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

liered tlicere i3y his lpreviouis diseomifiture, and box
gfrizzled loeeks dretiichd with the b)rilly.fileenWnt,
fti'o which he hlad riscnt looking lifike Neptun)e withl
his trident, NWitlltout spetttlakill, t:e poi;.-c Xthis tIar-.0oont, atd w ith a powt ertil eIfIrt, pinned the unfi:,ntunatfle int ilisthman to th(e 1mast of)' is own ve, ssetl.
" Starn aft!' cried'I'oin, by a sort of instintf,
w\hen thle blow was stt ulk; and c atcing up I t ti
Mit1sket of t}e fIllten marine, hie dealt outt terrible
ald fattal }l.)\ws Nwith its butt, on all wilto approtach-,
C(I hi'n, uttelny ldisregaardling the use of' (the ltaynet
i itS intczzle.'the un4 t rtunate comianideltt of
the Alacrityv trandished his sword with fuantict ges.tLures, while his eyes rolled in horrid wildntess,; lin nin wri ithed fior an instant in h is: p assing agot'
nis. attnd then, ats }is head dtropp)ed lifielss up(:on
his otorcd hi )east, lie ltlhung aglailstr the sp)par, a S)te:.
(ailde of: dismiay to his crew. A few of\s- the lieglishnt'ten stood citaitted to the spot inl silentt horror
at the siglht, hlt mosti t of them fled to ttieir lower
deck, or ltastented to conceal tlhemselves inl the sOcert p)arts i thte vestset, leavintg to the Amell.irican:s
the ii iuidisl)tted possession of the.Alacrity.'Iwo thitrds (f) the cutter's crew sufferted eitrt.t
in life or liti}b)s, br this short strutgglet; tr)t was
the vietoiry obtained bry Il.:?arstalde without paying
t}he price of several valuable lives.'i"he first burst
of conquest was not, however, the moment to a'f)p.reriate the sacrifiee, and loud and r:iterated
stholtls proclaimilcd exultation of the etti ofh coinqierurs. As the flush of' victor'y sutllsidedtl, however
trFec..ollection returned, and flarnstable issued such
orlders -as hutmant ity anid lis dluty rc.l t.red necessaty. fWhil~e the vessels wetre separating, ad(l the
bodies of the dead andt wotlided \wei'e rt.inoxtg,
the conquieror pXaced( the deck of his priizet, as it
lost in deep reflection. -te p)assed his htand, fre