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

you live it)y N)'r l' longer, yllou noever can seeC alnd
expetrientc''t I 1thave cmcountered i i my little
detrio of thrce.and-tthtlrty y earts'
A ootd tdel tastolished at this btiurst of ifec.lilg,
so singular at sttch a titoment, tlic yollung sailor was
at a ioss for a reply; )but as his duty was uppertnmost in h}is tloughts, hle still d(welt on thie tlhemil
that mnost interested ht. it.
~ I hople ltuel i of )tour e xperiene( hzas l}teCn on
this Coastt, fot r tle Shipi travels lively,'' he said,
" and thle daylight showed us so much to dreadl that
we do niot fe.el over.-valiant in the dark,. l ow much
loi..ger sht1all we Stidl on, l)lupon iis taek
The 1)ilo0t itiui'ncd slotwly firom thle side of the
vessel, and walked toward( s the comimander of' tlheC
frigate, as lie rcplit d, in a tonc tlhat setled (ldeepi'v agitated biy his melanchloly reflecions.............
- You hlave A your vwish, then; munch, very rnue}t
l)t oy ft(l' litwas p assed: on this d(read(ed c(tast.
Wlat t you is all d(arkneT.s 8and 11(tloont to 1me is
as tigltt as if a tnoton-d'aV stnt sthonte utpon) it., But
tack yo()ulr shtipf) sit, tac:k'your slhip; I would see
how she wvorks hidre we reah the l! oint where
shfe an's'! behave wltl) eor wae e rish."
Griitfth gazed after hiiin wondcr, while the pilot slowly paced th c quarter-deck, atnd then, itiusingi fromt his, gaal vlmt) {a.ve fbrth the chetring. order
tlhat called eacth man to his station, to peflbrn tile
desi red evolution. The contident assurances
which thle (young otieer had givenl to the pilot reSpl eetintg the quajities of his vessce, and his owd' 1
atility to manage her, were fui'lly realized ty'tthe
risul..t. T'he helml) was 1no s0oo0cr lput a-Ice, than1t
tlhe 1hue ship }loi.e utip gallantly agailnst the witind,
an( tastiil. t{irectly throgli the tavoes tltrew the
itamn high into tht air, as she looked boldly i)nto
title ery ey t.s te wind, and then, yieldilng grace;