HAEK FOEEAED! 



CHAPTER I 



Mirabile est, in quibus parvis cardinibus maximae 

 res vertunt. 



Pall Mall : June 5. 



My dear Reggie, — You have often heard me 

 talk of my brother-in-law, ' Ray Danby,' in 

 Virginia. He has for the last ten years been 

 most anxious that I should look him up out 

 there. I have at last made up my mind to do 

 so, and as I am already heartily sick of London, 

 I have decided to sail on Wednesday by the 

 ' Scythia ' from Liverpool. Now, I want you to 

 come with me. You have such a good kennel 

 huntsman in Furlby that you may safely leave 



