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to keep a hound. One morning, when working 

 in the forge, the old dog, who was lying on 

 the floor, heard the sound of the horn in the 

 distance. 



" Father," said the boy, " shall I let Trueman 

 out?" 



"You go on with your work," was the father's 

 reply, " and let the hound bide. It costs enough 

 to fill his belly now without a-hunting." 



Presently the horn sounded again, this time 

 nearer. There was a crash and a sound of broken 

 glass ; the old hound had jumped through a lattice 

 window. 



" Blame it," said the father, " it would have been 

 cheaper to let old Trueman a' gone hunting than a' 

 kept him." 



Hubert Garle. 



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'' Who would Change with a King } " 



CAUTION has no place at times like these ; 

 when you have secured a good start, halt 

 the field are out-manoeuvred, and it is just as much 

 as ever you can do to keep the tail hounds in view. 

 How mutely they run ! With what a deadly and 

 bloodthirsty purpose ! Sit down in your saddle and 

 let the good steed beneath you extend himself to 

 the full, or else never again this day hope to see 

 the flying and ever diminishing pack. Strain every 

 nerve, use every artifice, ride all you know to keep 

 with them, for a scent like this comes but once or 

 at most twice in a season. The pace is simply 

 tremendous, neither as the minutes go by does it 

 show any symptom of slackening. The frost is 

 going fast, leaving a slight moisture twinkling in 

 the sunshine ; but even although the ground on 



