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

war, whitel if not dlisclereetly ended, may lead its
fatr it0to'0 It: ilorningt."'
E" le t your own manner of determimning the
disputc, s5ir; I hope, howevert it will not be )by
your innate knowledg of natlkind, which has alreadly mistalken a captain of marines in the service
of Congret Pss, fr a runaway lovert bound to so me (
greetn p afce o o thlr.": i
0 You1 ight just as well tweak my niose, sir!"t
Said ItIorrnoughc liffc. ndeed, I 1 think it would
hbe the milder reproaclt of the two! will yotu mlake
your selection of these, sir? Theyb w-ere loaded
try a very d:iifrentt sort of service, but I doubt not
will answer on occasion."
anI a mprovidced with a }air, that are cha r cd
fItr any service,)" etur ned anual, (rawingt a pistoi fr.om bis own belt, and stteppitng backward:a fiew
l)aces.
You ae (l destined otr America, I know," I saitd
iorrotgwe liffc, who stoodl his ground with con-t
s.lsummate cootlness; " bttt it would be Tmore convCnilent fotr mle, sitr, if yoUt could delay yol1ur march
for)t a sintgle lmomelnt."
"Fire and deifnt d yourselfSON!" exclaimedi Ma*
ltunal firtiouslyt retraci:ng his s teps towalrds his
enmy.'I'hse sounds of the two pistols were blended in
0one report, an1tt the soldierts of Borrough(cifTh andI
thle marines all rushed to:e iP ace on tlhe su:ldcf:
alarm. Iiatld the fointmer been pr'ovidedr with artms.
it is probable a bloodly firay wouldl have been thele
coniseoqute e of t he sight that both plart es lteeld
ton arrivints at the sota, whicth they (lid simultane
ously. MAanual lay on his backl withlout anly signs
of life,: andi:orrott0 ughlifi e had ctlangd his cool,
haughty, upril<ht. attit(ude, fir a recumt bent tpostlnrc
which twasi somewhtat btetween lying and sitting.