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

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turllned together.- to America.'Thle you\; ngmaln on1tinued a s;ailor until the dcose of the war,: when he
entirely withdre: w fIrom tihe oceanl, and devoted
the remaintder of his lift to the cojloint::(Ities of a
husband and ta goot citizen.
As it was easy tro reclait the estates of'Colonel
loward(, whicht in fiet had been abandoned mtore
friom pride than necessity, and which. had ne vetr
been contisceatcd, their joint inheritances 1made t}e
young couple. extremdtel y aflluett, and we shall here
take occasion to say', that Grifithl remnembered hlis
promise t to tile (lying master, and tw aw sut i a pro
vision ttmade fot the childles-s mnother: as her situation alnd his chlaracter requi'red.
it:mtight have been somtte twetve. years after tlhe
saiort cruise, whicht it has been in tas kr task to reeord
in these volumes, that G(rilfit}, whvo was 1runni:ng
his eyes, earelessly over a file of onewspapers, was
observed: by his wt to if drop the bundlS!e firom before htis face, aitd pass his hand slowly across htis
tbrow, liket a 1t1man whto Shad been suddenly strulck
with retnewed impressions of some otnnor event,
4r whr was endcaVoui'int to recall to hIris mind
imnag1es that had long since fitdeld.
" See you tany thingl int that paper to disturb
youl Grilitit?" said tle stili lovely Cot>ia. ".
hope that low we have ourt confettdlerate (t overnment, the States Awill soon recover firont tleirx loss
esS-).-Ant it. is one ofi tho;ose Pl)ans to create a ncxv,>
navy, that has met your eye! A i! truant! you
Oigh to becomle a wanderer auain, and p)inen ailfti
your beloved ocean
*T I have cQeased sigling and pining sinc yto
have,r gn to smile'" te returi ed, with a vA ant
manettr anl d itiout rem novintlg his handt friom his
b)row.