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

str anger "t tl he Ninety is heaving up ag ain lfike
a lountali, atl nd ii' te continue to slhot'tCen: sti'at
this rate, she wil l soon e (td own upon us
- y0t say truet sit,) returned' the Pilot, ints
ing; thel mant sows judgment t as well as s)irit
but..
li-e was interru pted by A:erry, who rush I ed f'tomt
the ovrwaird 3part of the vessel, his whole thee be —,
tokening the etagerness of his spirit, and the im
porltttance of his itntelligcltwe- ic.'The breakers!" hie cried, when nigh enough
to be heard amid the dint; " we are running dlead
on a ripplel; ttd the sea is white not' two lilundred'yards alt a d r?
The Pilot jitflpedl ona a gtu, antd bendingtttl to
catch a impse throl:glhl thte smok.ei he Shoutedrh
inl those clar,, piercing tones, thlaIt could be even
}heard tamon the roaring of the cannon. ": Port
port your helm! we are on the t)evi's hip! 1)ass
lf) the trumlxet, sir; 1)ot your helm, f0tllowv gtive
it tI11hem, iboNs..gire it to te: proud Englishi dogs!"
Gri ffit th itliesithiatin glIy.relinquisedtl the symbol of
his rank, ftst ening his ownl firm lookl on tim calm
hut quitk eye of' the Pilot, an(t gathering assuratce
ftom the high con:tfidenee* hte readl in thle coutntet-nance of the strailgel. Th seamn- twelre too btust
w\ith their cannon and their rigging: to regu- ard tthe
natw), idanger, a-ntd the frigatte entered onle of: the
danger:o.tus p)asses tof th}e shoals, in, thee heat of a sec
Ivettly contestel battlet(,'th'e sTwonderina t looks
of a fiew of the oldetr sailors glanced at. t:le sheets
pft'foaml that flewV by tilhem ion (oubit wh}ethlter th}e
witM( gambols of the wa',es''ere oc>asioned by the
sh0ot of thle elnen*y, when sudettnly tte notse of:aMtlnon Nwas sucteeded by the sulktn wwash of th7e
disturbed elcnent, and tresenttt the vessel glided
out of h ert smoy sy sroud and wvas boldly steeling