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

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tiMn's (lischllarcs,nl ndI farnstahe and his comnpa.
tniots ilad tilc pleasttore of scmriig tthe A riel st retch
in,' sloxvly out of the little hay where she htad
Mtssed the iht h wi t the smoke of the "uno1 of del
antme curlingv; above her taper mnasts.
A,. loud anitd simultaneous shout of rapturte Nwas
iivenO tby the lieutenant and atll h is loat's-crew,
it tl is chl.eerinfg sigtht, while the cutter took it)n all
her light sails, and, is slte hauled ttp on a wvinrt,
she lired a whole broadside at the sucessfiul ftgi.
tives. "tlany S tands o tgrape, with several round
shot, flevw by the boat, and fell tupo \.he water,
i(.eat thelm, raising a cloht of t bam,.)but without
-doilln.g any irnj riy.
She (lies in a flurry,'' said Tom, casting his
eyXes at: the littlc vortex it:o whiclht b(oe ioatsl t:.as
then tering.: If Iter contmander le a true man,'" cried laritstable he'll not leave us ont so shot an acquaiiitartce. CGive way, nmy souls! give way! I would
see 11more of this loquaciou.s cruiser.?
Thle temptation fr exertion nwas great, and it
\\was not dlisregairded by the tr-en; in a few mtinutes
the whaleotttt at retac}ed the schooner, when tlhe
crewt of thle latter received their con1:mander ant
hlis cotmpanions wfith shouts iand cheers that runl
across the waters, and reached tle ears of the dlis
-Al))olntedt spectators onl the verge of tlhe cliftls