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

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fellows' names better tha l I (to, Kit; but nlamile
the cloer'est t'eltow that everi' lived in Grc orttt
tome, and I shall say ihe is a dunce, comtnIpare(l to
you.'l.twas a real Spartan trick, )toth} simllte and
honest."
It vwas sextremely fo)rtunate for )itlon, thlat thl\tanimiation of his awed itlinsmat keplt his head an
)bot(y in s uchl constantt iotio, dluriing this atpos
ti)oj)hce s t intclrept the aim that the cocksw\aint was delitberately taliting at lis hecad. withA
one of I.toi'poullicliths pistols; and petlraps the
sense of shamle which induced hlii to sink h.is face
0on his tanlds was another mneans of sa-Kvin",' his lf1'e
by giving tthe inlignant ol( seaeala timel ftor fr.
fleetioi.t
(. 1But yout have not sp)okel of the l.adiles," Said
l)iltt, aftert a tlmomt nt's pause; I should hopl)e
they have bo)trne tlhe alarm.oft tihe dtay flike kiils.
\)women of the flamily of i tow-ard.l''1Ihe colonel t-lanced his eyes around hitm, as if to
assure himsctlf they were alone, and tl)droppe1d li'
voice, as lhe tantswered rc..
" Alt, Kit they have come to, sinlee this rebel
scoundrelll e 1 (riiifithl, as been b.)rotvtht. into tho
Ab.bey; we w'e r favtou'ted with the complany o
even MXiss It{owardl in tie dinini ot m, to-day
htl'ere was 1a good deal of' dlear unElcingr,' andt
f tears that my fii fe might be exposed by the quatrels antd skirmishes of th!ese desperadoes xwho
have landed;' a- if an oMld f ellow, who served
through the whole war, from'5ti to'63, was af'raid
to let htis ntose smell gunpowderl any more than if
it \Twere st.1iiff?.Bit it will be a hard mattaer to
wheedle tian old soltier out of his allegiance ThIlis
Griflith goes to the'Tower, at least, Mr:t1. D)ilon."
"It would be advisable to commit htis pertson'to
lte civil authority, without delay."