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The above reminds nie of another story o£ 

 Parson Brown, in Mr. Fairfax Blakeborough's 

 book on "Cleveland, and its Hunt." 



The Bilsdale hounds once went to Carlton to 

 hunt a bag fox which had been caught by 

 G. Hagger, of Faceby. They had been asked by 

 Parson Brown to delay the turning down of the 

 fox until he could finish the sacred service of 

 uniting a happy Dale pair. Unfortunately the 

 arrangements for the wedding had been fixed 

 before the fox was trapped, so that it had to be 

 proceeded with. The farmers and gentry who 

 had assembled for the hunt, after waiting for a 

 few minuses, became so impatient, that the fox 

 was turned down ; and Parson Brown, hearing 

 them pass, threw off his surplice, and before he 

 entered tlie vestry, the couple — for they were 

 still a couple — saw he was in riding breeches and 

 top boots. He ran to the back of the church, 

 where he had left his horse tethered, and, before 

 the congregation realized what had happened, 

 was heard shouting "Tally-ho!" as he galloped 



