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

Miss Alice, are entitled to every considcrat iou
thfat a ladly canl eCxpetCt from a g entlemanl. Be
plteased, therefore, to write to' my agent, atnd re.
(tiest him to seal up my papers, and t'ransmit thenm
to the office of lhis Ma%,jesty's S ecrewtary of State.
lThey rctethCtl no treasoln, )1niadan:l anldi arc entitledl
to oiicialt prote ttioln. he )ous,: and( most of the
furnituret as you know, are the property of t'my
landlordl w}o, in due timel, vili doubtless take
charge of his own interl'est. I kiss your hatnd, Miss
Alice, an( I hopte we shall yet. mee t -at St. Jamt es's.t depend onl it, mtadam,:that the ioyal Charlott
shall yet honour your merits; I know she cannot
but estimate yotti' loyalt'y.".'tT lere I tfwa^s born, illn humble obseurity-.herelt1
I have lived, and here I hope to (lie tin quiet|," re-A
tutrned t|}the meeklN Alicet; " if I ha ve kInown any
)teasurte, it late ytears, beyond that which ehvery
(JChristian can find in our daily duties, it has l,/ccu,
tmy swt:t f'tiendst hi your accidental society. >-.
Such companions, in this remote corner of' tie
kingdom, has Sbeen a boon too )prIctious to be enljoye w-ithout alloy, it seetls, and I have now to
exechangte thle past p(leasurle.br present paint Adieu t
itmyyoun1g t friiends; let your trust ht e in H i-i, to
whose-0 eyes both} printt atd ileasant, the 4Eurtttope1t'an
iiand the Americant are tllike anld we shall meet
agatin, th'outtl it be neither iln t,.h sdand of Britain:,
nortt o) your c)ttwn wid conltinent.''
"That " i said Colotnel Itoward:, advacMing and
takint her at'nd with kindness, " t"hat is thle only
disloyal sentim-ent I have evelr heard hill from fthe
lip)s of Miss Atlice I)uttscombe! Is it to be suppo.sed th at HI eav en habs cstablishehd o'ders amogfli
men, alt that it does not respect the works of its
own formxation I But adliel; nto loubt if time was