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

38 Ttflt;t 0 f)1ft1'
tontutlof a lnan wh}o wa) s born ont the other.' idSe~
oft tIhe Atlantic.'>It i s 11ttl of little 1otiment tlere a man is t)orn,
or how lt\ e sfiptaks,'' rturned th pftilot, coldly, "st
thlat e (0does fits dittty lt:'avely, and in ttodtl iittll'.>
It wvas i)erla.ps fortunate for the:harmnoly of this
tlialogtue, that the gloom, which had now inclreased
to }ositive darkltnes, completely conce:aled the loo}k
of scorn li irony ty at trossea d t(he hantnm dsotle feiatt urcts
of hthe tyouig sailor, as hle replied.t.....(
" true, t, t so that ihe (oes his dluty, t S you
Stt i:tn good fittl. But1, as Barnstfadle observed,
you mui st know your road well to travel among
these shoals ont suet t a nigh1 t 1as this. K(now you
wihaat ttiter \re dt (lra\?
('[lis a fi'igate's diaught, and I shall elndelavotr
to keep you it for tihr htatolmns; less ttan that would
lbe (dtnlal1rous."' She's a sweet boat!" saidT (4riith; " anl mindls
tiher hel as a marine watches thle eye of his sergeant at a. drill;. ut you mtust;tive her roomt in
stays, ficr she fire-ireaeIhes, as it' she $0would put out
t11e twid's eye."r'
"}te lpilot atftndtlel, withl a Jtractised ear, to thtis
deseription (of t}e (fqtalitVics of thle ship that lie Nwas:
about to attempt extr:tating from Ian extreImely
dangterous.siituationt. Not a syllable was lost on
himl \and f (:hen iffith had (ended, he re)arke.d,
witIth the sint}ular coldlness thlat pervaded htis man1"'hat tis both a good and a bad qiuality in a natr
1ow channlct0. I fear it will be thle latter, to-night,
111en) we shall reiuite to have the shtip in letadting
strings"
" I suppose we must feel our way with the
icad " stalid (itldlitt}.
( We shall need both eyes andll leads," returned