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

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Ah one 0hce vievwed with yes of favour, saeriited,
wv-htIIen a wrd otf cautiont given in eason, mtight
catble him to a6voidl the danger "
Once victewed with ant ye of fiwour t is it then
so?" stai(i time P ilot, speakillng in a tvacanlt m1ntn.tllt'.
1Bit, Alice, heard;.ye the tt lic the s-hips, or1
their names? Give c their name es, and the firs
lord of yotulr British;admiralty shall not give so
true a accountt of: their force, as 1 will flrnish fromt;
this list of i)' ow "'
"' Their namnes we(re certainly ilentionedl" said
1A bte, withi tender imelaneholy I;'but the name of
ont"l lar nearer to: was'ingittng in my ear, and
has driven Ilthem fri'om my mind."
1" Youl. are tht. same good Alice I ontce knew
And )ny nam le was -lmentionedl?: at said thl:ey
of thle P'irate? Iat-!a t his arm stricken a 11 that:nmade them:-: tremble; in their Abbey? Iid ithey
caiti ll imtn cofardj girl?"
" It wNa's mlenctntioned i.n terms t})at: painled my
ithart as i listeted.l For, it is ever too Ceasy a task
t( foibrget the lapse of years, nor10o are thte Relings of
youth to be easily eradicated.
" Ay, there is luxury in knlowing, t)hat w\ithl
Iall their athettcd abuse, th I slaves ldreald me in
their secret holds 1" exclailed tined t ilot, pacing in
(t'oilt of his listener, with (quick steps. " This it is
to be m:t sarkted, antontlg men, above Eatll otlhers in
your calling! I'hlope ye.t to' see tghe d ay \, ithen the
third George shall start at the sound of thlat tnalle,
eve.ni wittili tlf walls of his alace."
Alice IJ)unscombs)te heard him in deep and mort1i
fied silence. It was too evident that a link in theC
chail of their sympathies as lbroken, and that tlw.atweakness in which she had beenl ultneonsll io;tly i::dulgifng, was niet by no corres pondlent elmotions it
him...Afte sinking be' head ior a moment1 o:on I
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