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

siosf)stifility Oil ytt' yotyunl Shoilderst; wattch t:111t
battery as closely as, if'ytl i were\ at the ttast-h>lad.of yotr- firigate, on)l t he look-out ttbr an eniemry; the
instant you sec lights ovinoxin.l1 i n it, cu'tt:, antld run
ittlo tli: ofnillts; you \i ll ntlind JIe sotIlewitere uttder
the Wlls nitli's ( ontt'y Sill statd off' and ont keepifng the
Abhcty in sihth, ltlt yi l ou fillt in \with us."
Merry.av c an attenitive eat' to thsec andl divers
ottflltt,' sot!ilt injunliioitnls thatt lte re't(ivetd fron }his
C.o1,itin}Iat'der) \wto Iavtlixting sent the otlfier ntext Ito
litnseltf in atttori:y:i t:er:. of th}te )rize, (tlphe
third it] co{tmmtttld beitng ineltuded in the list of' t l{he
xouttitded,) wa comnpelled to intrtt.t his telovedf
stlof'tier' to thle vi ilaul e of a lad wh}os-! yt,.ears,
aive c tI' promtl-iise of the experiencet e andtt sk1ill th}tt het
a ctually possessed.
W\hItelln his adtllmonitory instlrutions \eri'e endettd,
larnlstabti le steppel) again to tlhe openinlg ill til
c.aiti'-lioodt, and flr att sitngle mnonlent ibefi'tre Ito
stpoke, once in:t'e (xamtt id tl* lourntenance' of' his
prisotltr withl a keen eye. D)illon had t'removt-ed
his handts f'roxm b)efote his sallow teat nT-res, ant:t as
if conscliious of the Seruttilly his looks we're to till
dergo, had t cotleiceltated thte whole exptessio n of
his fn irbiddillg, aspect in a settled ga-t, of hopleltess
stt)tissionl to hiis iate. At least, so though.dtt h~is
t'.aptrt', atnd the idea toucthed some of the filltf.e.lints ill the bosomll of tihe gi.-enerous yotung.
s'eurnait.'I )iscarding, instantly, e'v'ry tsuspicion,f }his prisoner's i' onourtt as alike uinwor'tliv of
them both, IBari'stable summtt oned him, inr a
eheetrfit voic., to the boat.'.lere was a flashlim
of tile features of'Dillon, at tlis call, which
gate ant indefli able expre'ssi:ill to his teolt tmmtl.enat.e,
ihat at ain startled thle sailor; butt it was so vetry
transient, and could so easily be rmistlaken fi:' al