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

innlc:(tltty ilnag;incd the oi sutlttrti l(i iteiitt:Iescd
Xerelt ncr,;t l the projrt'( and preparatory ste:ps: to
his amtt-missiot it-to the presel:c of Altr. ( trifith.
" t)rill'" sail t torrolhlifl':, adoit.d, " advane:tttt
aild rceive y)ou, n c th eis. h cocCtkswaint ttlurnted
qltuiCllyv, at t his sudden mandatet, anttt f tihe first
tire, pw(1tte't:itlrid that lie hl:td been followet d -into the
gatller, by the ordetrly, ad l two tiles of tie re(rits, t armed. "'take this man to the lguard
olitl, antd t.(edl hni; and see a thlat he diess not of
thirst.'
There Nwa fs not lingt alarmntt ing in this order; and''omt waNtts lotlowing the solditerst in obedietice to.ji
gesture i'rom their captain, \ihen their step)s were
atrrstet ( in the galleryt,:5 the cry of I [Halt.>'
" () trecollect'iton, })Drill, satid ltorrott glhctiitle,
in a ton(:e fi'omi whicl all dic tatorial' sounds were
barishcd, show tihe 1enttlei.tn into 11i) y own
room, and secl( him prl perly supllited.''tle orderly gave, sul.ieIh an intilmationt of his
eoimpnrehn.diig the mncaning of iis othiEc er, as the
latter was aclstomcd ttl o rective, when I orrough
clite r -strttned to his bottle, and the. eoekst'aitt
ibl towed }his guide, with an alacerity and good w\ill
tllat:we rt not a litt.leI ittncreased by the repeated
mention of' the cheer that awaited hi:m.:I tckily fotrt the imp)at.ticnee of Ton, the quar-(
tetrs of the caaptain were at ihand, and tlhe irot isn ed
entelrttaimtient by no means stlo itn liaking itT s
appetar! aince. The fornitr was tt apt anttllt that
ope )n|e'.d itioi a lesser gallery, w.hich co. mnmi. icated
withl the tprincip-)l I)assage already mlnentiont d; and
the lattetr w',as a bountifuil lint ulngarnisshc(1d supply
oft that sttaple of the lBiitish isles, cattledt roastt
lbtie tof w}tichl the kitchen of Col (onel I.ow\ard
was never wvithoutt a dc! and lo)yat provision. —
t'ht serigent, -who ce'tainly understood onle of the