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pupped, and the Chapmans wanted a pup or two. 

 Lodges wouldn't part. One night the Chapmans 

 came over the moor with two or three pups of 

 their own which they substituted for the Lodges 

 and went home rejoicing. 



A STORY is told of an old character in Wensley- 

 dale, who had all the straightforwardness and wit 

 of the tyke. On one occasion the then Master and 

 a solicitor were riding along to the hunt fixture 

 when they fell in with old A . 



Said the Master, " Will there be a scent, this 

 morning, A ?" 



The old man, who was steeped in the lore and 

 laws of venery, answered, "Nut wahl t' sun's on 

 t' wane ; then there will." 



"Thanks ! " was the reply. 



A stood for a moment, and then said, 



"If you'd assed him 'ats wi' ye, he'd a charged 

 ye six an' eight-pence; but ah nivver charges 

 na mair an' a bob mesell." 



Needless to say he got his " bob," 



