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responded the old hound, laughing. " No; it 

 IS always they lost him, but we killed him. 

 Ha, ha, ha ! " 



" It ought to be just reversed," rejoined I. 



* * There would be much greater truth in the 

 assertion, when generally applied, ' ' returned 

 Trimbush. "A fox is frequently lost through 

 them, and rare, indeed, is the occurrence when 

 any act on their part may be regarded as one 

 of assistance in killing him. ' ' 



"I begin to have a great contempt for the 

 Ignorance of human beings," observed I. 



"All of us do at the end of our first 

 season," replied my friend. " We discover, 

 by that time, what a set of know-nothings 

 men are, and, if worthy to be retained in the 

 pack, take no notice whatever of their cheers 

 or rates; but merely avoid their horses' feet, 

 and get away from them as far and as fast as 

 we can." 



