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

"' it is knownV to yo:u all,,cuntl.t{en, that the
ol rittlnate utttestiovl of retaliatiotn itas been mituch
ignitatedt tt.en thet} two gt)veinmetl's, our own
anl: tl<tit of the (tiCy. 4'or thi s reason, anId for i
certaitln )litic.'t tlmrl)oses, it has beconme an 2blAet
tt' solicitude with our ( c omisisio1ner's s in Partis to
obt)aiili a few iod msitvilti.l.S 0of chara.ttier fti'om tie e ilt i e
mty, w-ho 1m1ay bte eldl asd ch ticit oil thetir pr0oceted
igt.s at the satni ti e it hi ings the evils of war,
firo) our own slmori, {homn to those who have
caistsed it. AR 11 oppottunity how oflcrs to pl'ut thiis
Jpan itt exeettion, and Ii have (olltccted you, in o'rtde: to consult on ttle mitcat1s.'')
A profiund silencett Succteded tis tunexpectedl
eotltlluniatilon of tle object of therlt cruise. After
a short l)autse, their calptain added, addressimig liniself to ti le sailingt astr..............
What c(.urse s \ottld you advise ine to lpursue,
MAr l Bioltrope?"
theltho Nweatherbt'tt.l)enal kseaman whto wras thus called
oil to breail: thll(o)glt tthe tdiffiulties of a k notty!point, with his ol)iliion, laid onie of his short, bony
hands oin the tatble, and begntt:t to tswirl tan inkstand
w vith re'at inldustry, while wiitht thle other lhe coiveyeil a pen to his mou)tht, which wPas aplparently
natsticatedt with all the relish t{hat he could XAOSihtuIv have felt had it bee-n a leaf fr'om tihe ftimous
Virtsinian'weed. Blnt -perceiin g t hat he w as ex.tt)cted to ansSwert after' lookint first to hsis ridldt
handl1 aritd then to hits left., he Sp)oke as filloVs, ill a
Ihotarse, thick voice, i hn wt ic} ie bgs of tlhe o cean
scc(ted to have united with} sea-damps and cooila,
to destroy evei'ry thing like melod yIf tthis nttter is ordtered, it is to be done), I
Sitlppos", Xle s aid; fX t tile old rule runstls, I o ey
orders, it you bretakd otwners;) though tie imaxilnl
wtvlicht says4' one hand fbr the owner, and t'othler