6 HARK FORRARD ! 



' Nullis secundi,' and last, but not least, its 

 subscription is good. 



Under these circumstances our readers will 

 quite agree with us that Reginald Miller's lines 

 were cast in decidedly pleasant places. A 

 scion of one of the oldest and best families in 

 the county, it was on the retirement of the late 

 master decided to offer the mastership of the 

 Mendale to him, as, though quite a young man, 

 in fact he was but five-and-twenty, he had 

 always taken the keenest interest in the pack, 

 and no better man ever crossed country. He 

 had now been master of the Mendale for two 

 seasons, was a bachelor, and, as he was well off, 

 good looking, and very popular, it may easily be 

 imagined that the ladies, God bless them, gave 

 more than a passing thought to his future. 

 He danced and played tennis, and was as full 

 of fun as man could be, but if ever rallied 

 about any particular maiden, he invariably said, 

 ' My dear fellow, I love them all ; ' and so he 

 did up to a certain point, but no one could for 

 one instant accuse him of having singled out 



