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

It mtust bhe done, Capt,,tIn Mul on; we say
want more drift thaln tte rest of this idtle to get ut
to a )ttace of safety," said the pilot; 1 wvoulttd give
live years fi'ontl a lilfe, that I knowt will be sholrt if
the sthip lay 1ne mtile fulither seaward.tt'This remar1k \was unheard by all, exeep(ting the
eromn'ltantler of' the frigate, who again walked asitde
with thle pilot, where the:!y resumned their nilysterioUs commtlunicati ons. T'he words of assent w'cere
nWo oonMcr1 utteredftl, however, than -riftith g-tave
f:ortIih firom iis trlumpet thre command to {" heave
awa y!" iAgain tile strailns of the fifet were fiollowted
-y t he trea: of tle tmen at the capstan. At the
saml-ie titme tihat the anchor was hcaving u)p, the sails
tvere lo)osened firot the yards, and openl)ed to itnvite
the breeze. Il cn eflectinlg tis t lduty, orders wetre
th}undered through thle trumpet of the first lieuttenant, atil executed with tle r apidity of tlhought.
M'en we(rse to be seel tlike spots i'nl thle tdim1 ligh}t
fi'otn thi e hleavens, lying on every yarl oin haning
as ill airt, while strantre riees were heartt issuingD
ifrontl every par't of the rw-inri andli each s:pari of
thie vess(iel. Rteady the l're-rt'oyral," elricd a. shrtill
victe, as if, frtom thte htu.irds;'{ ready ttl the"t yafhi'e1
utteired thte Ihotuser tones of a seaman beneath htim;
"' all ready atft, sirf,' cied a third, firom anothelr
quarter; andl in a fltew moments, the order was
given to' let fiall.)
The little lightt which fe'lt fiom thle slky was now
exeluded )y te r falling canvass and a del)etr gtotloo
was east Zathwart the decks of thie ship, that served
to render' the( tlniliancy of the lantertni event vivid
while it gave to obijects out.-lmard a moe ae appalling
and dreary appearanee than befire.
I:vet'y.individual, exepting the commanderi and
his atssociattt, ias now earnestly engttaf,,(( in get;ting th e shit ) under way. The sounds of " wereo