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

insttstGit catme of his thientcttes, ie soIltht rt fu iit int
flilIOt. (O)te moment of stupid surpritseo stlteedet ld
the t'ntrtantce oft the it-r, whet n tlie east h)is luge
tait into th)e atir with a viottnece tihat threw lthe sea
attotlld 1}lir into intreasei(td conlnotion, and the1t1
distapl)earel with tlhe qtliclkncss of lightning, atlid
a elottd of iatta).
Stnub thi)!' sloitettd arnstt'salle " h told on'ottn); ie tises tfi't' aldy."
A \'y, iay1 sir rep1lied t(he composedl co0kswI(Xirt,
seizintg the line, w\tich was irunming out of th)e boat
wtith a velocity that relndered such at "a0): )tet'U
rat htter hazardous, altdt ausintg it to yield more
gradually roulnd t1he la t'g. a (togoretl tlhat \ was
plIttae. w in the t)ows of the }l)oat lt that.)Utt'ose..'"tesei tlv the lit-e stretched fr\torX lt ta ) risin g too
the) stttlfctC, t withl t'retinulotts viratioi1ns it iitdi(atetl
t)le directitot iln whiel tthe atima t mi lt tl) ex )ectetd to t're-atppteart. Iartstabt hadt cast tre.ows
of t11e boatt towtards thatt point, b1)ti:0re the ttertrified
anttd wx'ounded v( icitt iros) o n oce nio)'e to the) sur t'l..ee,
wholse tie ttWas t o8 I v'o'ei, t )o loner) t)tl Nast'ed i
his sports, but x'io c -ast t 1he waters aside.) i as ihe
1i010e04 Itis 4v44y, with 1)trligions velocity, alo-ng
the!ir surfilce.'.'be bo1at was dragged violently in
this wake, and cut tlthrouglh the billo's Xwitht a tertific rapitdity, that at mtoments, atpea'red to }uttt}y
the sliIght fidtic int the ocean. When long lot)
bieheld his victit) tihrowbing his spouts oil hight
iatan, he. pointedl wiitht etxlhtation to to 1e jettitig
fitt1ld, which tl tas streaked with the deep red of
lo)t001t, andl cried -t —---,Ay! i've touched the fellow:'s life i it must es t
Itaore thtan tw}o foot of' blubber that stops lilyt i'ront
it'otl r'ca e}tirng t11) life ttlf atty \'a tle t!ha.t e0rV(
etulled tthe tceattn
i believe, you btave saved youarsclf the tron