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

of the. islaot of MTiadelra, to be drunk in a bleak
cornetl'l of that of Britain. By my patltI t hut t(he
rascals bitriglten at the thougl't,. they know hy
instinctl. sir, that a shiitwrecked ainetrlalt is; lilttfl
comp)anion to a ration- of beef and a pot of po rter
tha0t: to sluch ul1nsightly things as bayonets andl
1)oar.dinglpike s!''
Triftle not unseasonably!"' exclaimdet the ittnpa)tient youngit.lg stailor. "1 You have the odds, in nurtnbers, but wlhethber it Nwill avail you mluch ix a dcadt
ty stru,ggle of hatnd to hand~, is a question you u111tst
put to y'our tr.ttttlencee se Stand not her'e to ask
terms) butt to grant thenm. You must bie brief sir,
fori the time is wastingi while we vdelatty.: I have ofei'edtt to you the means of' obtaining
in perifcetion thle enjoylment of the ththree:ost tancient oif the num etlMul'ottS faiily of the arts-e.atiitl,
(rinkingit and sleeping! What mnore do you reipixe?''ihat you order these men, who fill the pass to
the outer dtoor0, to fill back and give uTs room.
wotuld take, in tli rc, these atred men from befitre
the ey's of those who are unuse.ll to such sBltts
Betfotre you oppose theis demand, think how easily
these hlsardy fellows could make a way fi'r themll
-selves(, 1against your divided force,"
Your comtpanion, the experienced Capttain MIanual, will tell you that such at mnt-mtlvrel would be
very ilifry itwh a superior )ody in your
I have not leisure, sit', for this folly," cried:lh, indisgnant Griffith. "t)o you refuse us an unmolested rietreat fromtl the Abbey "
t.rifithl- tturned, wvit a look of extreme emotiont
to the ladies, and bckonedt to tthemltt to retirte, utnattle to give uttetance to his wishes in wtords. AU..
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