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" Jump off and pick my hat up, will you ? " 

 he asked. 



'' What ! " exclaimed old John, as he 

 galloped past his lordship. " Not I ! I 



would not stop to pick my own up, so 



yours, or anybody else's." 



There was not much that would stop 

 John Walker when they were running but 

 that burst brought him to a standstill — for he 

 was riding his famous mare, and even she 

 got thoroughly blown. Near Tempsford he 

 saw the fox go out of the field as the hounds 

 came in, and as that field was fresh sown 

 it checked them ; however, they righted them- 

 selves, and ran on down to old John, who 

 stopped them— for which my father never 

 fully forgave him. After waiting for ten 

 minutes, Tom Sebright came up on a 

 farmer's cob. 



"Now Tom" he said, ''the fox has gone 

 out of the field at that corner, and he has 

 been gone ten minutes. You can go on if you 

 like, but my mare has dropped into a trot, 



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