A QUIET BYE 



Hoick back ! Hoick back ! They 've overrun the 

 scent,' continued he, listening, as the chorus 

 gradually died out ; ' or,' added he, ' he may have 

 got to ground.' 



' Tally ho ! ' now screamed Jorrocks, as a 

 magnificent fellow in a spotless suit of ruddy fur 

 crossed the ride before him at a quiet, stealing, 

 listening sort of pace, and gave a whisk of his 

 well-tagged brush on entering the copse-wood 

 across. ' Hoop ! hoop ! hoop ! hoop ! ' roared Mr. 

 Jorrocks, putting his finger in his ear, and holloa- 

 ing as loud as ever he could shout ; and just as he 

 got his horn fumbled past the guard, Dexterous, 

 Affable, and Mercury dashed across the ride, 

 lashing their sterns and bristling for blood, and 

 Pigg appeared a little below cantering along with 

 the rest of the pack at his horse's heels. 'Here, 

 Pigg ! there, Pigg ! ' roared Mr. Jorrocks ; 'just by 

 the old hoak-stump. Gently now! ah, ware 'eel 

 that 's not the vay of him ; he 's hover to the left, 

 I tells ye. That 's him ! Mercury has him. 

 Hoick to Mercury, hoick! get away, get away, get 



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