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

wht ol framte was held int anl attitude of absorbeIt
attention.'hlhe rays of the setting sutint11 biriht
l:on lher dark glances, which scimnled fasteiend oin
somle distant oect, and gave an adtlditional g0low
to the mantling colour thatt w.as slowly stealintg,
across her cheeks, to her temples. Stuch a sudden
alte ration in the umanner anvd appearance of her
lcompan'iotn h(adI not failedttl to catch the attention of
(Cecilia, who, inl conlsequentlee, intterruptldt herself
tby the agitated qulestion we have related. Kathe.tittne slowly beckoned he companion t to 1tert side,
and, pointing in the dlirection of the Twood that lav
in view, she lsaid —
W See yon tower, in the ruin.! l)o you observe
ims4e small spots of pin;k and yellow that arte lutteiling above its w\alls?'
"'I ( 1o. Ihey are tihe 1lingelting r'emnants of tile
6f)'oiage of some; tree; lt they want they a iviid tints
Which grace the antuitm of our own detar Amnerica t!"
{ One is the work of (Cod, and. the other'has
tlinen prodttteed by the art of nmanl. Cecilia, tlhose
atie no leaves, but they are my ownl childish sigIals, antd withotlt doulbt 3artlnstable himself is oni
tIIhat:ru imd tower. Merry cannot, wvill not, betray
My litfe should tbe t a ledge for the honomur of'
ot11 littl e cousin," said Cecilia. " liut you have the
telescopeo of my lunle at hiand, ready for sell an
event! one look throutrh it will ascertain the
I t I It } } >: ) A
Katherine slpratng to thile spot where the instru'
ment stoodt a(nd with eag| er hands she prep ar (:it
for the necessary observation.
" It. is hfe!" she cried the instant her eye was p)ut
to tite glass. "I evenl see htis head above the stones.
[low untthinking to e-xpose himself so unneeessaii