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

wi'th -a much t grceater exhibition of d(eep feelingl and
less of passion, in his manner.
"f know not, Alice, that I ougvbt, situated as I
t1I and c:contented, if inot hlappy, as you tire, even)
t.o attempt to revive in your bosom those sentinit&tnts whElich I wdas once led to t tltk xisted there.
It cannotl after a1l, be a ldesirtable fite to share the
lot of a rovet r like mtys.elf; one who may be termted a Quixote in the behalf o f liberal principles, and
who nmiay be hourlty called to seal the truth of thtose
Ptlini(pies with his life.''
4"'l'here never existed 0 anly sentiment in my
bireast, it) which you are cooneerned, tihat does not
exist there still, and unchatwed " rettSlurned AlI cei.. tith her single- ttarted sincerity.
" l)o I heart you:t ght ot'r have I miseonteived
your resolution to abide in England! or have I not
rather mista ken you et arly feelings )"
"You have failen in to no error now nor theln.'t'he weakness may still exist,~ Jo hn1t but the llstrengtll
to stlru'l(.: with it, htas, by the goodness of' (lIdt
g:rowi with tmy y eart*s. It i s not, howeveIrt of mt: yselt}; Ibu t of vyout tfhat I would speak. I: have lit:ved
like (Ione of ourt stimple laisiesic which in tilhe- bud-.
(lintl may have caught your Ieye; and I shall also
willt lirke the hunlble f lowetr, when the sx inteir of
my ti e arrives, without being tllissed ftom thte
fie:ls that havxe known me tbr } a seasont Blintt your
f'lttl: Johnl,:will: be like thlt of thef o a k th-at n ow
suppt)orts us, antt men shall pronouine on the beau'l
)y tand gratndei't of' the noble stem i while standing,
as well ats of its useflness when tfell1ed.)
" l~: iLet thelm pronltounce as they will!r returnedt
ftie puroud Istiranger. "; The I truth must be finally
knownv and whenv(t that hour sihall come, they wvill
tay, he was a fiftithftl and gallant warrior in his
day; (xand a worthy lesson fi'tr all who are born in