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

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ttent w\ith tit.reattthl's:; tanxietv; tr' 011 atttn enitnt tuce
chat t( olfIet:l coIt ) ( ltlllt l1ed tle \waters to o;'ite
stantl.(., 1 s atlt Ist butt Irudie hbattery II thad 11t:1l (t.0I {:ti..
ior thl purposoit e of protccti,; tletiartlottl agvaminstt
thie tdelrct dations1 atnd intsults of t 1e. sm1allet'r v('s.
sels of tiho (le;1ne'; and a 1 1ard of sul fii(Cfti tit'rce
to aitntta. tih two h'heavy gluns it eontaifetd, V ias
Itna fiillailcnd in the wor at I l1 tiie51s. I -!.t; wm s i,forantlt }row fiarl his stratat2ret had lati ei s1 uct01,1ssfi, i
t)f'-'l it WatSn ostlyl'wllden I h.e101 thea l ilutte(. t.riwl. j.it th)e
A. atr ityx's c(;'v ass, t18 st1e itl).on it.te t ti) t lhe hrie/{,
}ie t.ftt t tlnlt heo waIt'l s \A t S(e(1tit(,:.
~'Tlxvwill l eat; the fi ntisllitlenS' ('aris.,' Saitd
thle bol-v M:it'r.r', whO stod tt. t t ie fit'recaltl. Of
tlxe s'chI oit. 1'> blN t Ie sidIe otf }t is (oiIlIa nditeOfl'.
list~.ttenil. with brtei..athtless intterest to dt}e stou tI s,
" ) he' sett a i scn int., { onm the' Jilptoi f as tfhe.tt tu we\ t
(hl )t, 1ttndt if' he is a trifle hett'er than at dead manl ~
1' ta marine *aslcc, Ile xvill suspelt souitthlit is: v.i."Vet(.1'' retiur t''d lf-f arl stallIt, vith a lon(t g
breathxt > that t1ant{ott1ed0 atll hlis pl)rtel'st11iost l0 wel"tl't
t (tflovTed; " ie wvill be mole tlikcl to beltieve it:t
itt,1ttaid t flitEin'o l{erself this 0 01ool (vt li11', th lat
to st:lmc et bthe\ real aic'.t t. What say ytou, M ste
(:t'i t? n l vill (it soldiet r smell the i- 1 trl t1'''e't ^ 8 sa 1 trlle t d I I 1 a e llC eli c l-s o' i I I
tats t it) his etyes oVOt t lis siolt ll tti's, to a se.e l ert
t}atti 110*t1e of' th} eir' owtxi a i)Itt't n Itfi 1t R was ttt.'
hitn; "' milo thetmr e; xas t(' 11 sa1gtt i} it olt otl..:.ilt It
thttste fti+ t0 oears,'-aiiitail e(1, (1(e itn Itht f>te t. v til')(1~s of' whvlat (VorI'' titt'al, Wtho ttas OX0l' dlo iihetl}
(':;otf l: 10), hI nows 1 ito hle ti'e, that tIhere vas,)c
"Ma)r lix's;':i tto be > fidien ill witl) it) ffthelt 1S%'~ 3.1
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