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

TH}: PILo t,Ot 1
anted (Clee.iiao were.T amttlsing (Griflith by vain attemtlts
to poinit out th >e ountie(d emitenves which thiey
tancied ltay in the vicinity of thtIe deserted mans4iltsiitI
of St. liuth. BarJi'istai}le, wtho hd iresumet d jhis
trmler station in the friigate, as her second lieute*nant, was pacing' tle opposite side of the quart:rdeck., holtling tunle his arni the stIpealking trumpet(.,
whieh delloted that t1e held tfIle temill)orariy tX(.'noitri
of the motions of the ship, anttd iitwiardly eurtsitl,
the restraint that: kep.: l.t li-m fr il't th ide Oid of' his
umistress. JA.t this l Inte ()lt of univcrsal ttli it wieil
dothiltng above low d(iatlotus intertrupted tlhe (ltslhinIg ot the waves as tlehey werell thrown klazily aside.by tie: bmows of the vessel, the report of a(t flibht
cantnllon burst out of the. h:arl'ite. of tbg, and rolled
t1 them oni the. breeze, apiparenitly vibtra'tintg withl
thl using 0a1 (1 sinkintg of the w\aters.
" There goes the cutter!" exclaimed (ritfitlt,
the instant tile 5( sot1t11d was hetard.
Surely," said the captatin, 0SoImers is not so
indliscreet as to sc:ale('t his gtlsns, aftier the caution Ihe
hIas re eivedl!v'
No idle sealin of gtuns:is inltenlded there-
sait'he Pi:tt, sti'aliii, it i his yicic to pieree tlh,fie f>
but 8soon turningt away in (1i sapl)inttmeint at his inability to sictceete.L " that gun is shotted, andt has
be)en t fire in thie h}uirly 1 a sudden s|tignal.t.i.cant
tount lo(kt-outs see nlotltingt Mr. B;arnstable?"
-l'Jelie tlutenant of the wate}l hailed the nail
alofft, and d(leiandel if any thitg wer -e visible in
tlhe d: retieon oft the winI, aind received fot a\swert'
that t tthe ob intercepted:ttl the viewv i tlhat quarter
0f the heavens,.}ut tt tat the sail in the cast waNs ta:
shipl' running larg 0' bef-ore t te \w'ind. Tlhe I tlott shook htis tead dltoubtinttgly at t}tis iinfbrmatio)n.
but still be manifel'sted a stti ont) reluetance to re
linquish tile attempt of getting more to tlhe soutit