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

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P.0 R Pedrc. eO,,lVcOe Sfi'ior: yo.u taro al-ot tlolr to palrt, altmost -. fit-a
Mat.ch do about. n;rig
"l')owxn wth your arms, you Englishmen!"( 1 said
tie daring intruder and you, who fight in tile
cause of sacred( liberty, stay your thandsl that tto
tlutnneccssarytt)10(l may lflow. Yi el yourself, prodit
Biritoln, to tile p'vel' of the'i'hiteten Rtepublics!'
"Ha!" exclaimed lort rouhct elifle, t,.rastPiug ac
pistol, wvith tan air olf great resolution the w'i1or
thickens.... I had not inctttlded thi mlan in my estimate of thenir littnberis. Is 1he Samsons that his
si1ngle arn can change the face of thiVngs so suddt n-tly! Down with your own weapoln, you mastquecrtatler or at thle r'ep)ort of this p)istol, your body
shall become a target fi l thwce>n ty u tiIet's.
Anl tline for a hutdr(dtl:'! ret.'irned the pilot.N -"v wit}hou11t there! wind youtr' call, feilow, and
1)ring iMn our numt)bers We wlAN \ l let t}his confident;renttlenman tfeel his weakness.'"
i-te had not dlone speaking, before the shrill
whistle of a botatswain rose gradually on the e-rs
Of thle listeners, until thle setse of heari~ng became
ipainfully oppressed,.by thle p ercin"g outtInds that
it'tig ttn1der the arched roof of tthe hal. and j)e te.
tratetd even to thle most distant recesses of tihe A f