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

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3idtiudte d t) mild(itd'r tones, wh\ich wmX-ir quickly conlt
verted ito his 11usual hltrk:comunlic lation, thouthtl
they still remained tiiited with a, telancholy, thatt
tiule only cou:tl ent i remly' Ie.,ove:..:.
" We have been unlucky1 Y, Mi;r. Alert. but twe
nect( not de spair-.S:;it hese tads have gootten together
abunttttdAt 0of su)plies I se; andt with otur arm s
we can easily make ourtset ves masters oft s0ome1 of
th}e nemtly's smaller-craflt, and findt tr way htack
to the f:!igate, when this gale has blown ittsteli ontt
W5e ~.must keel) 0rselv'es close, t ihough or we shallt
have the' redi-coats coIitng dtown upon us, liket so
malnly sharks arottnd a wrek. A.! God t bless
lher, ierry i the re is notW suclh a siighlt to b)e seenl on
the wh\t ole1 beach as two of hlr planks holdint g to-,
ether "
Tih 1n si upman, without advertting to this su lden allusion t tiIto their vesse, prudently ) rsud the
traim of ideas, in which his commander had start
c Tfherle is an opening into the count ry, but a
shiort listance south of us, where a brook empties
into the sea,) hxe said. d W'e mighlt find a cover
inl it, o.I in the wood hae into whihc it leads, unt
t: il t, wi h ve a surve 1 y of tfte coast or oc0ntt se ize
80.some vessel to ca ltT; itust ot ":'here would be a sat isfition in waiting till
tle mtin(rttiig vat ci, andh then carrying that: aecutrsed hbattery, ywhicIh tool off tihe hetter legr of
thel poor Ari!''> saicd the lieutenant-.:. the thing
in, tl do (:e, ho; anlti e cotuld htlold tthe work
too,:n:til" tlhet: A\lactlity:andd tile friigate draw in to.
haind!:}{* >v()11.?' )X~rit::.' i t',
"I!f you prefer~) storming works t.o: boa,:rding t vessels, there is a tbrtress of st. one, Mix M. BarnstableI
-which lie~ics (lrcetly on, our h:wnea. Ie ic se PI
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