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

ailt giattikeried f(o'ott every (t'larter''1)'al id)ly, that,
Ilanat i1st1ai5ttthe dltek otf the frtisatae waNi alive with
11e1. Ifi}e iO)flrotltl(t siltejicc, th:at hlad ItitlitexrtO
lbeen only inttctt'li)t(etl rby tlte Ilow (tilIotgtltc of th}tc
flers, was XAS 110t tx tChl{t1 d ft(ot r the tern ortdt tl
tof the licutetnalts, mtinglted with ithe slhr1ill cries
of the tliishtipmtlen, attnd tie oarXst }:,awlitn of tlhe
toatswain't s cr1ew risintg a-ibove the tumult of pr(;p tr. 011itt tn a l: elr al:tbustle.
The captaint ant( the pilot 1ao10te remlMaine(l tpas
siet, in t(his s5c.n1t of'gefertt'l exertion; f'tor aapptehenlsiont hadi e(elt stiiltttet class ot' offticers
w\ lici is a11c(1 "1(il11s, " to n11811sual activity, though
h1requntly:rttindtd tby their l: 11101 xri (01tcttcd
me5ss8mate0s, flthat instead of' aidin, ttthey retatrded,
the tlduty of' tlhe.. TessF. tlhe btttstle, iowevet
tradual l oty ettsed, ant(, in a few llinutes, tlhe smttale
stil8.n1c1( petvadod 1tl( shil as befs'ei.,'We. aret b1rouilt-to, Fir l staid (irtilfth who
st1oodl overlt'ookillg t(le sc.10c: holding iltl o0te ihand
a short Sl)eaking truimpet, 1 1d grasp)ing, with the
otlier, one of lite ls 1rouds of the ship81 ) to Steadly
himself itn tlite jpositioin lie ltf tak(tlen on a glln.' l t-avet' rotltnd sit' ir wNas the c(alm reply.
" fleave rtoun t.tll:: fi'epeated( (C riftiittt it atlotI d.
H' Ifeave round 1l 0 choe(1 a (dozen eager voices
at one, andtt tihe lively strainls of' a fitfe strutck tup a
hirisk ai, to enliven the labttour.'T'hc capstan was
intstantly sot in moti (t.t, andl the measured trca(d of
tilte seamen waks lhe(nrtd, as t(hey startlped(1 the tde0k
in thet cirele of t(h 1 r march..P o' a few m\inutes,
no other soundt s wer(e he(art(, if \e except the Avoie,
ot an oflccer, oc' asiolnally,11 ciering ltie sailors,
whenll it wvas tnntouncedl ttlat they "\were shor0t;"
or,:inl othler vords, that the ship wvas nearly ove'
O er tai chor.'f: Hea-ve and pall," cried Grifhith; when the