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

ItE PI.'. P t 10T2 it
time, heC kteeps his w\atch in another Nworld, thouiwl1
It goes belowt it tlis. But to see \xwoodi alnd il)1r,
tlat has tbeen put together ater' st'uch moultt( as
the Artkiel's, o. into strange hands, is a blow that a
man inlay retticnttnle)r' tlontg after' the pulser's hotoks
have l)een squared against his name for ever
would rlat hert that tw enty shot should strike my
old( careass, than one should titll the sehom el(t
tlatt didn't p)ass out ab)ove ther water-line."
IBorroutheiliftle reptlietd, somnewhat carelesslyt' I itv l) 1e ittstake, Ittfi' all1; andt instead of
puttin"g anyt of you to death, they tmay ptlace yctu
all ot}n b1t1ar1 the prison-ships, whter you imay
yeti have a ierrt'y tiit e of it., these ten or- fifteen
years to coie').")
" l\ow\s that, shlilpmatel!' cried the cockstuain,
with a sta.rt i;a prison-shil), dt'y sd t ay you tti v
tell them:..t they cean sa:(.. the expense of one t na's
rations, tby b}atngitnginl,, if they plcase i andt th}at is
old To mn C(ofhll.
Th elre it.s i no ) 1a.nsw1eringz ltou th Teir ca ) ric e: today, they nay t order a dozen of' yo to 1e shot li:t
rebelIs; toi —nor.'ow they may ectoos-e to consider (out
as prisoners of war, and send you to the:hulks for
a dozen y'etstt."'ell them, brothl er that I ('l a rebel, w.ill ye,
and y'll ielt'emr no lie...... -one that has f'ou't then
since,anlly's tirne, in Boston bay, t this hour.
I (op':. th}e boy will bIlowx hert up t it would be the
death of 1)or 1 Richlard Barnstable to see het in
tlhe halnds of the /;,glislh i''f It know of one way," said 4i0o,rr oughelt l l
ff i.rt. to nuue, " and but one, that will certainly
avert the ftrison-ship; fbr, on second thl':,nt)t5s,
they will hardly )put you to death."
Naute it, icit t,'' ried( the cck\swain, isintt g
"Name it, fi'imS'Y