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

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tiglitening abttbout his throat, like a vice, and, as tile
tarm slowlyr ontraeted, his body was drawn, by a
p)owe\l that it \vwas in vain to resist, c(lose to tinat: of
the c(ockswaitn, who> wlen thleir ftaces weir'e within
a foot of eacht otherl ('ave vent to his emo-tions in'oids: s
". A ieSSatel, )efore a shipmatet a shilpmateS
) befhre a s traier; at s t aner, bef r e a dor.g }.. d bu.)ut
a (l:og tefoi'ret a soldiet!r'.As'om conteludc Is nerlvous arm was suddenly extendled to t tb ultmost, thle fingerls relitl(juishing the-ir grast)p at the same timet and, when)
Borroiltghelifie rxeoveuire hifs disolrtldered ficult. ies.
he fountd himself ill a d(istalt coltrner of the apart -
mtent, prostrate tamong a (onfti':setdl pite of chairs,
tables, and wearingt alpplarel. In en(leavot ring
to rise friomt this h}umble )posture, tthe hand of the
captAin fiell on tthe hilt of his sword, twhicl had
been iincluded in the: confuised( assemblage of arti.
cle p.t)trodluced by Itis o)v(rthrow'.
Ha 1otw nowl, coutndrel! hlie cried, barin the
glitteriiig weapont, antd springing- on his feet;. you
Imust tbe taulght your (listantce, I )perceiive."
The cockswain seized the htarpoon whic ii anei agtainst the wall, andl drot ped its blarbted (xtretnity withtin a iot of the breast of his assailant, with an exp'rcssiot of' the eye that denoted
the langer of )ta ie it'e' at)pr'oael. Tle cp:tta)i.,
howevert ante(l nol fbr courage, and, stung to
thie quick by the insult lie lhad re teived', hle madet(t
a desperate parryt and atf eittepd to pass Awithin
thel point of the novel \ je1 a i( tof his adversary.'.'lhe sliglit shock xv,'a:t followed by a sweeping)1
whirl ot the hliarpoot; and Ilo.ttroughlielifeit tf)un
himtszelf without atms, completely at dthe mtercy of
i tis foeC. lhe bloody iitentions of Tom vanlislhed witht his success; for, laying aside his wca,