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

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Mr. Itarnsttable has d tontie tmitter, Miss l[Toward," saidl Ktatherine, <tthekig Itler ileas thotsteps, her i liit brmti swellingt w ith pride " M.
I'at'nstable is q ually inecapable of nt1nit(dering anll
entemy it orf desertint at friend "t:" But retaliationu is neither dleeted nor called
mtol(let'.)y 1e1 1'llG aHitIXs.'l ihnlr in t x what you wfill, call it what you will,
tCtcilia I-ovtardt I;will pledge my life, that Rictha.nti Barntstthable has to answer for the bloodi of ntne
htut the open emeaneics of his Country.lt
" The misera}1le moan mtay halive ltkdlen a sacrilice to t le atnger of tlhat terrific seaman, who led
tlim henllce as a captive.!" i
" ht',at terrific seaman, Nliss IIowa,rd has a
(,heart as' tender atli s o 0tlr own. ie is.S. "' Nay, Katherinte,' interrupted C:eili"a ('i you
chide ime unkindly; let us not add to 01or1 unatvoildably mll: listery, )y suet harshi contention."d
" I do not contend w\ith you, CGecilia! I Imerely
d(lete.;nd the absent and the innocelnt firom yourt ut1n
kind susptictItons, )iY cousil"lt*
-Say, rather your sister,"5 returned Miss IlHowardl, as theit hlands involuntarily closed upon ea.ch
otherl, "f)to' we nare surely sisters! But let u s strive
to think of something less horrible. Poor, poor
I)illon! nowo t that le has met a flate so terrib le, I
can event fiancy him lexss artftul and m)oroe upright
than wet A\V( had tthouh.t himi You agtree with me,
Kat1erile, I see by your countenance, and we wvill
\twell no Ioger on the stu ject.-.Kitatherine! lmy
cousin: Kate;, wvhat see vou?:
Miss Ilowdetn, as sshe relinquisthed iher pres,
sttre of the 1handt of Ceeilia, had renewed iher rwalk
with a nmore 0 regulated step; butrt she was yet mal.imlg her first: tulln across the roo', llen hert eyes
became keenly set oni the opposite window, and hel
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