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

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Trhough we are n}ot madly to etllanger thie Itves
of those. gallant fell(%ows, to gati a love-smile tro)t
on(e young beatuty, neither are vwe, to forget the
adtvantages they may have ob)tained tor us, in orderi to jprocure one oft approbation fron atotl another.'This Colonel Itoward w1i. answelr w,,ell in a biattgaintt with the minions of the Cro,ll a mta( I-)t
chlase the freedom of' some wortthy patriot Nwho is
tdeservintg of his liberty. ay, nay, st)tppress thatt
hatttggy look, and tturn tha{t proud eye on aty, a.th}er than me! he gtoes to t the frigate, sit-, and that
immncdiately'.)
"'l'len," said Cecilia Howard, timidly approaching the s0ot where her uncle stood., a disdaintfu
Nwitness of thfe dissensions amon gst his captors;
~ then tl ill XI "o vith him te shall nevetr bIe ah
resittdent halon' is I nies ttalone ":
I Xt would et, otre ie p lenuous a1 nd more \o or.
thy of my brothetr's daughter,") said her uncle,
coldly, "if site ast iewd her willitngness to depmart
to its propter motive." l)isrega.rding thle look of
de'ep{) distress withl which ( Ceeilita received this
mo rtifying rejection of Ither- tentder attientiont the
ot0 man walked tow ardt s o{rro'ughelifib, who t.as
tnawiln the hilt of his sword, ix' very vexation at
the downltlt of his high-raised hopes, and plac ing
hirmselff by his side, with an air of infinitely digni..
fled subimission, lie contilued, " act )youtr peasure.(
on us, gentle ten: you ar te the conquerors, aind
wte nmnst evel: submtit. A- brave man knowt s as
well hott to yield wtitt decorum, as to tdefe:nd himself stoutly, when he is not srltprised, as weC have.
been. But if an opportunity' should ever ofnfer!- -
Act your pleasures, gtentlemen; no two Ilambs
were ever half' so rmeek as, Captain B1orrougheliflei
ai d mysel f.
IXThe smile of afteted.l bu)tt. bitter' resignatil'on, tat