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

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tie seamten duritntg the prcccditng characteristic
difalogue; and we shall -t once p)ass to the itcidents \whlich oc urred on the arrival of the Mparty
at. the Clifls. As the man who-had so tunexpeet
edly assumed a momentatry autttority w ithtin. St
1? ltIh had unaccounttably disappeared ifonim amongtheml, ) rifith eontinued to exercise the ri.'ht otf
cormt land, \itxhout ttreterrint' to any othi it' c nfstltation.t l-1e never laddressed himulself to IBiastable and it wvas apparent that both1 the thaughty
young tmen fl;t that the tie whicht had hithi(to
united tthe int suctt (tose intitmacy) a, otrb tht.
present at ieastf entirely severed. Indee (.iiffith wlas only restrainted t by the Ft res.t c i ot C(.
cilia an d Katherine, friom arresting lhis ref nt.Jiaory
intfriort on the sipot,; and Bar i stabtle, who 10 ft I-t aIt;
the ctonslciou(esntes s of elrror, without its,t)rol)>e' 111umlflity, \Nith dilf-culty so firtt' Xrepressed his ft-. ieli}ggs,
as to ltrbear exhibiting in the p)eteI1(.c e of his mistrItess, suich a tlanifei.stationi of his spirit as his
wounded xvanity induced him to imagitne Nwas:ne-l
cessary to ltis honour:. The thwo, htowevere acted
in harmonyt on one subjtect, thotugi it was withl0ut
(1oncervt or commun icatiolln. tbthe first. object with
tboth the young men w.as to secure te he emBtarkation of the faitir cosins; and BIarnstable pltro(teetded
instantly to the booats, in order to hasten (the pielpt;arations th1at were necessary before they could
receiv these unexpect(ed capftives: t1e descent
of the P1ilot I)having tbeeln made in such1} Itrce as to)
require t thtte use oal tf al te fitigate's boats, which
were left ritlinc in tt iihe outer e(dg'e of the surlf,
awxaiinlg tfhe rettlrn- of tlhe expedition. A loud call
fitro BI:ar stable gvave notice to tile offlierl int com-t
mandt and in a few motnents the beach was rowd. -
ed Nwith the busy and active rewls of the l cuIttlCers,'
lautnches.? h barns,' jolly-boa ts,' p l)inimces,' or