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was full, and lit up with its old fire when anything 

 pleased him, or he became a little excited. Two 

 evidences of this may suffice to prove the truth of 

 the assertion. 



It was in 1883 that I was walking a Tedworth bitch 

 called " Matchless," and after she had got fairly handy, 

 and kneAv her way about, she pretty soon found her 

 way down to old Carter's house, as well as about the 

 village in general, as all the Milton people of every 

 class, especially the boys and girls, respect a hound, 

 and seem to consider him or her their own property. 

 The consequence is that puppies soon know where 

 bones and scraps are to be picked up ; and as the old 

 huntsman's two daughters had much of their father's 

 nature about them, they pretty frequently received a 

 visit from Matchless. One afternoon, as the old man 

 was sitting in his room up stairs, he heard a hound 

 baying under his window, and, calling to his daughter, 

 he asked what hound that was in the garden ? Alice, 

 I believe it was, for I was not jDresent — but she won't 

 mind my telling it, as she was a rare good girl for 

 a hound — looked out of the window and replied, 



" Oh, 'tis Matchless, father, Mr. G 's puppy." " I 



tell you 'tis a dogliound,'' rejoined the old man, " for 

 / knoiu the note." Nor was he Avi'ong. Within a mile 

 of my house " Monitor," the brother of Matchless, was 



