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

TIIl i TPILOT. 479
"That Imight be ai plan ilmore suddenly titdojtei
than) easily excuttetd, iny'oo(l Alicle. f And wfho
ive.re those redou:s table selhmerts "
"I know not but lty duty to the. kin l should
cause IMe to supt)ress this intformation," said Al ce,
thsitatinti.
"iWel, et it so," returned the Pilot cooly"
it may p)rove. the means of saving tile persois oif
slome of the royal officers fromt deatht or caf)tivity.
I havle alread(y saitd, this may hbe the last of nlly vAsits: t thtis islandt and consequently, Alice, the last
of our inte tC|rviews`..... i.: ~" Aritd yet," ssaid Alice, still pursuing the train
of ler own thoulghts' there can be )ut little
ttrm in sparing V h11uman: l:t ood; and least of all inl
setrving,, those whom we have- Ione,; known and rel
gaid:te(l!' "
" Ay, that is a s)imple ldoctrin and one that is
easily maintained," he addedtt with much ap))artnt
inldifflrenlcet; antl yet kinwg: George mirht well
Spare someolt0 i o his servants-t the list of his aIj ijee I
intlitolnsl is so lonlg i
i There w as a man named 1)illon, who lat(e:ly
d:Iwelt in the, Abbey, h1ut who has1 mysteriously disappeared," eontinuel Aliee; "or rather who was
captured by your comptIanliolns;: know you aurglt of
him, Jorhn P'
I avi hae heard ther e was a m iscreant of thatt
name, but we have never met. Aliee,0:: if it please
I[leatvefn t.hat this slhati be the last"-.......
I-e 0was a captive in the schoonelr called tht
A.rie," she:added, still: unh:eeding his affected ind i:frll}c.nee to heri communication, anld when pi:t
mittetd to return to St4.: uth, hlie: lost asiht of his
solemni:n l)romisect~, Wand of his plighted honour, to
wreak his tmal ice. Instead of e:flecting the exchange: that Ahe }had cond itioned to see m-ade, ho