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

280 TSHI PILOT.
ttnploycd inl the sacred cause of liberty and o).t
0toun1itry. Lead yotlr party into the ruin4 an (.l1d tle
t.ihem seek their rest.; w\e nmay Iavye work. otr tieln
with the dawn."
Evil lwas the hourl when lI qtlttted the line of
thoe tarmy, tuo plae a soldiet(:>r under the order:s Iof
tn awv\kward squad of taarry jacketsl!'' nliitttercd
Manutittal, as hle piroeeedd to Cxeeutte an order tihat
w\as (delivrcd with an air of iauthority th at ie, kit cwt
mtitst ob)eved.I. " As pretty tan ilopporttfunity 1i')
a surpri.sett anid-l a ft o(trage throwntI attw a tay, taS ct tc.r
~eros:Swd t:he path of' a pa);tiStal! i tt,:ll ltte:
rights of t1 an I'll Ihave an. etnXCrlni:ent in some
ortdert. erte, yrout sert' taje il t a corpotat l antld
three I men flr a pic k:et antd stttiao telm(:.tl iin tlhe
ski,'ts of this woodl. We sall h We a se(lttin int
advance of our pos' ition, al th}ligs sthaltl be (tlducted with somle air of diseipline.''
( rifit I heta|rd this order with gtreat intward dis.
gu't; htt as tie latiei}pated( the re'turti of) thie pilot
before thle ( tilht could arrive to Ientlde i this wealt
ex.posur of9 thteii' situation atlpparent lt fot'mhoit e
exei'eisiue i:is )power to alter the arrargiment.
Muiallihli hlad, tllfior, the satisfactit lon of feeingl
his little l)arty (uarltered as lie tl.houtlt it a mtt ileitary lmatianc:, b(hef'( lie e re tired with (t htift)h altnd
his men into one of the vxaulted apartmenits of the
tin, twhich,1 b its open tad Itroke tt doors, invi( tl
their enritranlte. IIere the marine-s displ)osed themnselves to rest, while the. txto otffier s suct.teedS d in\t
tpassijn the tedious houtrs'tvithout losingt theiti
chlara cters tor watehtfuln ss by conllVersingt; witil
each othl er, or, at whiles sufleierin" their tlhoui8:lhts
to roam in the very difli erent fields whtich fnley:
would exhibilit to mentl of' sucth liftlerint charactelrs.
ti thits tianntelt. 1), 1hoult aftti hoiot' l )tsst d, in list lessqtuiet,'or sullen exp)ectation, until t}: day t had gin.