46 A WOODLAND MURDER. 



A WOODLAND MURDER. 



timebis. 



Et motse ad lunam trepidabis arundinis umbram. 



JUV. 



Plumamque nocturnse strigis. 



HOR. 



AS you remember how we always made a 

 point of stopping far later up the river 

 on the longest day, ever since that 

 memorable occasion when you caught the four 

 pound three ounce peal at half past ten, you 

 'will be interested in hearing of a small adven- 

 ture or rather experience that befel me a few 

 nights ago. 



Having tried all the morning the dark still 

 water under the r*ed rock and only succeeded 

 in pricking two tidy fish by the folly of 

 striking too soon, I did not feel much inclined 

 to continue all day. Fortunately however after 

 a lazy afternoon there seemed something in the 

 look of the weather at tea time which aroused 

 all the old keenness for that walk which you and 

 I know so well; and I set out by myself up 

 the water blank or no blank. 



I will not describe the tramp along the 

 marshes and the regret felt at being alone. I 

 saw nothing of consequence either of bird or 



