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

"'[T 1,! sIrP; itm 1 to h. heir0 ded withif the coihn
mlon men? Forget you t that I have thie oO to
near the tomttvission of his Britannic Mitest.y l and
t oiif tblget not.hin g tiat a geIntleman Is a boundla: to
r. ei: n tet Ca pai n Borroughclttffeta; amongr ot er
thing'ls re 0coliect tel liberality if your treatment
to ye \sell t hen I a prisoner. tl'h PIle instant tile safety of my raitlnt tmautntd will jlustifyr siluch a stepl, not
ionly yottl butt -)ttyour men, shalt t be set at liberty."
Boxrougll llii:e Statted in silmnise; bultt his fielijtso were too ultceh} stouredr by the destructtion of
iltose visions of glory, in which hle thad been luxt.w
riotusly in1ttlging ll ti last day or t.vo, to admit of hi s an swering as becametli a man. lie swallowed lis Iemotions, tlheritbree by a violent etftrt.
low, hut lively air'.
( Welli tlleln cried Barnstahle) a.l ou.tr eCa1
tlives are seated. The boat aits only for its
o fficers!"
In his turn}, Gr0xiflith walked aw ay, in haugh11ty sifO"::tlsd~r:X ax tI:kd I:......
lJenec, aIs if disdaining to hold communion with h, 1) is
former friendl. Barstable paused a: momeiti fioms
a detferelice that. long habit had created fuir his s-x'
p)erior officer, an(i: d hich was not to Le sna-llen o
by every bu tst of angry passiontt but percelvingt
that the otter ltd: no inteltntill to return, hIe or1derecd t10he seamenlI to raise the boaIt firom the salnd
and b}ear it bodilyt into tle water. T'le com)llaid
was instantly obeyed; and by tile time the youtng
lieutenant wa)s in his'sceat,> thite barge was Nflsoatting
int tilhe still heavy, tlhough no lon010: t (langelrr (8 sturt
arid the! crew sprang into the1ir hlh Oaces.
IBear her off, boys "' hle cried; " never indl
a vet jacket. I've seen many ali\worty telowt tutM
bling on this beach in a worse time than this!