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

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a stealdy dill; a thl'in" Ily sotul hias pined after for
six long months.'
Away, away " ctried (' iifii} I; " here is 11o place..
ftlbr idle Ipartades; if we find S}hellter fr'to dis0ove-'*
It;Itd eafiture until you shall be neededtl it a dteadlv slt t'utLi'.de.'t.\wil be weltt.'
MIlant It \Iwas slowly retracing hlis ste)ps to ihe
sil iirs oif the. woot(I whcn lte suddenly tIrf Iddl,te and
a s c dl..........
Shattll I post a sItl tl lpicket, a titee (e'}Mtral't:-.iA(ard, in thle open round in front, {'l d t1t kei a,:}'ain of sint.ineIs to our works 0'
WVe have noos f i..ts we wanvt t1:) s::entinelt s
t'urnted his imp'atient colmmander; Ourt':euein.-1t
ty is il)y to he itfund ilt seerete.y. JXtw;ad til.) vout
Iett(ll tlunder.l ttei to\verl of th.e trtee;s, andt let those
three h:nri, hllt statrs be yoltr landttarksls.. —--— britng tlhteini
in a ra'"le ith thl e:lortlhern c-rner of the wood-. 7
" lnonul. ll Mr. (.fltfith) interrupted.Manu.alll.;t omltllllit of t o(ops is not to be steeredi like a
shtip, 1y cotlpass, and tbearing.s tand distan es;'.
trust ime sHi' the i iarcl shall be conducted with
proper' diseietio0) though in a iflitary nttanner."
A tiy reply or expostutlationi was prevenitetd by
the sudtdetl disatppetaraett of t. h marine', whose'etreating fbottsteT5S were heard tot several 1tmoitlnts, as het mnov0ed at at deliberate pactte through
th}e undtrwvood. D)unrim this short iintc tvaI, the
t)ilott stood reclinino' a;-ains t a orner of the ruitis in)
prof)undt silence, ibut \lwhenl the sountds f'tianual's
march w.Aere no longer audible, lie'advaneed fiot)i
unlder the deeper shadtts o f t f e hw xvaIll, a aproaheatel hiis yroult iful etmnl)anmon
". We' are indebt(ed to the marine ibr ortl' eSr
capl", t he said; " 1 hope x e tare not to sudlb;r by Ihis
iolly."
lHe is what Barnstable calls a rectangular
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