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

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The ltad did not reI>ly, but a seeondt burst of
metrrimentet stucce.eded, of a lisveliness andl duration
tquite equal to the ftrmeir.
"I t\ow's thits!" exclaimted tIte colonel; "pertit mtc to sayt Miss Plowden, your mirth is very
xtt'aordi{taty.: I trust no disrespect has been offtrctd to my kins;an? MAt. Grifllith, our terms ate,
that thle exchtattge shall only be made. oin cmndition
thlat equally good treatment has been extended to
the palties!"
I f AMr. I)illon can complain of tio grefater evil
than t-fat of being laughed at by AMiss Plowtdenl sirtl
lie t has reasont to call himself a happy fellov."
I iknow not, sitr; aod tforbid that I shouldI fir
get vvwhat is due to ilmy gutests, gentlemel:w. —btut ye
arve e ntered m, y d wtling as foes to my prince.
But not to C(olonel H -oward sir."
I" know no dliflerencef, Mrt. Griffith, King
Geortge or Colonel lHowvardt' ^(l.t i Colonel al Hwlrd or
King George. O(ur feelinrs, our fortutnes, and
our ate, is as one; with the mightyodds that Providence has established between the trilncc and his
people! I wish no other fi'tlune, than to share, at
an humble (istance, the weal or w0 of my sovereign!"
c You ate not called Upton, teat' sit' to 1lo either,
by the thloughtlessness of uis ladies," said (ecilia,
rising; " but heres COmes one who shoult turtt otur
thoutglhts to a mote itnportant stl)ject.. tour dress."
Politeness induced Col(:onel H-loward1, w1ho bothl
loved and resplectedt his niece, to d(cler hiiss tremarks to another tite; and Katherilne, sprin)gitng
fio0t Iher ch'itrl with childish eagerness, flew to
the side of' her cousin, wh o w\as directin a
servant that hadt ai otunltced the arrival of one
o f those erratic ve-n'ecrs of small articles, who:U)Jpply, itn remote tlditructs of the coulltry, tihe pl) ta