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

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w\ls fired tltroutll thle clotud which l{ conetalet
ntnanme of the vaul\t, and Ihe follow)ed thC ladn Itfil
nleCssengeri, * trailijng a bhalf-pik e, and ( t hilunt to h is
~ Come on! iOllow, my lads; they are nothing
but soldiers,"
itven while ie stpokc, the ardent young seaman
was rush!ig in t) the niarrow r)aa g1 e hut a
taintl tle ojl) sp>acbe, his foot stluck tie wvritlinig
hody of tile victitt of his shot, andt h was \it )titi}
tated hteadlong into a (groiti of arntettd men.
"'ir Mtan ulalt.tl firoe P) shouted thlet inftutritcd
prisoettrt; " ire, while tyou have t bheni in aX clus" Ay, fire, M7r. Manlual,'' sai' fBorrou.gl ciehd.,
witnl gretat coolness, and shoot to)lur own\ o Ihci(C: r;
hold himn up), )oS, S1 )0l hinll up).- front; tle saiest p)laee is, ighel. st to h}im.'
i itc!" rep(eatedl (:;rifit th l making dlesperate
efiorts to release himrselt fi'ro tle g'rasp) live or
six. men; 1 fire, tand d(isregarid mt e.
If' he (o, hle (leserves to bc fttng,le said ofrroutlt.htelifi;; " such fine itfel)ws are not sutfiiei nrll y
plenty t(o ft shtot at like wild beasts i chatins.
ltake hin from bletore the mouth of dfr: vault,
b1toy aindtt sptread yoursel-.ves to your dluty."
At tle tirrie (-rifith issttt( from th' e tltovcit, Manutal wtas tmechanicalt y eml):tt loed il) plac ing lhis
itell in order1, and the marines, accustomed to do
every tlin g inll conccrt and array, lost ithIe imoinent
to adva1iwe.'.I'he soldiers of.orroug t"li1cliffl>t 1{t.n1adc:dt their 1mltuskets, and Jt l i l h1ack eltinld (tiit'rcu.t portions of the wall, -whtere they coutld cromn
mnamf'ihe entlralee to the vault with) ttheir' firet
wt3 I t hout munch exposure to t h:t sCl V'. I' f his
dispoisition Nwas \ co(o1y recolnnoitred.( by b. tanual intl lrs'll, esolthrought soe0110 of the crevices in