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

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11oW\,' said the pilot, vwith those cool tontes that
are most appalling; in critical momaents, hecause
thiey set(T to dqiotie t)iost prlepar'ation and care.
tlihe third c.all of 1 b)y the dee tfour!" vwas fot
Iow\ed by a p)i'ip)t diectition oml the strat-ger to
tack.
(ixriftfith scemedt to emulate the coolness of the
ptilot, in issuing the necessary ordters to execute this
11;ti l! tft Vtt' to.
T''he vessel rose s-lowly fiom the inclined postttion into whl-ich ste had been foreited by the tern-)
p'est, tani thet sails vwere shaking violent-ly, as if' to'(eleaset themselv(es fiom their ionfiniemtent, while
the sAhip, sternttel tihe billows, whentv the well-klnow)t
voice of the sail-inu-aster was heard shloutintr fitrom
tTie foi)recastle.........
B- B:';reakers! breakers dead lahead!"'llhis app)i)all ing sound seemed. yet to be lingerin.tgt
ab)ott the s}ilJ, whei) a secondr voice cried i —
Btreakerls oni our le e-)ow!"'We. aret in a bite of the shoals, TMrt. {- ay,"
c.ie.ed tlhe commandetl., " She tloses hert way; )et'haps tan aitmcI' iigCht hIold her."'
O Clear awa) that be.st bower," shouted Grtifith1 throughl his trumlptet.
11Hot(t on l' ct rie( the pilot, in a voice that
reached the vtery hearts of all who iheard him
Iholdtt oil evexl' thinXt,"'hle young man'tuined fiercely to the daaring
sit. ) rn Ver who thS (dle ed tile (lisciplitle of lhis velssel, and at once demandedt..........
Who is it. that dates to counterlmand my orterts? is it nlot eloughI that you run the shi) intc:langtr lbut you musttlrt interfere t to keep her there
If another vwo'dr.l-.' —-..
Peace, Mi. (.t ritfithl," inte:t rupted the captain,
btlending ftom the ri.'iny, his gt-,ray lock's blow\ing
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