anting; bitt there w'cre others, w'ho, howoever gui:ilty they e igIht be in many resplcts, need
not ch}arfige themselves with that me an crime, and
yet \who cotuld find the passages that lie hid firotl