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

.'' Icnt, sir aiid you shall b11 cot(,t\illc'ed",' re
turned(i te pliat.t h(.l'istopllr'. t do no lot wonl(ier
a.t you.r tnbt ciief; hlutt as good testinliony is the(
soull of j ustie,( I cannot resist its intflucnce. You
kt1ow, that two veissels, cotresponding in appearalite to the ttWo r(e tl Cruisers that an1noy0ed lus 50
tntucl in theifc (.arolinas, have been sLeen 01o thle c(noast
fi' setveral tdays, which induced us to i)eg tlhe pro-.t0l(1, t htt tlty succeiedint that on ttl tic }htWear
that th.ese vcssels ctamet within the s}ols)t, stcatilt l'
th}rotgh the grounds of' St. P11th0, int sailors' attirtl.
tI'ley are arrested, atl(1 it thle voice tt (t' 0t1 of tlhem,
sti, I ilmintcdiately detected that of the tiaittorI G lt
titlh, fie \vwas disguised, it is ttrue, and cunluttirttnly
so; but whent1 a man has devoted his wvhole life to
the buIsi ne ss of investig'ating truth'" ihe added, witlh
allt ir of' tmutlh lodesty, " it is dilicttult to pa:)i1
anty (listisise on his senses.( "
Cot. t otward' \was stro',13y imp)resse(d, vitt the
i)roail)ility of {thes,? Conj ectures a, id tile CloS1it'
appeal coniirt:l'.tid hit imrtlnediately itly his kilns attn's
ol)i)inio, w}ilt te orrotug cliffc listestnedt, with dee
interest, to the sleak(ers, 81and 0more than once l it
his lit i with v exatiIon. hel l)iloh eoncluded( tie
soldier exclaimed..........
I'll swear ttl re was a 11)al1 alllOlrI"' them., who
has thbeen used to tie iX drill,"
Notthingt. mnore probable, my worltlhy 1fiied1(,'
said D)illon; " for as tlhe landing was 11 ver made
iwithott so,1n evil purpose, rIely o1 it, }( c(1et'e11 not
ungutardedt or unpr'otectel. I dtare say', til t tlree
wiert all oleiitsl'S, atlt tt to of th]ltn i1 ighlt thave htel)
of the'inti s. that they' had (I ssistance is cer.
tail, and it xv'as because I felt tassured th ey had a
f'rcec sc('relt'd at hand, that I went in quest of the
t'Ci ohreeiln~enrr~ tO,"