The Sport of Our (Ancestors 



' Is this the sort of thing that occurs every day ? ' asked 

 the Senator as he got back into the carriage. 



' I should fancy not,' answered Morton. ' Somebody 

 has poisoned a fox, and I don't think that is very often done 

 about here.' 



* Why did he poison him ? ' 



* To save his fowls, I suppose.' 



' Why shouldn't he poison him if the fox takes his fowls ? 

 Fowls are better than foxes.' 



' Not in this country,' said Morton. 



' Then I 'm very glad I don't live here,' said Mr. Gotobed. 

 ' These friends of yours are dressed very nicely and look 

 very well — but a fox is a nasty animal. It was that man 

 standing up on the bank — wasn't it } ' continued the Senator, 

 who was determined to understand it all to the very bottom, 

 in reference to certain lectures which he intended to give 

 on his return to the States — and perhaps also in the Old 

 Country before he left it. 



' They suspect him.' 



' That man with the gun ! One man against two hun- 

 dred ! Now I respect that man ; — I do with all my heart.' 



' You 'd better not say so here, Mr. Gotobed.' 



* I know how full of prejudice you all 'air — but I do 

 respect him. If I comprehend the matter rightly, he was 

 on his own land when we saw him.' 



* Yes ; — that was his own field.' 



' And they meant to ride across it whether he liked it 

 or no } ' 

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