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

the precedint dialoguie aind as the different dt oors
had ti iscctvercld fresh1 accessio;ns to the strengllth of
the enemy, tihe nm:arine inlhuSttriously oftlredt new
fironts, until tlhe small party was }eoMpltely arranged in a holloxwv stlquaret'( that miglit have t)proved
oIr'initda)tle in a ctha'ge}, bristled -as it vwas wvitht thl
teadly pikes of' the Aritel,
f I[tere has )eelt sontle istake," saidt (iflitlh,
after glancing his eye at the lrmllidabll array of thtl,tsoldiers; I take Ple(iedenee of Mr. Batrnstatle,
andl I shall prtopose to ytou, Captain Bori Touttttclifie, termts that may rem:'tove this scene of' strife
fiorn the dwe lling of CXolonelt Howardl:" e (tIwel ling of Colonel Yl-ow"ard," criedl the
veterant. " is the dwellint r oft his ttg, or0 of tihe
meanest servant of the crowivn! so, iliorrougheli.le,
spare not the traitors oil my behailf; accept 1no
other terims than such unconditional submitssion as
is meet to eixact fi'om the rebellious subl jeets 8of thel
An ointied of the/,o 1rd."
While G:rsiffith spoke, Ba-J rnstablc folded Is a rms,
int aftfcted coiposure, atnd glanced his eyes expressively;at thle shiverina Kl(athle ine., Iho, wivth
her companions, still continu ed agitated spectators
of all that passed, clhained to the spot by their -tt)
preheitsions; but to this formtidable denunciattion
of the mastert' of the Ab)bey he deemed proper: to
rcply.........
"I NowV by every llople I have of sleeping' again
ont salt water, old gentt lettan if it. were not itr thte
ptretsence of these three trembling fermales, but I
shotuld feel tei lmpted to disputte, at onee, tihe title
af his maijesty. —you may make such a covenatnt as
t ill with MrF.: Griffith, bult if it. contain one syltable about sutit ission to your kifngl, otr oi f tni y otherl
allegiance., than that whieh 1 owe to thef Clontitmnen)tal
Congress, atd: thle'state of Mtassacltusetts, you may'