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

T'iE PILOT. 11535
ihe ap}arttlltft, in orldert to attend to thoste who
mighlt pio:'iit tby hlis se-rvices.')(he1 rekadert is not Io imagine tiat:rif:ith ladtt
lost sitrht of C(.ecilia and ]1et(1 cou(sin dttrin' the occur1 oir nct es of that evetfidfi day; ot the conlt tary
this ttiouilctd fainlcry hlad )rcesentd lhert terror and
tlist ecss, even il the hottest moments of t(e filght,
and the instant thatlt thc evX eWv were (idalltd f8oml)
tt1cir gulns) hel had issued an ort'der to tteplace the
blulk-lieads otf the cabinU, aI to ts u iture fo:)r their accolnodatttion, though tihe highlrt
tit imperious duties of hI is sta t ion had reclu t ltded
his attendfitng til the ir comfo rt in person. Ile tcxi)ttlctld thertt fore to f t t tt e order of' the trooms'.reste'.tl, butt hlet \haS by to, me'anlls pe pa rtea:it d to e(ncounitetr ite scene hle was now to witness.
B ctweenl two of the sull cannon, whtich} gave
Suttc atl an ir 0$ sinl gutlar' wil(lness to' tlhte real conftrt of te cabin, Was pc)lae(' a larlge couch, oil
which thet (Colonc it \as lying, evidently i near } ti s
end. Cecilia was weeping'by his side, I tir dark
ringle0ts falling in unhel ccded coift.fusion Zarotutnd her
pale tieattu's, and swicepintg i t'tcir rich* exsubt,}
rance the, deck- on:it'.} i s}1e kn i lel. [.i(atttherine
leaned teilictry ovcr tIet foirnm of the dying veterant, while her dairk, t atf iil cycs sceen:t( to exiess sel. f-accusatiol} tl. tda lc Wd tit deep cot it 1iser"at iotit. A. >wiNV attendltnts of both sexes S lsttrrounded the sole mn sacene, all of whom) appc..tar(d:d to be
under th}e influeince. of. flihopeless inte lligence:vntch the medk i l otle had hut f hat bu htmomcnt
t onimt ni at d.'I hle terva s of tf lie ship tad ret. e
placedt th.e fI uit 4in' e, A itdI ta care tha(t imocked tihe
d -ead ut l st rIggle t it s-t o recetntly disfigured tthe
warlike apartment, ant the stOit, squarte frlame of
Bioltropett ccupied theo (l)Posi te settee, his }hetad
sStf,n o' the lap) of' tiI Ca(ltain',s Stewar fl, and