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

ieMtral omplit e1I t of oMtrru,~ctI ie i. t Mniual
tooik con hittselfl tthe tas! iof- replyint-.o —-' (Constitrderitnt g the (tril l.h in.g tlthe> iman hattlS I-(Tceived
ti cond.ulft has bnt w\\ e eoll enough, sir; thotg}h a<
well-trained soldlier \oul: not oly have made )t i.
t(ners, but he would have secured th hem.l
er I tciPve, ily good comr ad, that your
hot httlt ts are rutmnn g on the exhange,'' said l:ntrroughelif':, good humnourcdly; i wNe will fill, sir,
Itn, by p)ertissiou of thoe ladiesst d, iink to a T-S)eedyC>:{
tre(:storation of righi.ts t otth parties. -l..:.Ithe statu quo:tt
ante ltlllum.l' With all mly htear:t,'' cried the col el(; "'d a
ictit atd Miss'Kathderine. will pledge the set'i:
menlit itn a woman's sip; will ye not, my I ir
war\Ts.( i...S M.r. l'ri fithI I hOtnloirl this proytl)ositiot
of youlrs, whiNch~ wvill not ot n y liberate yourself, but
restore to us my kin smen8, Mr. C hristopher )it
ithts. Kit had imagined the thinag iwela t l l. t v
roughelif*le~:!'twas- ingeiniously te o htr isv edZ butt the
tbrtutne of war interpolse itself:to his suCeess; atnd
yet: itt is a (teel) alnd inexplieable lmystery 1to meI, how.
Kit hould thave beten convteyed i froill the Abbey
wiit.h.o little noise, and without r'aising the altIarm.
Chrlistoprt is a man who tltderstalnds the
philosoptIy of silence(, as ell as t hatt of0 retoic,~" re turned lBorroughelilef, " and lmust have
tlearned in h}is legal studies, tha'it:it is somxetimes
tn ecssafry to conduct matters sub 8 sien ttio. You
smle at my ltint) AMiss EPlowden;'butt realtly
sartte I }ta:vt-v bteeoltnt all inhabitant of this Mon} o ilkish abode, my litt ie le I-lening is stitnltlated to tnow-onted ffibrts.nay you are ptletased to bei yet uimore(
metrl Iuttsed the language, because silentee is a
theme in whicth you ladies take but little ileasure."
Katherine, however, (lisregardedl tl:e slight
pique thlat Nwvas apparent in the soldiet.'s manner