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

,;fley, coitinued iliere to t lsare the damnrgsC t and
lcuours of the naval' iiat.''
"A ty,'tis likce him cried thoe cotlonel, r'ub)bill;
his hlands xvitlh glee;'tis like him h! he has fo:.go<~ttcle thm lawt adth his peacefilit OCUtl)cations, at
l1e sountd"s o.f pilitariy )treafration, andl as carit l
the head of a statesntati into the hfirht, witlh the ar'
{t,1m1r and though; lessnless otf a bo
"T.thie Calciate is 5 Ita man~ of disctetO iont,' oh..
served the ealJ)tai> witht all his usual d{ryltess of
ntattuet','' andi{ wxxill douhtless rccolilct hlis o,)litations to fposterfity a{ni h]imself thou't. h}e h}be fi)um{
eut tang ledl in the m1azes of a com{hat. But I nmatr.
vel thutd hI hocs not return, fot' sonc time has now
ciapsed sit( e lthe st toItOtt('tt' s ht u eC k itet flag, s mily
owt {tti ey(e5 h1ave xvi tnex, ssed."
ot" t Yo.ill Xlardot Itte, ('t ~nttIltcmcn,' staid (G:rif
fith, advanc. int:? towmards thlt wvith itm.ontt roil;d.dJe
interest; butt I htave utnavoidaly htearid ptart of'yortt discourrse, k and (:acotrt it o xvii itink i ird it
neeCCssary to xxithhold the whole trt'ht1} firom{i a dis1artet captive; say you thdla a sholontcr has hee l{
eapturedl this mot"timt?':
It is assurttedly truite, said B:ot t, g,.hclitfh,
wxitdi a display of natutre andti d(elicacy in'is manta
t'er that tdid his iteart infintite erelit; " tbut I fbrao(tre to tell yoUt, }:cause. I thouglit yourt ow.Nvi
miisfortunes wothi h ebnotgul ftot' one titme. Mh'
(:f;iitith, this getuntleinan is C(olonel l-ovardt, tP.
whose hospitality you will be indqJted ltb,:' somej
tfavout's betot'e xV(e sepatate."
" (i thhlt! echoet d the colonle, inl tjtick reply,'Grilffith! what a silht tfor my old epy.s to xvitne.ss!. —.thef child of xvorthve, gallant, loyal tugh
G.rifith a captixe, atl ta!:ken in~ artus argain~st his
f'"'it~e! al~lttt~ Itlanc l tlal_*~lOjl Ill'Ifcinst ftIIS
prince! Yottt.t n, uaan, young man, what wotild
hii' }flttffinI Ir. w \.'xt.ld his bo:,sotn f'riind,