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

552 Ti-i.;T PILOT.*
wards thos.c shorels, f-o whtich, perhaps, we tshould
ntc ef have suftlcret our trualnt pen to have wtandered) \we sh1all co)mmlenfclWce tihe brtief task with Blarn.
stable, andl his laugtiing, weeping, gay, butt afftec.
tionate, b)ride...the black-eyed Katherine. T'1e
ship fotght her xvay, gallantly, tlhrough swarms of
the enelnlmy's cruisers. to the port of Boston, where
lBarnsttable vwas wartded(l for is services by prot
motion, and a more regular authority to command
hais P ssest.
)Durinol the remainder of t \war, he continued
to fill thkat station with ability andl zeal, nor did he
return to the dwellintr of his fitherss which hte soot
inchritcd, by regtular descent, ttuntil after peace
had established not only the independence of his
countryt but his ownt teputation, as a bravye and
succe'ssfuift sea-oth0icer. WXlhen thet Federal Governtxlet laidl the fotundatimo of its present navy, Cflptain Bartistable waas otne mort telmpted by the
oiter' of a new commission to desert his home and
for many years he was employed amnong that band
of ga Ilant seatmen who served their country so
lahithfultl't i times of trial and high i'laing. f happttiy, however, he was cnabledt to accomplis h a
g;r eat deal of the morc peacefiul part of hi:s serviee:
atccoimpantied by Katherine, whlo, having no ehiltt
dtren, eagerlty profitme by his consllent to share htis
prt'ivtions and hard(shits on the ocean. In this
Imanner tthey p)asstd merrily, and Nwe ttrust thappily
down the valiet of' life, tof(ge.ther, Katherite enatirtlly
discreditirtng the ironical predicttion of her fi:orme
gtmardlian by making, elry thin, conllsiderd t, a
very obm)e.dient, and certainly, st fatr as attachment
was c.1 ) (oncernerd, a most d(evotteC v wife.
T'le boy AMerry, who in due -tme becamel a
mantt clt}un0g to Barnstable atnd Katherine, so o)ng
asit was,Ieessary to hold hin in leadtig st:ings;