174 MELTON AND HOMESPUN 



" ' Ah ! so long as he's safe that's all right/ says Bill, 

 with a wink, adding, ' Tiger will keep him out o' mischief 

 for the rest o' the day. The old 'ound dearly loves a 

 hare, though he's too slow to catch 'em.' 



" Bill and I rode to Hydes Hollow to find hounds 

 drawin' Dawson's gorse for a fresh fox, they havin' 

 killed their first. 



" Ten to one, Tom, the first whip will carry the horn 

 next Saturday, and a hundred to one the Master will 

 resign at the end of the season." 



Farmer Rodwell's prophecy proved correct in both 

 cases, and the ex-Master is still spoken of by the members 

 of the Hunt as " Tiger L ." 



