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

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bat:they have told mfe that he Was false to hIs
faith. If tlhis tbe true, 3I xvould refiuse him the hand
of the girl, thou.l: he cla-imiedl the fealty of the:Braitixsh rea nltns' I:lint lhe has passed away, and 1 ai:t.
about t o ftllow trim into i world whelre we shallt
filnd but one Lof to serve, and it may havew bteen
better for us both. h)ad e more remclt )ered our
dutv to II,irme, wh}-tile servilng tile Princes of the
earth. One thirn: further.......l. know you thlis ofhicer
of your congrell ss -ll this Mr. Barnstab)le?"
" I have sailedt with h1im. for years, ireturined
Griflith, " and can answer for himn } ats mrn self."
T'he veteratn made an effort to rise, hlich inl
ptart succeeded, and he fist-ened on the yotuth a
look of keen scrutina, tllat -xave to his paltlid'ea.
turet an expres;sion of solem1ln meaning, as he (cOHt
1tin-ed...^' Speak not now- sir, asS tthe comnpanion of hlis
idle i)leasures, and a's thle unzlthiking assoceiato
commnoe:lend s his ifelrow, but reinetmber tlat yotur opiMionl IS iell ois n toa dyin Nalrt who leansts on your
Jludgment for a dvice eTlie daoi.: ter ofJohn IPlowdeii is'a trust not; to hbe neoleCctd nor will ray
deathl prove ea.sy, if a: doul)t of her being worthily
bestowed shall ri'emnai n I l
Ite is a gentl can " reittl urned -ri foth, alnd
on:t whose heart iis not lecss kind than gaPalnt- e —lt
loves your ward, anitd grea t a s may bo her tmerits,
he, is deservi'mng of it al... lihI. e myself; Ie tas also
loved tihe atl lda that gave atim- bIirttth, before the lantd
of lhis alicestors, bu&t.."
"Th'L3}at is now gtiottcn, intttrruted the colo.
net "I aftel f what I httve this day w ittlessed I a
fbrced to betlieve tlfl at it is the pleatsure of I'ieavent
th"at you are to prevtuilt i ut, sir, a disobedient inferjir will bc3 apt to manike a l utireasonable corn.
mailn der. T'hle recent contenltion between yor t.. —."