46 HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS. 



One especially fine animal, " Cannon Ball," 

 always reminded me of the " clipper that stands 

 in the stall at the top." Mr. Cheney gave 

 ;^55o for him, but he lasted only a few seasons ; 

 he went in his wind, falling a victim to a man 

 who knew too much and dosed him with 

 cayenne pepper. 



" Royalist " w^as another superb horse, and 

 so was " Rebecca " ; both these Captain 

 Middleton wanted to buy for the Empress of 

 Austria. It will be remembered that Bay 

 Middleton was her pilot over the Shires. 



One fine Sunday all the house-party were 

 making the usual tour, when suddenly the w^ife 

 of a General saw on the floor close to her 

 an article of apparel which it was the 

 horrid fashion in those days to wear. The 

 wretched w^oman naturally supposed it was 

 missing from her own attire, so she managed 

 to whisk it under her skirts and bolted for the 

 house, trusting — which was most unlikely — that 

 the episode had been kept to herself alone. 

 Her annoyance can easily be imagined when 

 she discovered she had taken some one else's 

 property, her own garment being in the proper 

 place — where you would expect to find it. 

 The owner of the missing article, who was in 

 happy ignorance of her loss, knew nothing of 

 the terrible thing which had befallen her until 

 the missing article was brought back by the 

 GeneraFs wife. 



Before I leave the subject, I must tell you 



how my sister was taken in by Lord , very 



much given to playful jokes. At a dance at 



