TOO CONVERSATIONAL HINTS 



a country town couldn't come near it. Curiously 

 enough, we most of us got urgent letters by next 

 morning's post, summoning us home at once to at- 

 tend to business, or to be present at the death-beds 

 of relatives. I thought you'd like to hear this story, 

 old cock. If you like, you're very welcome to shove 

 it in your shooting series. I've seen a lot of rum 

 goes in my life, but this was the rummest of the 

 lot. And don't forget to let me have a word or two 

 about talking to one's host. I know what I thought 

 of that maniac Whichello, but I shouldn't have 

 liked to say that to him. 



' Yours to a turn, 



' A SPORTSMAN.' 



For the present I must leave this striking letter 

 to the judgment of my readers. Space fails me to 

 deal with it adequately. On some other occasion 

 I may be able to set down my ideas on the difficult 

 subject suggested by my polite Correspondent. 



