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

desiredt his r easons fi' au11 ing himself so exceed.
ingtly with the tllans of the nmarine.'Ti s a chart for a ca1- l ll c'ried:larnst'ia.
1)1e, att sishould be sent off exlpress to (tongltesrs
elot)le tlhe I'renchnllen are lbrought into tlthe 11fi1(!"
" I ave you any better p)lan to propose, I-' A
1.,a ristabhte' inquiredl the p)aticnt conm-nantder.;" Better t fay one t will take not timel, and
ause 1no troubtle, to execute it," cried the other;
"' tis a seaant's jobt, sir, and nmustt be0 (dot with ai
seatimvan's means."
1P<ardon me, Capt)ain Barista)le," inte rrupted
the mar'ine, whiose joculalr ein was entiretl' alsortlced in his mi-litary pride; "( if there be seovic(t
to be (lone oi shore, I claim lit as8 muy right to be
emnploye(l 7.
(C1ail t what y0ou till, s8ldlier, )ut how wNill you
carry on the { wlvxar wtith a partcel f fe llow s t \who
(()don't ]know one end of a botat from the otther,"
returnlled the rcckle. ss sailor. "I)o yYou think, thl't
barget or a cutter is to 1be le)(-.acahied itn the samet
-manner you ground fireh:ock, by word oft com( mand?
No, no, Captain Manutial.. —. I hotnour your courage,
io)':tihaxte seen l it tried, hut d. e if. "
"You otrget, we ait ftr your proj c t, Mr.,
Ilarmstable,"' said the xvete-tan.
c I rave your pIatienct(e, sir,; but t0no pi'ojeet is
necessary. Point out the tbearinslgs and distance of
the place where the men you want are to bte found,
and I wilt take the heel of the gale, and'run iinto the
land, always speakingt for goo(l ater and no rtol':ks.'t". Pilot, you will accompany me, for you t crty
as true a map of tihe bottomt of these seas in your
head ats evert wars mtade of dry grottund. I wvill look
out ll'r good t nchorage, or if the wind should tblotv
off shor(e, let th}e schooner staund off and on, tillt wt.
s}hlouId he ready to talce them broad sea ag:ain