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

about in cthe wind, and adding a look of wildness
to the ha}gardi care that lie exhibited by thle liglht
of his laniter; "yietld tlhe trunlpet to AftM. Gray
he;ah(.uico ctan save us."
CGriflttlh thrwcw his spetaking tru1mpet on the deck.,
and as hte walked l)roully away, nmuttered, in bitterness, of leel in,....'J'lien all is lost, indeed, and amonoig the rest,
th.e foolish hoices with vwhic} I visited this coast,"'there was, howcver, no time fio't reply; the
ship had been rapidly runnitngv into thec wind, and
as the cftorts; of the crew waer.e paralyzedt by thec
controadictory orders they hia( heard, ste gradually
lost her wavy, and in a ife.:w seconds all her sails
w'~:r'c taken aback.
Bcfoire th}e. crew ulnderstood their situationi, the
pilot hiad applied tlie truinpet to his mouthl, and
in a1 voice thatt rose above the tcmpest, he thunn.
dered forth his orders. VEach command was
g:iven distinctly, and with a pl'ecision thiat showed
him to ibe niaster of his professiio.'[le helm
was kept fiast, the hlead lrs swng. up Ialyad"
against thc wvind, antd t(le vessel was soon wvhirling von nd oni her hc.l, with a r'ctrogr'rade moveBlit'it.
(IGiffith wvas too minuch of a seamnan not to perF
ccivcy that the Iilot had scized, with ta percelption
almnst intuitive, the only metlhod that promlised to
extricate cthe vesscl from her situation. fie vwas
young, iipttious, andl proud............but he was,also
{:~erentcrniis.'Forg~ctting his reset:ntient an(d hlis iotr'titication, he riushed forward am:owng the men, a ti,
oy hlis pIresenc and examnpllc, alded certainty to
the experiment.'l'he s hip feill o(f slowly beOrec
the' 4Itale,; and baiowed hle.r yavrds nearly to the watci',1,aZIs i... fist tie l oii;i'" its limy oi lcis
W'oadlsirl'::', whi~[leth f.::jy t'-:~:']v i';h::',,,c~ i'thet violecntly