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

.;h t she sh'it t',, for hlimseltf,'" said G(riffith.. ha..
tlae.lre! conie's Sche otoner B'
thte ltdslsingll' of the lonttg sweeps il the vwater
watis nowN plaintly audible, and the little Ariel was
isten throl rh ttttlte to tni g ldom o lttm heavily uttler
their telb)le itni)ulse. As she passed, towty tunder
the stern of tlhe firilate, the cheerfl voice f Bar:tt
stable was first heardt opeifg the cotmmtunicatiot s
between them.
~ lere's a niight fior spectacles, (al)tai. Mtunsotl!B' lie cried; but' I thought I heardy otl' fife:
sirx; I trust int'ot, y otl, do ot ea to rtide it outl
here till nlornint g?S; I like t(le birth as little as yourself, Mtr. Barnstable," returned th;e veteran seaman, in his calm
t)anner, iteln wlfi ich anxiety?, was, howt evCr, bheginnilln to;row evidenit. lt We are short; butt are
afrtaid to let ro our oldlt of tile bottomn, lest the Sea
east us ashore. Iow mt ake you out the wind? "
"; Wind!" echoedt the otherl; there is not
enou4rhl to blow a ladyi's emltt asit as If you walit,
s:ir, till the land breeze fills yout sails, yo i wil!
wtait anothter moor(, I believe. l've got it y er,',shell out of tlhat fnest of gray-caps, but howv it Ihas
been done in the darkt, a betterf ttant than mpyself' Takte your directions from the pilot, Mr. Barnst:able," retutned his comlllandintt office:t "land
follow them strictly and to the letter."'
A death-like silence, in both vessels, succetedd
this ortlert, foil all seenled to listen eagerly to catclh
the words tlhat ftell fomnt the man, on whlmt eixn, even
thef boys now felt, de(it)eded their only hopes for
safet:y. A short time was suffered to elapse, be,re hfis voice wav* s heard, in the same low but: tis
tintt toines as before..........
" Your sweeps will soon ibe of t.o service to
4 5