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

gtoot tiu the.reckh'ning, of,your doin,.gs at mong imen,
afortee y5'ce )rot'tlf|tIt t) atte your at'lker and
lhear the 1o,-)ool)0 of I leaven, I would a(tvi Lie yo u
t(o ket')ep ats nlilth as possible to Captain i aristabl.)e
or m11y self."1
" \till you promiTse to save me if thle vesset is
iv, retIed \?" exclauiled 1l)itllon, catchin"g, at the tirst
t0111lts o.' fii0ttlly interest that hadt treacied his
ears ntS ilc. ha(I been releapturedtt; " () if you
willt, cani scctlure you filture ease; yes, Nwealth,
fi4 thQ re1tonailert of your days "
C',011't ron-is(es tha've betli too ill kcept ainre this,
0r1 the peace of yourt soul,' retutiettl tth(e cockt
Swaittl \:iitlhott bitternests tihouh sternlyf; tm ut
it is not i ne t to strike.' even a X h ale that is already
spoutin, bloodti
tI l(:. intertcessiotns ot I)illon rvce intertruptted
byo) a diteattlil:ety) tthat arose among the men l rwairt and which sounded with increatlsed horror.:
atid the roarings of the tempest. The schooner
rose ott the breast of' a wave at the same instant,'and, f'hllint off with her broadside to thie sea, slhe
(rovc:te ill towards the clif}s, like a bubble on the
rapids of' a c'ataract.
Ou (it' ground taekle has )atedt," said To'J'm,
with his'resigtlne patitencet of manmnr unldisturbed,
"she s}hall S die aIs easy as as)man can make ac he"r!T.
Wh'hile h1 e yet spoke, he seized the tiller, and tgave
t( tile esse. siuch a direction as would be (most
likeoly to cause her to strike the rocks witht het
boxw5s fi)fremost,
lhelre w\as, lot' onte tlomlent, ain expression of
exquisite 1anguish betrtayed in the dark counteie
latlte of tBarnstable; but, at the next, it passed
awtay, and he spok)e c -clterilxy to his men....; e steady, my lads, be calml; thetre is yet a
hOlpet of lifet ftor on..o li4ht d(rau"llt will let us
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