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

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n the purser's book, Mr.l: Merry, but that cobwe b
htiaS ttade 0eti of tlhese ttig.frt's shed tears8! 1)0
let me stay to catcl a little ink, sir, to write a
letter with to my l>or old molotherf,.levil the the littne
11Cthas she: had f'rom inCl since Ie s sailced f0rom thte
C(,hesalpeake!t
" It ye don't mind ine at once, Mri Jacek Joket,
I'll lay my cutlass over your: headt retturnled Mer x'
ry, his voice now betra:tyin g a much greater syn-t
pathy int the sufferings of that at jtCet Irace, 80who are
still in soele m easure, }bt. who fo)rmterly wer'ee mtluch
inore, the butts of the unthinkinl, and licentious
amo(ing. M otr low co tlltrymet;; then tye can write
your letter, in red ink if ye will!')
" I wouldn't (so it for t{he vorld," said Joker,
sneaking away, towards his proper station....." thle
thold lady wPouldn't fort the thand, andtl sear it wa's
a Avilfocrgeryr... l wondcr thoo()u, if the brfeake's on
t le coast of Guinea ) e black! as I'v e heard old
1seamen saWy who have cruised in them latit,.des?':.is idle evity was sut denly intetrr tpt:ed by a
voice that spok e above tle low hutm of tIhe tmarehlt
w..ith an air of authority, and a severity of tone, that
}ould always quellt by a single word, tihe 1most violent ebulltiton oTf merriment in the r'ew.
Tl'he low, butzzingtt sounds of" Ay, the're goes Mr.
(Griffith!" and of " Jack has woke up tIhe first
lieutenlant, he had better now go to, sleept: himself; ),rwere, 6:hear ed passing atnong the men.j Sli But th'Tese
suppritessed cot)mmltict:itions so)on ceased andi even
Jack:c Joker himlselfl purstted htis way with diigence, on the skiirts of the party, as m1 utely as if
thet power of s)cech tdid not belongtto his orgam:
ztt aio
Tile cadetl has too orftefn accoml)anited us ovet
the grou(tnd belt.wee.t the Abbey and t:he ocean, to
N:etqliretI any d3tleserip'l,,to of the reotre purstled by