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

form yourtelt,' is qiit: as good, and has saved nt1antv
a hearty fellow from a fall that would 8have tbalanced thte P}tlttrsO's books. Not that I mnean -a p )tmserl's books are nlot as good as an"y other mtnan's,
butt thlat when a Iman is (lead(, his acct unt t mttust be
closed, or thlrec will be a fialse muilster. \Vell, if
the thing is to be (done, the next question is, how
is it to be (donie? Tlere is many ta man that knoxt t s
there is too much c:antrvass ot a ship), who can't tell
holw to shorten sail. Well, theln, if thte thing is really to e d(one, we must eitlher land a gantg to seize
them~l, or we must show ftt falsoe liglhts, and shlttam colouttsa to letad thei oft to tlie shipx. NAs btr landing Ca(itain Mtunson, I etta only stpeak ftr one
man11, and, that is nolyselt; which'l is to say, that if
you run thle ship1) itt her jib-boom inito thle Icing
of El.tttnttads parlour winlows, why, Im con lsent-.
int% nor do I. carei how mtuch of llis crockery is
cracked int so doing; butt as to putting thle p:int t of
ty foot. o on:me of his satndy beadches, i' 1 do, thlat
is al-t1ways spetaking foir only one. tanun and s, avin,'
iyour pTresentte, may I hope to be.................... d
T'he yotung men sin liled as the tottlh old se amttanl
utterel his sett.iments so fianklfy, ristng t vith his
tsubjeet, to that which with him xxtas the flitax of
all (iscussion; Ibut his eonmman:der who was but a
more 1itl x'lroved scholar fr'om the same oug1 h) sc 1Iool
iapea redl to a nderstand h i is arg i.ents enti rely a t (
w ithout alterilng a muis8cle of his rigid eountenaniee,
It requ=irted the opinion of' the junior lieuttentant.'lie youtlg mttal sloke firmly, ftt niodestly,
tlhouhll the n-lount of'wh}at he staid wts not nlmuch
mnore d(istinct thanl that utttered Iby the master, an(
was very nmuch to the same Iprlpse. with the cxcel)tion, that lie appeared to entertait no personal
~Welucttance to trustingr him'nself o1 dry gitround.
The opinions of thet others grew tradutly tt(more