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ex-Officer of Lancers, the old ardent desire to be first 

 among the foremost ; but they have not robbed him of 

 either the hand or seat that proclaims the accomplished 

 horseman. 



MISS ALDERSON. 



Few more ardent followers of hounds and fox are to be 

 found than the fair lady who has discovered that the best 

 mode of recovering from the fatigues of a London season 

 is a tri-weekly gallop with the " Pytchley '' later on in 

 the year. Winter, in short, is called on to restore the 

 balance of health affected by the wear and tear of 

 summer; and Brington Cottage is the chosen spot in 

 which the recuperative process takes place. If the 

 stranger imagines that the fair rider of the hunter-like 

 brown horse is one whom he will not see again as soon 

 as the fox has left the cover, it will be that he himself is 

 in the background, whilst the lady herself is well in 

 front. Quietly taking her fences as they come. Miss 

 Alderson will be sure to hold her own in a run, and a 

 note of her voice has more effect on the energies of her 

 steed than the " flick " of her whip, or the ^' prick ^' of 

 her spur. To mount a relation — a young lady to whom 

 danger appears to be an '^ unknown quantity " — is 

 another pleasure derived from hunting by the amiable 

 tenant of Brington Cottage ; one in no way lessened by 

 her occasionally becoming aware of the fact that the lady 

 going so gallantly ahead is her own niece mounted on a 

 horse out of her own stable. 



That a daughter and a granddaughter should be 

 capable of taking rank among the more intrepid of the 



