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

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their joy as hey suppostedl thle, vessel past tht
dtatngier; b}eut ibrealiker atr abtereakt(t would still
hteave ttj bctf(re ttiie, Itilowilng eacht other intot
thie geineraltt mttass, to cheek'. tleir e:xultationt. (O)catsitonally, ti}e fluttter'ing 0o the sails w\,otltd be
teard; aid whil en t}ec looks of the startled setamen
were turned to thie twhleel, they beheld thle strani'~et' gtrasjtinitg its spokes, Awit.l }his quick eye glattaIcing:[t fromt tite Awatetr to the vttl\as. At ilemigtl thle
ship reached at pointt, wltere sh e app:t:eil to be
rushing (lircetly( int'o tltc jkaws of' destructiont, a lhe
sttddenly, her courts was clhang ed, and her head
receded ratpidly fi-olt the wiind. t -.At tie sant ien1stant tlhe (oe.it cf tile p.ilot was hetard, shout it...
Square away the yards!in..ina...-til!
A get nera }.s111 fibor i the crew echoed ~, square
away t(lie yartts!" antlt, 1tuie.tl as thiotghtt, thte fiiiate w as scett (.i. tditng atlong the channel tt foi tl re the
wintd. TI'}ic eye htad hardly time to diwell oin the
banti, v 1whie s emed like clouds driving in ti}e }Ita-'tns, antd direetly t'he gallant vessel issued firom
herl' p)erils and otse ant d fti:11 onl the hleavy \wave\s
of the opm n sc.1a.'l"hc seaen we.re yet drawing lon breatllhs, and
grantl xx> e hten tifflith ailproaehedl the m(ani who had
lo succes'sfiully conducted them tthrough their perils.
l'hie yout. lieuteyonant' gr'asp the hand of the othw1, as tte sa(i..........
"' You tave. this night proved yourself a fiith
fIul pilot, and sucht I a seaman as the worm cannot
tlhe'ressu're of the hand x\sas warmly returned
by time unknown mtnariner', xho repflied....
am I ai no stranger to tdie seasv, and I may yet
itat tny ttnve in thern. But you, too, have dei