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

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ty better hands, andl it will be tlmalncss to figlht
agtt'ist such od(lds,)' Show me your strengt}li" said the Ceaptain,
thlat I ftmay take counsel vit}i Ininc honour."'
{{ Youtr h1totottr shall be appeased, my brave
soldier, for such is yotur b)earintg, though your
livery is my aversion, alnd your cause most unholy HTeave ahead, boys! but hold your htands
tor orders."'l'he part'tY of fierce-'lookingt sailors whom Bartnstattle le, on reeeiving th}is ordert rushed iito the
room in a medley; but, notwithlistanding the surly
gftlances, and sava.e'ate characters of their'dress and
equipm)ents, they sfreek 1no blow, )nor (.co mm;t itted
anyll at of hostility. T'he ladies stlunk back tptalledt, as this. terrific little band took possessiton
of' the hall; and even I1lorroughelifite was seen to
Mfitl backli:- towards a door, which 1in some mt(easure.,:8
o'0 vred his retreat.'[he confussion of this siuddeti
movemtlent 1hatd not yet subsidled, w}ten soundts of
strife: were hetard rapidly approaching firom a distantm part of the building, ad)r pretsentllyt 0:n of tthe
ntlmnrous doors of thile apartnment \Vwas violently,)topened, \eiwhen two of thte garrison of the Abbey
rtust8e(d into tihe thall, vigor0ou0sly 1p) Iessed by twice
their number of' seamen, secondled by Grilith,
AManual, and Merry, Owho w ere arlmed ~wAith sutch
weapons of offelnce as had pireselted themselves to
their hands, at theirtunexl)ecte(l liberation. There
n las a movemlctnt on the part of the seamlen, who
nalready Nwere in possession of th(e ro0om0, th at
threatened instaent death to thle fugtitives; ltt
JlBarnstable beat down their pikes with his sword,
and stet1rnly ordered them to fall back. Surprise
produ(ced the same patciie result xamongl the colnbatants; tand as the soldiers hastily sough}t a refugge
behind their own officers, and the rel.eased cap