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

,it Xclusively telvotcdl to the Scervict: otl) ir.
ladies.'Ti he'ictirnstatce of c the soldici-'s hsbem
permitted. to iinvatdc tlhis sai1ctuay, was owsvintig to
ite necessity,' ) o the paltrt of Cfltnel I io\tf.i'd ot
pla c'ing citihet r (i ttith, lanultt; or tlef tec,'titin(tl.:tlicrt:, ii e the vicinity of his w\ards, or of stubt(.cttinitg
his prisonetrs to a treatment that the vettanl would
ihave tholuglit untlwtorthy of his tlname tandt clar}}arcttcr.'l'}1is recent ct hange iln tihe qua'ters o:f' ortt t.oih.tiifi> opeit'attd doubly to the advartage. of lTom,.;L. tlesseiin g. the chance of the speedy release of
Its uitcasy eatptive, as well as bIy dimtinishit', his
towt danger. Of the formter. tircumstance h wt as)
howe\\'(cr'J, tnot atXr(l'rc; atlid tlhe consideration of thII}
fatter was ta sor't of reflectiont to whicht the cock'}-::vii'was, in no t e1 ret, attCddicted.
t'ohllwing nce(8ssariytl' te line of the walt, the:Monl tet terg, ed frionmt tile dark and narrow tl.sagc
in whitich lhe had first tbund himsclf, andl entereld,(
the princilm,1 gallery, t4h1at communicat:et d with all
t}le lower kapartments of' that intt \s Welt as
witlh the iain. body of the tdifice..An op(em
door, throtught which a strong light was tgl:aring,
at a distant end of' tlis tgallery, instantly caugst
his e ye, tandt the old seamt an had not adv anc. ed
ianytl slepls towards it, before he discovered that
he was apprtoaching tle very,'oom \xch l i haid so
untch. ex ited his curiosity, antdi by the identical
passag:e thlirou,' h which. he had ente ted thie A\b.)hey.'t'o turnt and retrace his steps, was tfie most (1))vious (ontll'se ft)' any man to tUake whtolfo t auxtios to escape; htit lthe sounds o.f }hih contviviality, bursting firomln the cheerfutl aparitmn utt among
whlicet tihe ccklswain thoughltrt he deismtitl{'islthed
tlhe na o if'il o tfifh, determined'Ton to tadv;inllCe
and recomt itxre the scene more closetl. ft'he
reader will anticipa'e that wlhen he paused in the