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

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ilstice ttr the( colonies, and utit h;e I an.::. of old
(?Corge HIowitrd1 in it, I ati a (tlodo if tittcre Shouldl
be a rebiel alie i,t t welvx de mitnts. ii tunnin':
stne,ily to hrot Ion I totie, "in suitIi a iIscf i
could ptrove a l{onlt in anl hang.......... han.......... y c
do thintk sir, I csuid(. h1a1(1I m; roy kinsital)to \.' (h.: )l'it
toplil' DilloniI!'
Spare lth (wtaciqute sno.h an lintiatnral ierva-.
tion, befi)orc his tim 1'' returned the aptati, wiit
a g;rave waxv(e of th(l hatnld "bel}m htld, potl..t.it
toxx'ards the, <he< ood there is a ilore befittitg silb.
jclt ltr the " xthlows! Mr. Griffitth, yotder tnan'alls:irittsl1,t out ( omrt adc f"
Tfh eyes ( of:3Cololtel io1 —Iard and G.riffitht'olIowcxd ti. he dircttiol of his fingter, aInd the latt:ir insati.t x r ec((?i i sc'd the Pilot stanling{ ii th skirts
of ih woodxt, wixit hiis arms foldedi';apparetntly surveyitt't the conidition of hiis firietds.
"'litt tralt) said ( riifhithi int otl!tfnsio)tt, aitnd
hoesitatin'g to uttct (vx ttie equivocal truth that
uto'"'istel itself; th]iniat nut does ntot (belotig io ortt
< t.Ad yet hte h ats tbeen seet in m./' Cqr oiipmanl
r ill'ltlctnJ t:l(b it'1IrCd.11tt11ttos o:otil'tnot(li et; "I< t. was
the,.o{slt;.snan int last li:tghtts xan inatio Colonl.ItoiII! uatrd l { dou}btlcss, cotttmnandIs the rcaMr "urld
of Or I Is,''
t Y i:' ti,' ol'tl,)) e. I ricd the vAeteran; ) Io)tlrny Cy
ti:iar! p'resenti fire!"
Il.k blacks(18 started a-t the sudden orders of their
muaster, of whom they stood in the deepest ax1w V
a Ind,'esw ntingr' (heir muskets, they averted toeiu
fitcos, and shutting their eyfes, obeycd the bloody
utarid ate.
h (.i}arg. e!" shouted the. Colonc, flourishincg the
anent. ti swtlord witlt whichh h:e h:ad armed hlinrtself,
ttand {:t'(':sit. fl:w-:lorv wir t x ii all the activity that a