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pretty quickly. Were liis tongue out or in his 

 mouth?" 



'' Out, sir, and he stopped to lap up a drop of 

 water from the furrow; and then when I hollaed he 

 just trotted on, as if there warn't nothing the 

 matter, and nobody looking arter him." 



" Cool ! deuced cool ! " muttered Jem. " This 'ill 

 be a moonhght job, I expect ; but master won^t be 

 denied as long as he's above ground ; and here he 

 comes, cheering 'em along, as if he were sartain of 

 handling him in twenty minutes. Well, Til tip him 

 the office, and he can do as he likes about clapping 

 on or no. Gone away," cried Jem, " forward away ! 

 aye, aye, that will do " — and Will Headman is seen 

 crashing through the covert, cheering on his hounds, 

 which are doing as well as can be expected. 



"Viewed him, Jem?" he asked. 



"No, master, gone a longsome time afore I got 

 here. That chap sitting on the gate says half-an- 

 hour." 



" Then there is a precious deal better scent than I 

 thought ; but no, that's all gammon, he can't be two 

 miles ahead of us." 



