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

his hand to him to retire " and you, ladies 3 this
not a place folr you, e ither."'
( Never \vilI I quit this chlil," said Katheltrine,
while such Ia horrid l i:nmputation lies on hitm.
/tlolonelt l Jowar(i, ac t yOtur pleasure on us both, for
I sut)pose you have the Iower; bu ht tis fate shall
be aty ilate."
"I'lTere is, I trust, somle miisconception in tbhis
nelattholty alh rh," saifd Jiorroughett lb,, ad vancing into tlhe centre of the agitated groupt; t and
I should hope, by caltness and mtoderation, all
may yet be explained —.youtng gentlemnan, you
have borne artt s, antd must know\ not.withstanding
youlr youtth, what it is to he int the powerl, of youtr
"Never!" returned the proud boy; " I an) a
captive fbr i the bfist timet."
" speak, sir, i rel erienee to ourt pow\ert"
t You may ord(ler me to a dungeon; or, as, i
h..ave uteretl1 the Abley in disguise, possibly to a
gibbet."'A And is that a fttte to be Imet so calmfly by o
so young P
80 y~flitttr r no f" it,
You dare not do it, Captain i30orrouglhe!ifli!),"
cried Katherine, involuntarily thtrowing an arm
around the boy, as if to shield him from Itarmt
"( yot ould blush to think of such a col(d-looded
act of vengeance, (C:tonel. I'Ioward."
" If Nwe could cSxamine the younlg man, where
the:wathtth of faeling, iwhlich these ladies exhibit:
migrht (not )be excited," said the captain, apart to
his host,t we should gain important intelligence1."
"t. Mtss Howard, and you, iss Il1owdlen," saidi
the veteran, in a manner that long habit it ad taught
his wards to respect, " your young kinsmanet is not
inl the keepling of savages, and yout can safely con.
fide, him to my custody. tam sorry that we lhave