HUNTS WITH JORROCKS 



Uncommonly spicy they all looked, for Pigg, re- 

 gardless of expense, had generously divided a 

 penny's-worth of ginger among the four, so that 

 their tails stuck up like hat pegs, and, as if in 

 sympathy with the horses, Gabriel Junks flew on 

 to the summit of the gateway arch, and expanded 

 a glorious tail to the rays of the sun, at the 

 same time setting up a scream that startled the 

 horses. Forth sallied Ego and Jorrocks; up 

 went the bedroom window, for Betsy to look out, 

 Mrs. Jorrocks appeared framed in the lower one, 

 with a face of most rubicund hue, while Belinda 

 peeped past the green and white chintz curtain, 

 and had her glimpse of the scene. 



' There ! ' said Mr. Jorrocks, pulling up short 

 at the gate, seizing Ego by the arm as he pointed 

 to his stud ; ' there ! there are a lot of nags for 

 you none of your cat-legged, tumble-down, kick- 

 me-off, brik-my-neck, split-my-skull beggars ; but 

 real seasoned 'unters, sure and steady, with an 

 eye for each foot, and one over. Binjimin,' said 

 he, turning to the boy, Hake up those stirrups 



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