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

anld when he rcccived his regular promotion, his
first: command was under the shradow of his hinlsmnttrl's broard pendant.'-te proved to be i:n his
merid'ian, what his youth had so strongly indticated,
a fearl.ess, active, and reckless sailtor and his years
might: have extended to this hour, had lhe not
fi.ltm tunttimelt y in a duel with a foreign officlr.'0i'te first act of Captain Matnual, after landing'once more onl his, native soil, vwas to make interest
to be again restored to the line of the army. I-e
encountered but little difficulty in this attempt-,:nd as soo 001 iii')otSStsion of the coImpclete enjo>y'.
alent of that which his soul hlad so long p)ined ait.ter.,
( a steatdy ( -rll"' Ie w\as in time to share in all
the splendid successess whlich ie. rmin ate(d the, war,
and alsO to to articipate in -his due proportion of the
rmisery of the arnwly. His merits wtere not forgotten, ]however, in the reorganization of the forieIs,
and he followed both St. (lair a.nd his more forttu
natea suctlcessor, Wayne, int the w8esttern campaignst
About the close of tl:e century, whell the Britsh
Imade their tatrdy relinquishment of the line of posts
along the firontiers, Captain Manual was orderted
to t alke: char with his coal y of a smnall stock*adt on otr side of one of those mighty rivers that
sets bounds to the territories of the Re public in the
north.'l'le British flag was waving over tihe
ranmtlarts of a more. regular forttress, that ha(d Jbeen
iCently bt uilt, diirectly opposite, within tOhe Itev
jlines of the C/'anadas. M;ianual Awas not a manIt to
neglect the observances of nmtilitary etiqutette, and
itnderstanding thattlite neigltbouring bort vwas comnmantled by a fitle officer, he did not Pill to wait ost
({tat gentletman, in ptrop)e timl with a view to
cultivate the sort of af equaintance that tlheir mu
trual situations Vwould relnder not only agreerable,
but higt1hly conveCnient. The American mlartinet
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