A January Frost 



And in the end he finds that perhaps he gets 

 one day's hunting, and the rest of his fortnight 

 is — so far as hunting is concerned — a blank. I 

 think such a man is very much to be pitied. 

 His quarters are probably comfortable enough 

 as far as they go, but remember that he is 

 practically " a stranger in the land," and that 

 he has nothing to do with his time but dawdle 

 the day away over magazine or book, and his 

 nights at billiards. " Golf," you say. Well, 1 

 have yet to learn that golfing with four or five 

 inches of snow is a practicable pastime. Of 

 course between the snow showers he will take 

 long walks, and being a keen sportsman he will 

 go over to the kennels. But his time is sure 

 to hang heavily on his hands, and his more 

 favoured brother sportsmen should do all in 

 their power to make his dull fortnight as cheery 

 as possible. 



For that he is a good fellow they may be 

 sure. The man cannot forget the days of his 

 boyhood when his holidays were spent in sport ; 

 the sound of the horn and the cry of the hounds 

 are the sweetest of music in his ears; hunting 



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