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

wori-ds to his dEttyt and reluctantly turned hi1s eyes
awav-y firontn thet( b tloody spott on tihe dark wfawters,
wltich the i stfrigate atted alreatdy pa}ssut to restUme tihe leolmand of the vessel wtitt a fborced
l lte has cut, some of our rtttinnig gear,:" said
the lnaster, w hose eye had never ceasedl to dwell
onl the spars and rigging of the ship," and there's
a splinter tt out of the main-top-mtvast, that is big
enouxag(1h for a fid i "Ite has let day-light throughl some
of outr c.allnsvass too, but taking it hJy-and-larte, tlhe
ss lttal has gone over and little~, harm dont-.t......
Didn't i} sme tiarg sometin aid of (.ant. MAunson
getting jtantl.'d }y a shot S "
" [ — ies killed! "- -said (.ritlifih, speakingtr it)n a
voice ttha:t \i'i19was y'et huskl,:iy with hor-rort....... he s
dead sir, and carrict overloardl; there is more
tteed thtt we foirget not o tourselves, in thlis crisis."
i)cead!- said loltiopje, sutsptendin tile o0perastion is ve js to t a moment, 1t 1 in surtfrise;''rd tmril d in awe' (t jaeket well, it is lucky'tis
lno worse, for d-ramne it'f I dlidl not think (every
stick inI tile siljip l ould have been ett: outt of
her!"
With this consolatory reumark on his lips, the
master cwalked siotly i(l'orwardl, contintuinr It is or-,
Iders to t'epatir the damages with a singlenlless of
luip)se0 thalt rendered him, however uncouth as t
rilen, an) intvaluable maltt ill his station.
t:riffith had not yet tbrought his mind to the
eat:lness that was so essential to discharge t}the
duties which hadtt. thus suddenly and awftully devolved onil }lt, when hlis elbow was lightly touchl
edl by the Pilot, who had drawn closer to his
st hee - ai I
l'he et! niyt<7j;)})($tf tpratisied( witht the4 ex}tpeti