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

tn1: t watrpitlg at Ship) fotbr lii-.s afgainslt a healttbeat.
its st)a: retu1rned the f llst lieutenan}t j; "but thei
lad-bro..eze yet' ltttters aloft, and it' our tlight sitls
xt o(1 dra:w, with tllhe aid( of this ebb tidl1( we meiglht
t)e abtble to sh}ove 10er fio0111 thle short?'."
Ili thbe, tojps, (4rifhth,"'' said the other,'and:' flail t:h e to)lps,:ritlfith~l)9<) 8tt l tts) t {ri
alsk if they fIteel the air abovet;'twill bt a hint at
least t:o set the old mait andl( that lubberlly pilot il
motiot 1'.
(Gifitllh laultghed as he7 complied iwith the reC
(letst, andt wthen hte rec-eived t}he customttary reply
to Ins (call, e (ledtimandedtc, ill a'loud voicle -
a1 \'tvlch wal0y havrte you the wind,4 aloft?"
W{ Wc feet a light cat's-p)aw, now 1and tlthen, tin
the landt s5ir,' llCturned tihe slt.tdy capeltain of tlhe
topl:; buht our topsail hangs iln the lewlines sir,
w\ithout winkint:t.
C(l:0)tai M 5Ilins onr n rll lS (c1(1( e toipan)ll sulon sspenttled
their discourse, while this que s 0tion and answer
were excaned, and the i restnmed their dialogue
as earnestly' as if it tha 1 recciv-d 11o inteltrrlptiotn.!f it did winkl thle hintt woutld b) lost oil oul
betters," s$ai the ofbuiler of the arItiel1(s, wtloSe i'tnort'ce of staltmanship) <add(ed gr-atly to hifs perception of tile (dantrer~ bhut w l0 firotii pure idleness,
11mad(e int1re' jokes than any other man in the ship.
it'lthat pilot will not receive a delicate intimation
thiough his (t.nas,'ill:. G(5riffith; suptlse you try
liin by the nose."
" Faith, there xwas a flaish of gunlpowde1r between
us in file bl.argc:" returtned thie first lieutenanth:
"and ite does lnot s(e.em a man to stom.-kach stuchl
\}int's as you adtlvise\. Althoutgh hte looks so umeek
and quiet, I. (lO)t})t w\}et}ftcr he has paid mueb attention to the book of Job."
1{ Why'should hel," exelaimned the chaplaitn,
wlose apprehlensions at least' e(tualledt those of the