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

nual folhtowed the dir(il (tiol of hi e ( ct. a tnd
wtattch:ed t he (ext'pression ofi Ins teotitfena.4cettt \with
inwvardl exulat ati, lbut he had the Itrhl.araiee Io
iaw1ai t 11is rcj)ly hefoirel hl ma niti'istel;d his feeis tits
" X ki:ow them to Ie true itenfci saitd l(rifith
"when nee('d, but-. —T.hark-! wh at says 1he U'
" Whlo goes there.s what B0oise' is tthalt ) t~peatted tlhe sentinel Nwho was p)laced at. thie entr anct
of the tvault.
Manatlttt antdt (ritfCtith sprang:; at thet same ]instantt
froxt thelir plaeett s of rest, and stood, unwiltling to
-e reate the s;lghtest sount(ls) lilstenit witht thle tSmotsl
ititense. tnxiet. y to c.atch tle nlext inlications of the
cause oft ttei' guardiantl' alarm. A. short stillness, lik(e that otf (deIatht succeededt durin" whichl
(Critil th whtisltred'.tt.
""'''its th'e pilot; his hourn has been long p assed. (91''l he words (we're har tdly sl)pokein whole t the (las}hilng of steel i rn fiecl and sudden e'ontei'.t was
*he..ar, a(nd at tihe next. instantl the bod)y of the setntinc, fIll ht leavily alon,' }( the stlone steps that led to
t opn. airc, and rolled Iificlessly to thleir f'et, with
the lhayon'et tthat had causedl his death, pro.) jeetli'n';
fi-om a d(ee}) wound in his breast.;A.way, away } i sleepiers away!' shouted ('.;it.
fith.
"'1 o alris i ctriett Manuall in a voice of thuii'The alatrand iariincs, sudde-nly arolused friont
their slumbers at these fhnrillinw eoies snrang1 oil
their flret. in a eonlftiseld (uster, and at that fI"tal;nem:11nent a body of living fire (dlarted into the vault.
w-hitehl. 1'e-echoed with t'he reports of twenty itus
kets. l'te upro ar, the smoke, and tile groat-ns
wvtich eseaped f'rom many of his Piaty, could
ni't restriu (irifitit h anothe(t instant; his pistol