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

452 1t PILOT.
as if with) sudden t ecollection; antl thle lwingi
low, hle returned ttle weapon to its sealtl)ard But
Barn.nstablle still encircled the vwaist of his m)istrstss
with ote at-fi, while with, the other lie brandishled
his hatltnr Indtt laurtghed witsttd seo)twl t this extraorf
dinary assuitmption of authority.
And \who is this!" he cried, " who (late gi\ve
sttC}i an O)l't)oF to I't10e P)'
T1he eyes of the Pilot tlas}ed wittt a terrible fire,'
vlhilce xa tietee glow seemed to b)e ereepin:tg over his
Iwhole ft'anie, fwhich actuatllty qtnuiveted 1 with puassion. Buf tt, uppressing this exhibition tof his feetlings, by a s( dden and powerful effiort, he alnswmered,
itl an emphatic...................
On ()le who haq'a rigtt to order, and who will h.e
Ob)teyed'
lThe cxtraordinary m-anner of the speaker contributed As tmuchl as lis singular assertion to induce fiarnstiable, in his suir'prise, to lower tlt.e point
of his wt eapon, wlitht an air that migprht eatsily thave
been mistlaken for subltission. The Pilot faisttened
his glowing etyes 0o1 ltitim, lirt an instant, and then
turtnin tt, t te rest of tlhe listeners), he continued.
I It is true that e camte not here as maraudt(ers,
and that our wish is, tdo no ( untcessat y ar nets of
severity to tho agerl and the helpless. ]But. this
officer of thle' Crown, tand this tirant A1tfCmerican( iIn
tlarticttlar, are fatirly otur l)risotet; as such, they
must )e otlductel onl boatrd ttur ship."
Bult lte main object of our expedition tt' said
Cmh- thif. lth
"''is lost,'' returned the Pil:otI, hastily "'is
sacrificed to more privatte t feelintt s; tis like a thundr-ed othters, ended int dis.appoin(tt entl, and is ftrgottent sir, fir evet'. Butt tlhe int:et'erests fit the epublics tmus not tbe neg!lectedl Mi. Grif ithl.- -*