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

"Is not thle new order of things, then, likely: to
stucced? Does the Congress enter into contentione
vwith tbhe President?"
"The wisdom and name:. of Washington wvill
smooth the way for tle experiment, until time
shall mlatutle the system.- Ceeilia, do you reimex.*
hber thle man who1 accompanied Manual and myself
to St:. R/uth, tlhe night Nwe becamle your unele's pri
sonlel's, anld( who afterwards led the party twhtich
liberated ius, and resclued Barnstable?"
"Surely 1 (do; he was the pilot of your ship, it
was lthen said; and I reTfember thle shtrewd so8(tier we entert'ain(ed even suspected( that he was
one greIater than he seemned."
" The soldier surmnised the truth'-. but you saw
hintm- not on that fearful niglht when he carried uts
through the shoals! and you could not witness tthe
calm courage wivth whicht lie guided the ship into
those very channels again, while tle confitsion ot
battle was among us:'
"I heard the l dre adtfful din!! And I can easily
imagine the horrid scene," returned his.wife, hex
recollections iehasing the colour frlom her cheekt0
even at that distance of time; but what of himI
is his nalme menttioned in those papers? Alt! they
are English prints! you called his name Gfray, it: remember?"))
"That was. the name t lie bore with us! he was'
a:man who had formed romxlantic notions of ogl'y,
and Nvwisheld eve-ry1 t:hing concealed in whichl he act.
e'd a part that lhe thought would n1ot' ontribute to
his renown. It h}-as been, therefore, itt compliance
withli a solemn. promiseM. made at the time, that I
8have:ever avoided. mentioning hlis n1ame- Iche is
no0w dead.!"
" Can there hIlave bee n any connexion betweetn
him and Alice D)unscolmbe?" said C:ecilia, dr op