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Mr Dalzell's hounds, and, taking that for his theme, he 

 rattled off a parody of " We have been friends together." 

 Beginning with " VVe have seen a run together," he de- 

 scribed the run throughout, and concluded with : 



" By Auchter House he hied him, 

 Still haunted by their cry, 

 Till in Belmont Park we spied him, 

 When we knew that he must die. 

 Through the hedge he made one double 



As his sinking soul did droop ; 

 'Twas the end of all his trouble 

 When we gave the shrill Who-whoop ! 

 Oh ! now then let us rally ; 

 Let us toast the joyous tally, 

 And a bumper to our ally. 

 The gallant John Dalzell." 



But there were times when " Johnny " Campbell was not 

 altogether a desirable companion to those who valued 

 their lives and limbs ; for he had a strong smack of Jack 

 Mytton's devilry in him, and did not care a rap for his own 

 skin or that of any of his companions. One night — or 

 rather morning — a party of four gentlemen, including 

 "Johnny " Campbell and Sir David Baird, who had been 

 dining at Marchmont House, started home to Dunse in a 

 post-chaise. After passing through the park gates the 

 post-boy got down to close them. Campbell thereupon 

 leaned out of the window, and with a terrific " Who-oo-op 

 awa'," set the horses off in a panic. There was an open 

 drain in front of them, a big mound of earth to the left, 

 and a lake to the right. What the fate of the chaise and 

 its occupants would have been had not the post-boy, who 

 was a particularly smart young fellow, sprinted to the 

 horses' heads and stopped them, one shudders to conjecture. 

 Campbell laughed heartily, and thought it was an excellent 

 joke. Sir David, son of the hero of Seringapatam, and a 

 dare-devil himself of a different kind, preserved a saturnine 

 indifference ; but the other two were scared almost out of 

 their senses. Never again would either of them trust 

 himself in anything on wheels with Campbell of Saddell ; 

 for, as one of them remarked, " Johnny Campbell is one 

 of the most agreeable companions — anywhere but in a post- 

 chaise " 



