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

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iet cctl aner. (riffith had extended his Own arttt
in the earnestness of hlis feei:lings1 and ther'l htan(gers:i'rosseal eac}h otl('er s.' It e eiashinlr of the steel
opetrated ot both like the soo1und of the eclatriotn oon a
war-horse, and the're wvere sudlden and rapid bltows,
aitmo as rajd paniics, exchanged be twen the flasht_ig Aeapons.'.l at'IstaIIble Iarnstaa ble!" cried Katheitne,
t:shlrng into hlis arms, s) I will go with you to the
tlends of' tle car'th!'":
Cetilia ilowartd did not speal; but when ("fi
tth recoveredt his coolness, lhe beheld her beautitfi.l tota kneeli;g at his ftet, w lith br patle itace
bent imploti ngly oil hiS own disttllurbed co1n(iitiie(e.'ThIe cry of Mt iss tPlowdel had separated the eotmn
b}atants, l)etfbre an opportunity fil' shedding bloord
hadt been afilord(ed t but the yountrg Imen exthatt d
looks of licet ritesentmln ent, Inotwithstan)ltingc the
interference of thieir Attistsses. At this mon)c(nt
(:olt. THowardt' adatlne(l, and raising his nie e fi'o.nt
}her h utt})le posture, said*......: T:his is not a situation foir a cildfh oft' tarry
lHoward, though bhe knelt in the presenlce and belfore, the thtrote of herIt So('ertigll..1 ehold) itmy
(deat Ceeilia, th&6 natural constlequncnees of this i'c.
belion t t scatters discortd in their tranks; and,
by its ranitiahi levelling principles, destroys all
(distilnction of ralnk aong them selves; even these
rashi boys know not whvere obedience is due!d "
ilt is dit'e.t to ei" said the Pilot, whnto now
stopepld i'ofi'watr atnong the agitated grotp, " and
it is tile that I lenforce it. t. Griffittth, sheat
Ytotur swot(rdl And yotu, sit, who have defied( tlhe
authority of uour seniorl olfi-er, and 1Ihave foi)gotton11 the: obligtation of your oath, submit, antd ret-urn!o you tlt itty."
Grinlitht statted at the sounds of lls calm voiel