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

eyes fellt onl the ruin of his vesselt anlld he alnswe
ed.... v......
Nevor, BO( Y ne)ver: it' ily itoUr 1has comflle, I
\tl nttot shl'linkti foion mly fito."
"C,isten to the lment, (let' sir; thfet )oat:ill be
swamped alongside tlhe wrec\k, and thleir cry is,
that w\\itout you tOhey w1 -ill not let her go."
Barnstable lotionled to tithe. boat, to bid the boy
enter it, atln turnettd May Iin silence.
4W N1 ell,' ait \lerry, with firmlness, "if it ibe
righlt that a.ticutcltnt sh-all stay by thie tx reek, it
1mu-ist talso be rihtlt fti' a midshipan;il sho've off;
nfittther Mr.;alrnstable nor inyset f will quit thle
Vessel."
"Boy,'yot l lifer as l been initrsted to nt)y keepmityg, and at my iands. will it be required," ssaid
his c(tmattndiMt(ter, lifting tihe strutgglit n yt't th, atndt
tossiing htim into the arms of the seamtnch. "., Away'
with ye, and ( od he with you' there is more
we'itglt int you, iwll, thant catn gfo safi.' to land.''
Still tile soalelt hesitatEed, lort t he) pt'cixetleod
the eoc.kswtlain, moving, with a steatdy tIread, along
tile (deek1, and they hopetd i(e had relenttedl, an)
vwoutld yet persut(le the lieutenant to join htis
e'w. t'Itt on, imlitating tle exaipltte of his
eom1n1ander, seized tthe latter, su(lde(nly, ill his
powerful grasp, and threw him over the Bt)lwtarkts,
with art irresistible fotrce. At the same rmoment,
hle c(ast tle fi st of the boat from the pin that 10(ld1
it, aind, liftint hfis blioad hands hight into thle taii
his voice was heard in the teml)est.
G(d(ti's will be done with tme'e" hei cried. ( I
saw the it'st timbertt of thie Ariel lai, att. shat!
live just long, enoutg;h to see it turn out of hter
bottom; after whichtl i wish to live no longer."
Btt his shilpmates were swept fthr beyondl the
soundt s of hlis voice, ler ttlf t these.S wot rds wer