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

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and,ma suirgst somiethimn: advan e s. lh.e
grattltt d it iidlsAii',iiitl st Cellet d t vith the conscious
tleasursict of jl)SSc'ssnil' his co(ll ttaidh'%S COnftlideclct(e."
and il lotwed to toIc tathfini, over wIch lt arlstahle
leamciet, while hte dceliverc d t ie remainder of his
comnuiiication. "I have gathecr l friom the'bieo,,,shore-iiien who have come offl, this evenini,' to
starte at t}he vessel which the rebels have been ablt
to luild: that a p)aty of' seamten and marines hlave
ieell'i cptll:ted in aln ol r(tin lrlar (lithe Atlhey ofi St.
Rthithl, thtis verl day."l'ftlts. (, iftith!) eC'xelaint(ed the boy.' ythe hwit of your coutsin Katberine wsas )iot
iieest'wary to discover that. Now~, I have proposed
to this gentletatin witl thle Savtatttt la. face that lhe
s}otild got into i the AIbbey and nerl o tii at an ee xchainget.I wv. ill five. hrnF (.triffilth and the creaw of tthe
A lacritxy lbro \;lnal's command and the Tligers.''.i]e "'ll.:ers!" cried thle lad, With emotion'"ltave they got yl)' l'igers tomo! wo\ l(l to d (id
thiat Mr. (Cififitith }tad p:ermitted itne to tll!d)
"It was 1no }hroxes wonk the'y were ah1bout t t nd:'1m0,*mn WtaS se(arce in their hoat thtan ives\ llm'ie.
B}iit this IMr. D)illon hlas accepted my pro) ositioni
atrid has pltdgedd }himnself' that trifflith shall return
wlithin tlan hour after lie is permitted to enter the Abbcy: will jhe tredeelit hIis h }onour from the ledge?t"
i ma),t''" said Merry, niusin" a moment,
(i,' v I bttltieve het thinks the ipresence of ti'.
(:i,'iflith ltdr the samtle roof w ith Nis oward a
tingt to e te tirevented, if possible; le may ie truet
ijl this itlstance, thou}) li} e h as a hollow, look."
i1 }e has badt-look.inZl" lighlthouses i will ow:,"
said tlarristal.)le; art yet hle is a gentleman, a11(t
pr'(omlises firii';'tis llulanly to suspct limt in such
a matter, aXid I wtill havc faith Now t isten) sit'.
T'ihe'absenl cet of older headst mnust throw great reI