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crack upon his sconce as to astonisli himself and 

 followers. 



" Hey ! hey ! you flashing devils ! what are you 

 arter now ? Get away with you ! Hark back ! 

 hark to cry ! hark, halloa ! " as he heard Will Head- 

 man's cheer ; and he swept them off the line of the 

 fresh fox with his stinging whip as a housemaid 

 would cobwebs from a ceiling. " Here here here ! " 

 he cried, hearing his huntsman's horn now outside 

 the covert, and capping them down under the wood 

 hedge at a rattling pace. 



" Forward, my lads forward, away ;" and in less 

 time than it takes us to describe it, Jem had joined 

 Will Headman with the delinquents, and once more 

 the pack was complete, still going at a tremendous 

 pace over some fine meadows, holding a capital 

 scent. 



" All right again, Jim ! " exclaimed the huntsman ; 

 " he did'nt take much by that move. But where is 

 he going now ?" 



" A long way round, master, to get home, and 'tis 

 a long lane that's no turning; he will turn when he 

 has got the chance, but he 'aint half done yet, and 

 to my mind, will take another hour before he is 

 dished up." 



" Where's the gents, Jem ? " 



" Just where I hope they'll be till we have him 

 in hand nowhere, throw'd out at first starting; 

 they never could make up leeway at the pace, and 

 that's something in our favour, no over-riding them 

 to-day." 



A slight check at a troublesome brook ; the wily 



