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

288 1 1I: I PILOT.
as';'ls.tl''' (')f is)o}er o't') re sait, Si o(t tihe condt()(tiofnl
thaIt J1iC w'-attS tint( Itll?' t lr sil<'tilS aiitl tlat suitable
caite SI}lazl be takenlt- of the sick.......... be iarticult':i tio
call thenm sick.fo....... tr some lucky aecideitt may y'e!
occttur betibr thet compact is ratified, an: d I would
lnot tiave hit leatrn outl loss.'
(Grif itl, itithout waiting lfr a second biddting
hlastenlcdl to [Tlt.r hcmtelifa w.ith his int. li(en(Ac.
1" I s sil-ti-ains tr,epeatedt the sol(ier', wthen
the other hl1ad dontre; " what are t they, I pray tlee,
at 1ntldintgsp)iie! oxt ift his tquipmentts lbe no bettler
thain thintt'. town i ix w\rtt} prisoner,w thiere i lhittteh
" t a d tbItt tenl of n meltanest Jincn arlted
wiitth suitah Ialf pikes, and (Citaitan Blorrouh(.t hlfh
ith his pliartyx were put t adly strife with Iui,"'etorted (tlnlftih, he nt ight find occasion to value
l' weaporltiois itorte bighly.
1 011 tt su.h t fieray'entlemetll as yourstel f wOllt
ltave routttc liy Commalild) returned Blorrotghclfift, \witth undisturbtedt i opo )lrttl e)O. I ttre'tl (e'd
fi)r Iliy iantinks when i saw you com ing out of the
sxIoke like a blazing cortat fitor behind a ltoud
f1l( 1I shlI l neve.r think of sottersets s withlout retlrlitin; itnward thitankis to( thei iin-ventor. Bu}tt our
treaty is iladet;'let y'our comrades come forth an
pile thei' rn'lns,"
(rifftit c t omnittiu eated (the resultt to the etal)ttai
of tmarites twh en ti tl atter led the relmtnant of his
patty ou it of his suben foirtress into the o(pefln air.'fhle Imen who hid mianiiested throughout tihee
lxohh business tha t cool subordination and tiny ite.ltdi.g front, mixed w\ith thle dauntless spirit tat
to this day distintlgulisflhes the corps of whichl they
were nemblier-, fiolltowed their ctUnmatt nllder int sullen
citlnce, and stacked their arms, witlh s t$muc}h re
~nlarit}y and prelcisiont as if they had been ordere(l