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

hilloxt had {lt tt>xotl wthe vesscl iltt a. Ipotsitifln whiht,
~n,t-1)1 n'iastutr { j)protc.ted ht'r decks fit)un the
violtctt: e of those that sUtec( (ededt it.
G' (f:o, J1t boyS, 8,," sti(ld Bart nstable as the
timotment of drttteadfid uncertainty sd passed; " 3ou
htave still the whale-boat, and s& el at least, xwill
take yout) nigh the shore. l ( o into her ty v boys.
(niod bless yOU. ll od blfess yo) all1! you httave
)beet itfitll and honest fit:loxxs, and I believe
lie will not yt deselrt you; g0 int [ftiends, Nwhile
tlere is a lultl.t
The seamen threw themnselvest in a m8ass itn-to
thle lit.dt vessel, which nearly sunkt under the
unusual bt bu bthel ut wh\en they 0(ooked1 arotnd
tihemt, Barnstable and AMerryt l)illon anf {the
teokswaint were yet to be seen on the decks oft
the, A.riel. The formter was pacin:, in deep, and
ipelirhaps bitt. er melancholy i the \wet p)lantks of the
sehooner whx ile the boy htng, un}tteeded, on his'an1 uittel-in, disref"arded petitions to Ilsi (Ce'or
imt, tittet$3 deseri'S; } t: ts tif lo his em-zlfr
nandetr, to desert the wreck. I)illon anpp oac.hedd
ttthe side where tle b(oat lay a:gain and aT ainl tbt
tihe threatening o ontentance s of the s.eaimen as
often drove him btack in tdespair. Tom had seat e(l
him.self on the heel of' the bowsttprit, where ihe
continitued, in atn attitude of q(liett resignatio(n,
re'tintmn")'g nlo ofthter answetrs to the Ioud and repeatted ealls of his. shlipmates, tihan by waving his
hand toward t he Shore.
" Now leatr urnl'" said the boy, utl ging lis re
quest, to tearst'; " if' not for my sake, )tor fbt' your
own saktse,, Mr. tarstable~, Or fi'r tIe }o)pes of
C(od's mercty, go into the boat, fit) the love of my
eousitn Katherine."
lThe young lieuteitan t pat- sed in his ttroublted
walk, and fbir a lmomet bie east,a t-lhtne of hesi.
tatttion a t thte elhifst l b!t, at t te nextt instlant, t i5 i