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

fite hatulhty air oft th{e yroutng tman w\as d1aunted
by tbhe severei look he encounteredi in th}e eye of
the Pilot, alnd le suddently eased(, though inm
wiardidy hI afinvg wxith impatient pride.'1 thl;ti ( epye that tdeteled the canvass abovt
th}e Ito' m itjJ.?}t hiavei sveet) thle tlag of a vicc-adinjia{
ut l{ettettrt still tln l'nare thte hetavns1 S ro.etttnedl tlhe
tlleetedl sttrl'ner; " antid Engltland, flttity as s{he
{tta,1 (rt is yot to(0( f.t.lpott ulS to })l;tce a tlaootoi5teeri
ilt tilne oft wavtrill in c1ommalnd of a hi —ate,oi a l.-.
ftain! int coininaland of t {tleet. She knol'ws tile \vtldit.
of those who shed t i their blond in he'r llatt', and
it is thus that she is so well served! Believe noo,
Ca:)t. \Atiutsonl there is nothlintS short of a shlip) of
thile line under that symbol of rank, and that broad
show o1f can'iss!f
t\~t Shall sfet, sitr8 we shall see, re'turned t{:(1
O)tl oflclr, wlhose mamnner grew decidedt as ttIhe
danger.fs. apptearedt to thickent; ( })cat to)t qtuariters
flr. Gr(ifithl, fotr It-:e 1have tnone1 but enemies to e{ Xj)t:!tC:t oin this coast'."
Tlhe o(rdc(r wat; s instantly issued, when C riflil'
t'rti'tlarked1 with a 10o1e tentperate zeal....
" Ift M Gay he. tri.tt, w\e shall lave reason to.
thank Glod that we are so litght of heel!)
Th cry of a sstrang vessel close aboard the
frigate, having already flown tdown the htatehtts,
th{e shil) was in a, uproar at the iirst tap- of' tShe
drtum.'lie se men tthrew themselves firvoml their
tthammocks, and lashing them rajt p)idly: ilnto lo)ng,
Flhard bundtls, tI y rushed to the decks, where th.oy
wetre dexterously stowetd in the nettimn, to aid the
dlcences of the u)p)eL. p)at of the vessel. Whilte
this tutnmltott s(ene was exhibiting; G(riffith g&ave
i seer et order to MerIy, lwho disappeared, leadinhiis trembling e.ottists to a place of satfity- in tihe in\l.nost dtiepths otf thet ship)
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