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A PACK OF ' RUM 'UNS ' 



" Rum uns to look at, sir — ^wild, wiry-looking varmints 

 as ever I see ; but they do say in them parts, devils to 

 go, sir, at anything, no matter what ! " 



" Well, never mind, Jem ; it's a pack, at any rate ; 

 they have hunted together, that's something to begin 

 with. So here's the money ; and mind you put the couples 

 on them coming along, and take Tom the groom to help 

 you." 



How Jem sped on his mission, I will relate in the 

 next chapter. 



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