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

yc-ioLttllmn nd tno nan Iltust iliterfe'e with it1 t oys.
bult tt'tysctl''.";;''l e i'elieke is harlsh, I 11mus t observle: (iaptaitl
lorroulitcltlclif sai' d the colonel; " but I pardion
it becau se it is ntliitary..N"i, tno, Kit; these ice
poinits must be left to 1martial usages. 1B n)ot in:ptitiiet t miy cousi; I dot1 ubt t ot othe 11111o will (:cOnme,
xhllen you shall hohlt the scales of tjustiie ti(, d satisdy Y1o'r loval lon-tintts oln many ll traitor. Zound(s t
I culdt alto st tuirn eccutioner mysntl f i stucl tI
I" 1 c tn stllcb lmy itinatience, sir,' returned D)illon, wit.h h. )'pocritical nciltmekness, and great self.
conllnt\ttl t}hoilh his eyes were cleamint with
savage exulttatiott. beg pr tidont of Captain
ltorroutghl i{ iIc it, in iny vtdesire to render the' civil
authority suj(.'. rt1o to the iilitalry, I lhave tircs-,
pa.sse'd0 o1t your custolns.')
tYou sete, Borronghdcliflet!"' exclaimed the colonel, cxultin;ly, " the lad is ruled by ant instinctl
int all nmatters of' law anr jlustice. I hold it to 1be
ittinossible tthat a man tlhus endowed (cain eve'r tec(:)lc a d(ish)oyal subject. lunt our }realt Fitst waits,
andt r:. Fitzrtertald has brteat tlct his horse thIiis
co(ol mlon tt)ln)tt I; let uts pro'ceed at. Once to th( e exa- ISftin ination."
Blorrougtctllcfilc motioned to tihe s.ergeat)t to opent
the (lttdoor when tile whrlole party enteredt the'va
ciant roo'tm.
Yottur prisone8 r as escaped!t' Cried the cot0
(et, aft'r t single mlornt empIotfyed i!n making
siro' oft the fiact.
"N Cver! it must not, shall not tbe," ct'iedl Iil
Ionji qiivrting with ragwe, as he glanced his eyes
f.t rioisly tia 1( thtt e apait |inetnt; " here has tieen
ttreachty i andt ttul treason to tle kingt.
1 iy \ithom committed, Mr. Chri'stopher DiVt