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

P L:'.1-1 1: t:a Lo,: ti'
n1oticed; bu )tt- K.atherine lowden, who) vwas left ftto
a ifew mloments by herself, sat mitd lnlderedt over
whtat slie ad seen: and l mard, \itlha thoutghlttfulnt)(ss of ttmalt' r that was not usual to cr gayt atnd
unoyant s spirits. thlhc sounds of the retivring foott.
steps, how) verVV, gradually grew ftintert, and thec retun otf her 1guardian alon recalCled the recnolection
Atf tihe young ladt y to the duties of her situation.
Wh}lilc engagetItd iIn the t(, little tniecs of t(he tea-.
table, l'ath erine thti o many fiurtive glances at the
veterant; iut, althotugt Ihe'seemted to be musi1ng
thlere \was nothitng arustere oir sttsticious in l1is fr'ankl
o>iti oun)tlttenantet.t''ihltret is muc.h useltess trouble taken!) with
these wandering scantlet siE-8 sirt ld Kttttherine at
tcngth; "i t seems to be the particutlar provincc! o(t,
AM. t. Chrlistopher D)illo, to make ill that co1nt int
contact with hill c0xeessivetly u neomtlortablle.''"And whal t has lKit to (o w:ith the detention of'
the men?'' What t wvhy, thas he not ntdertaken to stand
godr.iather to to their prisons? -— by a wv(om1al's pa-t'
tieice, I tllinIk, Colonel I ltoward, this l}:t sitr. ss
vwill gain a Ipretty addition) to the iman1i of St.
I'uthl. It is.Already catled a house, an abbey, a
t;lae, andt by some a castle; let Mr'. Dill.tton have
his way for a amontht atnd it,w;ill add( gaol to the
e Kit is not to happy as to pof0sess the ftavour,t Miss'lttowdtlm blt still Kit is a worthyt) felow,
kant a good ftill)ow, andl a sensitble fellow\ ayt and
\ wha:t is 4:q' more vz alue than all these pit together,
MIiss Kathernc,, Mr. Christopher Dillon is,a fiaith-.
tihd and lotal s ubljcct to his prin1ce. His mother
twas my C ou sin-g r- an, madam, and I eannot say
how sooll I may call hin-n mily nephew.'.tlte Dilt
ols are of good Ir8ish extrac0titon ant,1 I believe that