35 2 Cross Country with Horse and Hound 



enough for you ! " said the farmer. " If you ever step foot 

 on my land again I '11 prosecute you." I must have left my 

 crop by his fence/ 



" ' Go and look for it.' 



" ' Not much ! And where the deuce that old plug of a 

 horse has gone to I don't know, and, what 's more, I don't 

 care. I paid twenty-five dollars down on the brute. I '11 

 forget that, and telegraph the liveryman his horse is some- 

 where in the woods and at his risk.' 



" We drove along a little farther," continued the Doc- 

 tor, " to look for him. ' Romeo, Romeo ! wherefore art 

 thou, Romeo ? ' Presently we came upon some of the riders. 

 A boy was leading Romeo about, waiting for some one to 

 claim him. I have heard since I came here to-night that 

 the horse, although a clumsy old brute, is very clever at his 

 fences, and that my friend could not make him go on 

 because he was riding him on the curb instead of the 

 snaffle. But he will make a sportsman yet," said the Doc- 

 tor, " and I want to ask you all, gentlemen, as a special 

 favour, to help put the young man right. You never can 

 tell by the looks of a toad how far he can jump." 



