i!)0lj THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. 357 



XORTH CHESHIRE DRAFT, 1901. 



January 19th i Falcon "j 

 FalstafifJ 

 Fallacy] 

 Governor ■» 

 Gossip / 



June 6tli 



April 14th 

 April 23rd 



April 14th 

 April 28th 



Nathan 



Plaintiff^ 

 Planter / 



Statesman ] 

 Stately | 

 Stanza ... I 

 Starlight J 



Wary 



Warwickshire Tuscan 



Bel voir Governor ... 

 North Cheshire Nail or 

 North Cheshire Trifler 



North Cheshire Trifler 

 North Cheshire Despot 



/North Cheshire Fanci- 

 \ ful. 



r North Cheshire Gos- 

 \ samer. 



North Cheshire Tune- 

 ful. 

 /North Cheshire Play- 

 1 ful. 



/North Cheshire Soli- 

 \ tude. 



North Cheshire Waste- 

 ful. 



Dogs, 3\ couples ; Bitches, 3 couples. Total, 6i couples. 



So ends tlie History of the Meynell Hunt. Long may 

 it be ere the prophetic words of the verses, with which it 

 concludes, come true ! 



THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGGS. 



By J. L. R. 



A.D. 19 — . An old farmer sings to the accompaniment of the rattle of 

 the express nishing through the Midlands. 



We lamed the nags, we maimed the men, we rolled them in the mire. 

 We killed the goose with golden eggs with thrice-accursed wire. 



Can it really be November? Can winter have begun? 

 There's the usual loss of verdure, and the absence of the sun ! 

 Oh yes, there are the common signs ! But one, I hnd, we lack — 

 The huntsman's horn, the cheering cry, the music of the pack. 

 Oh, dull and drear's the time of year when nothing gives relief 

 From the settled gloom which follows the falling of the leaf ! 

 Who lamed the nags and maimed the men, and rolled them in the 



mire ? 

 We killed the goose with golden eggs Avith thrice-accursed wire. 



