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

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inl fo>tm, he t broke in upon tle tuot note0ons roaut ii
of the tetiipest with ti e sotnlss of hIis voice, ste-1
tiug to shake oif lis apathty, lt(t roulse thitis.elf to
t}ie occasitinr.
" \ow is the tlittle to watch liter t0clo)4, iMr
(.. iiflithl,"' he cried; here we get the trit ttll
andtt tte real daiiger. Place the blest quarterm-aster
of you r ship in those chains, and let atI oficer
statdt by ai see iat he gives s ile rigl
I will take tihat olffice ot nlmyseif" said the
captain;'t iss a lig t into the weather,naint-.
Stanld y your braces! excslntled tile pilot,
witi startlt it quickless. t Ileav e away t at
l hcse i'ipreparlattions tatllut the crew to expect
tilte crisi and every officer and man stood in l(i:,arfill silelnco, at his assignet l stationt, awaitin t}e issue of the trial. l' ven the quarter-master at tlee
(ct'I gaviC outlt }lls Otrderii.-s to tile 1 en at the wheel,
in dee.(ler and } ioarsr tones th}an usual, as il' attxious not to fdisturb th1e quiet and order of'lthe vesWthil}e tlti}s (tet) expectatioi pervaXdodl the frii.
g,"ate, the pierc.ing ery of' the. leadslnan, as 11he called it by the imiarkt seven," rose'llAove tle.. tenpestt
erossed over tile t (leeks, ind adpl)earcd to paSS aw Vay
to leewardl borne on the blast like th}e warniil'r
of sonlc1 water spirit.''i s wt ellS' rcturned tile pilot, (talntly; ~ tly
tit agalniti.'ithe short pause was sueededt( by another ci y,
al'ad a lalft-five!"
Sihe shoals! she shoals!' cxelaiumel (- rtifrith.
" keep hbero t a good full71.
"< Ay i you must 1hold1 thl ves set ill colnlland,