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I but I closed rabidl and at, once with his Y I I I / . � . 1. . � W at eiby oan�t turn, him out.' hen Mr. e ,h I '. 0 . - I . . I bog -nay, I almost felt' as, if I waaa liar; I 'made ', I I I I I I - wre PIE ' ciae 1, nilqui; the � at inhabitant could � . � I I I .1. I I , — I I � � I - I I wer tbedogo with his gun a I , ; an. 11 thelihep� � � I : I I offer. As I have said, probably some, pre- dt, 'use. � The went off grunting, itto " the ho I sl for I lidd half up ,my mind � . - I I a 1 . , m at re embor a b n otter nesting season. But I I herd --4e -1 lay low." 'i ,,, I I . � , . ZZ:4 71, ., . . I . I . , � I I I , "Ila e.in mY favor, oroome,gruall compas.. ' I WIn � farmer was a pei�6eable,i )ld. fellow, whq came down the bill, to account for 6 I � I Y :,any AbotB by ud'I had been firing 1 had Acted as the French I'd did bares " P-102.11.mnn , I . � I _-1 .- , Suddenly the aui;uals began to tnovs�_ I I I . I I ­ I , . , for my Polbition, weighed With the -lat- . probably had never used a gun i]iI his fife, . , in as' at yi I , I I who killed the , - A I De to draw; we stood round - and walch d I . . I I : I .1 � , - 0 TH FACTOR S SU OTING ter. Being townsman bjmHeJJ4 he fancied an! thQ'l Btag")0'as a roe which we had. put4 `C . ' � . No one had'.questioned Me. But , .4 mark. � . , . I . then uneasy conspierice, began'to, inquire .�nd 11 Alphange," . is .Vieux and left, only , 'A Achillel t6 I had I ,a them with much solemnity ,and anxiety: � id I I � I I ; � 11 I . that All country folk understood -it about . I I I . ad 4p one day in going through the wa . I - , Lay I � � . L -breed. I depopulated the, W. Igt - .. ith slow and stately atep,and great.r' � I . . . . I � 1. . 'a I : . country ma tters ; and he knev v, of co urse, . At last the day* of do paiturelarrived I . I � I whetVer the intention was not of'as much I I I . � I - I � I I � - ground. � I ity of body. they -advanced, and we fol- , . � I I . I I I - I . I he could easily get rid. ofmo "it I turned aceompanied./iny employers aproswtho loch value as.tbe act; :and while debating.this �. I - � My ,employer was looking out of thb lowed. Mr. We%ibherby, with his fore- I , I - I I . I 4 � I I . . . I ing Time for an Amateur. � - Aft ExciC � I , � . I out an uijiaatiBf aotgry character. , i I I felt very grateful "to -the old man. -He, I , totbe,littlq�station, where they met the I I train -which as .,night ,mail to"the ught, the � nicepoint I fell %eleop. I I I be, profitable in Itmould not - any sense r � - 11 _ � , , , "hat train as it drew I � -up: his f Ace had loot its ' ruddiness, And alto r , ge.ther,he .was feebler ii finger on hi's right trigger;, I with my 11 I I .. � � I - hammers down, balf ..expecting- .fo.'sea - ' . I 1__ � I .1 , I - I . _ _ I . Spqrtsmaqi., . , . .1 . , I was in many, WA,yo_difficult� to deal with; - I , ., e.hads, 6i _608,0oadr�aervants, ,Boutb. W " 9 I did on- the_� t I daily Ka-muckof w- I O'glve: 9 I I than When. I_,Ia8tr SAW-:bim.' He W& . ery av" ' ".., I I _- A b' � J much of,heatiier '� L a art jump Out of a I . " �, I. d ....... . ., � - � 7. - � � . I _ I - ­ ' ' - _11-11. ­­___ - � Arid, i6t, on the wbole.' I did not get on'. . irself; no luggagO,J�na Miss, Weat h0by-he , , rd�orbet:,Ween that day� and the 10th of � . gracious. I ,,, andls6emiad to., be delighted to be . I I I. - - mind run for it; and the Lah6plioird With his ;­ , . , I I - � , -_ � . I ; 1, �. L . - ­ ' 'a I � � . I � . I badly with him; and I I]ody tiay� at -once, , ­ , though I have his service, J did not . iDaons�derabla weight. .As a lastphance of I I making hermelf, diBagriaeble, she ordered December. 1wasofteh-onit. Therewas I very much work, for me on the place,- not I -_ once more in Scotland, the Eight of hi I . I . 8 I "r�Un'CaSeo-and-,a,n-ew"sdtter almost made me, I I . stick�bold. lige a gun, ready to use in a I mornent.' The dogs went ste I m,dily on and . '. k x azine.) - . (From Blac wood , 3.9 , � , . I I . .1 � . 4 factor. Or .left � I I I . do so, on account of miq proved Incapacity MY � rae,yathertbanaskedme.torow. Ithink', � - ""' 'Ealt ofteued,a little a the"t' in but to a 'certain extent I neglecf6d what I there was to do it I 'thought I khould have . wick., There as no time tbon W to explain in � I attern, And long before w,& reached. the I � I r . I . � 1b,- . ' on.� 11 They've run," said Mr. Wes, herby � .1 in hoarse 6xotted ,C . . am a perhaps it would be. . I . on in. part for, the work. groat oaf o� ly I I . a just 11 , ra . r , landing 6nce a and. whisper. - . , -head . , � I - ., � � !farb correct I'o say I was a factor, for At I , . , 1 4 1 1 ,guard lay in this fact,that he was infinitely . I � . - w g,forsbe put.outhorhand-Usif't O I I L6rd . any luck on the hill.. I tried sometimes to: I I I I I-- . .- ­ � I- . f of 'the�-'sporlb; but I -place I' . more changed my mind. �I could not explain Mr. them,,Stoney.1' $a I maile'a circuit and ,, � . � . . we present time I am -without occupation. � ., , � I I more ignorant tb&n I was. It all matters I I s,j-'.gt...r.ti-b.E.; bat at that'inoment� deer... resist the viscination !.must, � little weak-willed at ,things. Asked many about. met,the. party,.and, .,miserable as I was,,, . -1 .1 . . I . � . One day, t w6 or tbrea_yparo. . � "". . , _., - __.- I _,ago,fLeet- �.- I . I - , --Nh ­ - if, down to inquire carefully into my yse appertaining .t6. land.were.. Greek,,.to- me;' they.werd-, Chinese or Sabskiit to him. -rich owner,of.a-lar - ,Blackadder, the go i forest in. the district', as tm),odt of *the! book- . , ' _�.think _be".a . tiolai[ar_ 'directil6u-_ -for' any rate in that 'par . � ,Weatherby, � questions the grouse, And I � gkve bInrred, indistinct . . .1 could hardly keel? from� laugbigg &load at, ,- 1, 'the appearance it prpaptited. to one who was � , . - . - I . . I 11 I 11 � � I . Altairs. The Problem to solVed was , - He called, himself a cloth mautifadmirer -/ I � ing office, and she hastily it, not I I hardly overdid @timaibely fight the tecrip- -b ' answers to eouae, whilat others I pretended -.1-Ir 1 I , . behind the scones. I 1. I I I I - ­ ' .be I . on no -'G Ivon a am; . liolt a diffi. It o All: capitalt - ' b i - "Pat L as uses' can' but:1 believo'bia princ' I I I ,withdrew . --:in imate-t a with a appear on t arm I � wisbilig It � �Bsfully'.% F,eyhapw I'mig tation succ( - t have � - it. not been for labored most dil d igently at hat trhe��lah � the , lapse i , The funeral in I I arch of :the dogs was imi 'whichit is ico�dsBible to live-granti � . � . . ad � � . . I � I' f . I , Y. deduction rom it to pay A 'aikc.d'in making bags for o4tifWial manuriB, thouglihe knew,nothing whatever mb�ut the factor before that.nobleman. I'could not help f6eliiag,ratlaer,t,iium�l�bLi�t,w)aen I I bad � succeeded better it used' .those fatal stubble -fields. The -grouse . . (;f another year had not i , I mproved the temper of 'his Bister,'and gradually � eichanged for a quickei step, , - They began at length to trot, to on ff in- r I . . J tt�ear . . lulle wit _how long wi � 11 it be;'before the various ingredients which,filled tbem. the great inan shook hands with me (I had to come down. every.afternoon.'and feed- I 1 -What little Ehe did. say, wag disagreeable. . I . � An excited manner here and there. Then . . . I I . this capital vanishes away altogether? . I I have Peon him carefully examine a pile � , had an ititerview With him on Boine'ques- confiding thingal-within gunshot of:the � Robert and: I m of the. big -, I r -they threw up. th I - 11 , air heads, they stretched � his -period would oc ., . . *utid � that ' our in standing at a sta tion waiting to lbe trucked; tion of a dihputed *mareb), find EPA Piea�s- � . walbi. About s p.� in. they � used to arrive , ' bou 1 BE to a Email cottage,blose by; and as- � their tails. out straight'behi 4 " - .in .. tbem,, and ..� �t � I I I - . about a even years, aw I the next day I he used to,part, 'them compd�oently, and antly to me. " You are going to be here -notmany, for there were Dot Many o"n I we were - sitting � by the Emouldering peat I I se o; Dash began U, � � I I � 1. . . - Aliholf1i I I ,was Oing I .--- ced to myfriencis that' 9 I � I 150 look out for:*, something to 11 do." I had I , , . I sel6rch, I thought, for ,some', mark to iden- 1� . - tify them by. In his; middle �h'e he had - for the winter, 1� suppose,, Mr. Stoney'. � I . - don't intend to hill any more stage this the place. - A-1,iout 4.05 they,used to fly off -­� agairi�some Of 'them; and r some would be � before goiDgtub6d that Dight I made &pro. I. SI on to him. , There PO I ti' is a kind of Bport I I "whurnper,". And Meg fairly -yowled.- I I � -Now and then they were hidden for a tow 1 . I . . I liad wha,0 -is Called *a first-rate education: ,g rented a stuall bit, pf iabbIt-sho"OdDa near seascini�� but there - will b4' some hinds sprawling on, the "crisp stubbl 6, or, lying- to be Witnessed amongst the fella of Cum- I . Beconds by a hillock . .. , but they ocion,reap- � I . . : . �. . � , a . , I long , course.,. of expensive schools and I - Mmucheater. A. year .or two before I 'Met wan'ted"'s,boul Christmas, and I have told quiet in brown feathery mdsseB'.' The end berlAnd Which is.' hardly known in other, beared. They took � a bee line across the ; I I ­ . . , - - thtors had 'ended itfOxford, though I left' I _­ ­ .� -­ . \ tbAt -without taking, a dagree�_ in be, bad b6tight'a small pioperty-in-k - I - : colmty,,� aDd he� I... larga Scotch considered" I ,Campbell, thebead keeper, to lot you'kbow __ ,. . I Ji.. I ­ go a t r them." � I thoug t this when the -11 a of this hind.of thing. ,was:that I did serioua� - I . � I �g-1 almost deatr, Ed jniury'to the shootir I Oy . . counties. It con�ists in dragging a �hin ' ' � ste ad in� anniseed across wu.x,it�.Jy for ten EP I - _ atched them cross the march. � . I I hes,ther;we* . I � grind up the opposite slope, and then they �Univeisity I � ... 3[ could read and -write, and do easy same; . .1 , . I . himself somewhat of an� authority on sport. I ,y very kind of Lord Blackadder, andl. 1anked it; The marches were:'narrow, the grouse Or oz Ad an miles, for dogs to hunt. This'i4 -.'Iib'i&kea f aded-- froija%� our view. . Talk of a bound- � .1. - I I - � �- by the help of a, Liddelv and sa,ott And, He may have. known Bomething� about r.ab- -him. I saw Mis,q Weatherby hola,� half I Y 'feW.,r ns�tuiajl I ;They were exceedingly � .plude ' called, ,a ll.bound� trail.!! . tkitil-none better was ev4r- - o6en'amianigat . , I . . 'a grammar I 'could can . strue all but the I - i bits,but. he wa I a � cert I ainjy4ingularly igilo- - open the door of ker�aiirriaTp9�1-Baw-Lord- �greedy,birds; , like,� myself, they gave way after wrestling-matolies "and. pigeon -shoot -i � 'the fella of Cumberland, : ­ . . I . � � I � ' , . � U, , rdeat passages in Homer� And Thucy. rant of 9,11 matters lconLecied, With grouse. B laakadder bow to bar and.get into another . readily to temptation, and the,pen&lty.they,* iDgs And shows, a,ud causes great delight to Ir stared .blankly in the direction ,the .:, I - � . copious . use etcon. . i4des; and by insking I . ways started When he got 'a poin't he ali � cimpartment , fu'rtbei. dbwn, and 'as I -c . . . paid,for their, sensualil . I by was a heavy one.' .. I the,sturdy, aport-loving nortiliern I armors.. clogs ha r . A gane. � 1 'Aid - not dare to looll'at , � � I � ,nuient spondee adjectiveB,l 11 -was capio.- I r - off %a hard as he could to it" eiiher by . al. & Watched the train, twisting;along th ,a ore- the Bea, on bad lasted- ten.days I consider, if .9 � I told ,Robert .Of this, and,:asliod'hi . in it he by; be broke out I .. � I Mr. Weatb,er � iDto's'stoirm _ I . I - ; . I � . 1. 10e of turning out immenae, qui.autities the:-Doi6ci he ma.do putting up the birds, of the Inch I rejoiced Within"me at thei, little or a fortnight 1puger,'that the TeJr4o Scoti.. I Would be WilliDg"to gotip ontbe hill"early' , of fury, and bondemiied the dogs, aba" , 11 .11 II " of, correctly scanning Latiu,verse. My ,�or else arilving ,in such W Btate of breath-- I I snub. . - . . I I l� I . I � . eva would haVe. become eitinat so far as . . , � I I � I , ba,the morning of tbe�'12th, and, put such a � ' ' ' I . I myself, and the Bhephord, and the moor, " . � ,.. I - I . � I , I I Jkkenda all said., "I There'wil�. be no diffi-l. I leasneas 'that 1e could � do nothing with I - Whon the train was out of sigh t I rowed 1. ,:­­ I I., . that moor -was concerned:-- As"iti-Wa-9, V, - Alin down.here and there;, and I explained, . � , tothe hottest place he pould think of., I . I � I ,:. . .. . . � oulty in' a- fellow ,like ,you getting a good � - _[ , the euiest chance. It he.wounded a hare - home again., J I W611 remember that� row. few.w'ary old� .cooks 96nd one fionall brood I . I I 'to hiru tbat� the dogs Would scent it, and - I � pad � path, -- . , 'd _ Iug� in answer to all thio -only - * � � . � f . I &rth " &I'd �&Cfirat I shared their oonfi- i , . donQ'.. But as time wbre oid my hopes (Azid 1e seldom killed one outright) be used to too his, old, setter *after' it; and -afid I a The yellow and red b6tasonbe" cheBand , larches which fringed .the� -shores at � the' alone escaped. .­ I � : I � . 1t will . naturalli �b� supposed ,that .this . . I wQXk 11`6oat.tis if after gains, whilst as Mr. Weatherby wits abort, sighted, we might be I - and the:ahophord: ' I I ooked:at the'shoplietd, �, I I . I _'llbelay'low.11' � .- . I I I .1 � i . ,. . . � . away. To beg.in Vfih�, 1. considered nothing pleased him'more *than a success- ' - I 11 . ---great lochwere repeated in the wateriwith. kind, of, work -could not 'be carried. an alto- :able tolliduc ' rds a him to believe that the bi' . - 4 The bag consisted of one grouse. that :.,. . , , . .died j�l . . -=yself ' 'debarred - from. 6eitain kinds lot fully conducted 'chase of� this. kind,'for, as out - their 'reflection beiog'� disturbed � by a � � gether ILI secret.,�, Wood -pigeons and -drows- � � - ,had ru6 and got up faithe'roin-ibbat if this i . . � :- 12tb. :, If the dogs had reappeared on the I 11 ., . I . . . . - . � ' ' , work,, Having been:� accOstolned.,'to-coun. i. - I process combined the 'plea- . 11 I . I . I ripple. Tbere,was a1aze in the distance, , might account for the lihng, alid, I "d - avoide ,was carried out'�two .or'three ,times, his I . . I . . ihed ­ I � scenle by ,the ,time We. reat home:1 .1 . � . . . . 11 I . , I I I � , life to, f reedom � from .uoisb, and. dirt � Eut,,6,,4.V.'bt.'.'t'i - with �the excitement of a � ng ' tb ,e sun shone. brightly but with � little, � . . the faim-folk as mach as possible.'. -if ever i disgust � at their, beb�vior .,and his, weak- / �. �, thii?k.there would �have ,V�en two setters 1. �, . , r �, . , d conknoment,'I detoriiiin'�d'thaW what- & . . - .. � . *course. And 'qua ay,,on , getti I ng a, . pnipa. I 11 . d' -, power, an there - was a pleasant smell of I enter ihe.diplomati6 service,,the expert-, DO ,�'nessfro bisr6cent illness. rDi , gbt�revent ' �` ' , 1, 4, ,�i �added'to the Ibotal';. but they -did not. I 1'� - ., , . � -EmbiliappenedJ 'would hav6"no"thing t . 6-1 d 6 . I lie sent it off- immedi�tefy to MeLtay's at. autumn and. frost 'And, dea d' loaves in'the' , enc'e I i��ihed in Aealing, With thia.people, ,n � - , b" inch more. Robert, lafter b, 4"'i god'ng out n , left Mr.. Weath6rby When near tbo lodge, * � � i , 1� . cything ,which "; 'uid h dbaoitate i. vVith :.all WO 0 "'. In�eirneas,'to`bla stuffed., Tbislold Man-- air. % -1 too - Sam ide an&aenAe of li6d,with, Is pri I this Scotch p, tu,� lade will he invaluable to , .- lit Is .. r, ggreiad to perforin his pa.rt;, tit - telling; him "tho toothache had-- comd, �on � .. . 1. . . (' I ,� Aliv�ys living in a Aovii.�, I had was Easily satisfied: 'two or lihrei6 head pr6prietor'ship-st the little territory over. Ed to crouch, to lie down, .to assi- And I us , . ' g,nd.the'xiext�13aOYnin'g,'und44r.,ibe pretext of . 11 11 I , . "I' I . I I . : again, a;nd flew to my Email dwelling. , . , *;' I . I .been i. S �V164had for mathematica-i'a, 1� Smalls'! - � 11 dUm',46 his own gun, co'ntented him, per . . which . I . was to rule undistuirbed for the . I I �' . tiee, to/' milate my�shape- to, that. � E Pa Y getting some remedy for toothache; IWiant . There sittinj I . g1li the last.stage,6f eilimus- . I I I . . I "' ' `i � , -""and all tbmi;h"y nations ". . i6d klMiAs' , ,� �� and half � a.. i made him .triumphant -,� dozeii I next nine no'bntba. .The" st6qka .wore still of a / ac -,� partiuular,attentioc� to the C. or .' I I I ­t6tbe little town iud bloughtBoTe.of thfi I . I . . , tion 6 12 �� ebed, was Robere. He was dirty . " I 1, !. I I'll apering .rooms, ar:'dividingapples I I but,when, as sometimes happened, he got � standidgin tbe.oat.fields' close' .down by have � ground. The, shepherd in a I a a i . I Btroug-BraelliDg drug, � I .1 to a degree; iind ueitIier,biAkubak6rbock6ra, . .. . ' "" � � . I I I , � Zesin ce'rtain priopo i, . =%a ctions amongst I I .nothing at till, he becerne despondent, and -the looh:ttben there came the trimly � I 0 il't � went , the pretty good idea'of w h ad ,/ ' `It wag not- with much confidence tha 1 At I nor stockings showed any signo of the !_ . 4 � . I - I it ori- : . 1. - ___ � __ - . , I I . ! ....., � I a given number of children, which �onoe � -made me a , kind of scapegoat to vent his I F. 'quared .pastures, each .:sheltered ,by its . .� Mr. moor But the,a ep r ted , h It / offibarkedin ,this desperate couroelbutit � L -was I : I ginal. colors. There was an awf ul small of �� I '' - , ; � I �i � . �. . . . . . .. I I I . sse..ed my br.,*n, had long ago'des6rted , . - . I � . - . :,� ,.,a , disgust on. One day b e took the �6ut With � . I I broitcl belt'ot. -wood i. And Above these the � I 1. . I -or, i Is a damned- , m Weatherby-, who ha d cut : - � _. , I da�y, holes in; jusil_possiblo thai-it .might hoodwink , 'Mr. Weat&i1by.,' 'I knew, hiwextroine-igno- . � corn. . t appeared'be�h6d. , � I . a s'ed iit the r I Di e I , . . the I" . . I - . .:. _ -felt I. .."....., _�_­4 ­­ 'g, I my self nhequml bothinincli �. , him.to the m6or,. amd Was at first'much I . brown no* with its ,faded heather, mo . old woman one when certain � , safely reatbed place-, Where the scent . � - I - .1 - . . . ! 4 .. xtation, and � ca Ability' gra�pple with P I exercia6d..'ib. find that in shooting, at ail ' y - for miles till atretched away it joinod,the� I his little but's at a nted out w Is h d been poi I . . ranceton all Matters connected with -game. . wits to,be laid first, and bad.jusib arranged % ' I ,to, � !I . , I I . becouata., . I "hadi'bf course, no money to ­ -rate,-l-,was his a '" d A 1, fea uperior : in ee , red. , 'distant, haze. - My eye . 8 dwelt ' 'longest and' An d complained of; and I used to give him I bethoi igbt Mo how. at last Beason, ,he: bad Ahe rabbit-tilliarto his slatisfp�ction, when he , --- I .. % I . � :.. . . . . itivest in buaineas,,and pride prevented we . . he would not ask me, a-aia . i But our � * � with -most affection on. thiw moorland, for, I � whisk6y,'sometim6s, -and let ,tobacco and I I perpettia�11Y�fired at small birdsin mistake , I became aware of a man crouching down at I . - I . I !_ I . , . from thinking of anything absolutely . U[Ditod.bag v �as naturalIT bea"vier than .'' I it was 4he It the. eleven .. grou as a . ad to dwe - in , im , help- himself liberally .to firewood; - for. snipe ; how he had taken a roe for a red- . I some little distance, And evidently watching I I I I 11 . ',Robert ' ,:. - . I ,T . . Menial. As"I 15ok back, I sometimes won. , his single one. He alway�s immediately � thrp*6 hared,whiqtt I , lu�A been. directed to I This Ulan was-,:solemll ,and reputedly deer, an old carrion crow for a black cook; � him'. Baid,at first ihat he hadwalked , ,� . , 11 . ... �� � ; - . . ' * - ' : . . . , . - dar What kind Of err,�ployment, it ,waa I did 11 claimed every bir .4�,Wbiah came down frorri . I � I � . : '4 , , � � stay. , , I I � �'devout ; he had an acrid'. and severe coun- how, whan'he had tumbled head ovt�r heels� I . slowly away, but afte fie- - " . I , I I rwmrds admitted * . , - � . �.; . . .. . . 1 . Gapect to m I set with;, but indeed, after, a -ha,d b th-fi�red; and I A. br�b .11 8A which we 0 - I ha,d made �many ,good'resolations by tellarice, and he was wifeless. Thislatter, . �. I intoapeat-hag, an&plu�,ged tip b6thbair- � I I I had perha�H run a -little, and I soon found . . I I ' . . . 4. � I ,­ �,,�., 4ime, I.ceased. to, have any expectations at never. disputed his ri�bt� to do to -it .was. thet time I sculled the' heavy old tub into state greatly 'encouraged me to hiope that- 'rel& wl th blaell earth, be had wished to ' , . o�ut. that�_be. had,ran 9, greaV d6ml. The'.. I � '. '' . I I . , I . �11 I I - all, My 'heart grev� s��cli with waiting,; .. . . U -at for the, " 0; Scotch - iactor'' to, argue the. little.' Ituidi'g-place-that .1 I Would, n ' bamo0d be silent. ... . L �. �. I I . ..clear. them by firing.'his, cartridges,; and . � . I man'sta'ted in, Pursuit, au� Robert made '. . - r . . I I I I . I �nr .. fim.-fill, in . .. ,,Ibles hemmed. 8&n, pecuniary tin �. I I .. . . , I - ,- . , . with my, 'employer. WheLi :Kr Weaith:� I . really -..wo - ha � Mr. Weatharb ' rk rd foi Y ­ ,f,= --I I harried the place shamefully, and what - .1 . 11 � blesa how he had 6uly been, saved Jrorb� deatruc7 � . . - ti.on by,my interposition. I . the beat of his way across the'thoor. But .- 1, . . . * * __ . I I * - I I . %,,. ixo Ja on every. side-7��evar 1noreasing in erby ,found. -out tb'8'h6L,n6,ver, -W�ant ,()it the, harder than I had, done .beiore­ that grouse were. left had good�*b&ctseL to remembered After proceeding with' great rapidity, for , .�­., .. . , . I I . 10 to MY capital, -anxious 'day' . . ibyerse rati a 'hill without me. . : . . , - I N i ... I . uld� L'amlie. 4, mv OwIlLthat'l , W6 ' his ititer6i . the sun which rose, on the 11th of Decem I - . eteimined�it was w6iLh while, 411 this, and d . , some -time, he stumbled, over m, stump�- of � I . .. , . 11 .,.. . %, . d*llowed on weary hig'lits, `m4d theie '"Were" I ' '. i . .The properly. �waa hot la,ig,ebou sidering . I I �: cross �ld Maggie the I would be courteous to . - bar. As for' the." stag", I met him � one . . . -to runthexisk; I ,could not,make things ' 'the gragS, and the bottle of, aniseed, which he -. - I . I . � . I " . . , , - 1. h(Veleas waitings for llsomething" to come it w&s,in t ' ' , he. ,Highlands.. Ther"a. was a -big' that I would'not hous'ekeeperl-an:d finally .. eveDiDg when Coming home from the hill much .worse than ,they w I gav6 I , ere. I had put for safety . in his tr eis-poi�kiit, , L, I I OUu I ,. I . I , ,i t. Thpi) . . br, the Poo my firiendBIbe'gan to . I bon a, E I I f a acne fifteen hundred acres o moor. : . shoot more grouse than I had been ordered. . . . I � in the dusk, and fired two barrels ofamall. , him beast found shepherd, a Pair of old,,,boots and half ii� I . of tobacco, ',prayed heartily for . was broken in the, fall. He said that this � I . I I . ­ I . - I . the dogs hadbeen hunt- . �.. . a an ge their tone. They s.%id','-llYou really � . 11 is and wood, and two or three mail arable Brimful, of good intentiovs, I Bt4l �t6d,. I shot at ; and the poor was ' � -pound . . a was perhaps whmt .. I I . . I I . . , aughE�to - imake� an offort-we -are afraid f,irmg lying. -between the .1kitie't 'aud tfie 'di�.ebtly, 1 --had moored tbe bout, to the near" ,a week after in tho.wcod,.dead and wa�sbed. . , . , ,.aud went to bed in ii'motit , L .1 � ' i ing-and 1. thoualit so too: I could fia va�\ . I I I I , I . ." your education,has be6ri. but a, p6orprepitr � ,- reat lQch which formed the marsh mi oue 9 et,t ftirna 'to mak � a an appointment for the� � . . I I � So.came Chribtm as; after, which festive . � unevviable'Bts,to of iniad. � - . . . . . 'Of. . given him an houi'ii start, ail ' I I d h"unted him , . - . - I., � Xation for your future -life." I noverbould I . - ' side, d. on- d t I entere ' my a iew with, fear I :next day with the tenant to measure some ' period, spent -by me rather, dism,-Ily - ii n - ULleasy"sn sleep were all I Wag I utchew with great ease'm s. 9 6, ? � :, � y 64 -be smelt a h .1 1, : . . . see that they took much. trouble in lboki�g' I � - and trernbling - but its. t�ima "wore on I . I , sheep:drains.we.� bad been .clitting on the! I - , . . thinking of, , .Ana -wondering . my" 4 ams � able to secure- and atavery early.hour ­ I I I ,if I had beenAippe4 in a i cold , I I ., , : : . I . . A'S � 1, I ? � I . ,�things", 'for me, or indeed did . Gilt for I � � ujrf -a beca;&eused to the Position, aC4 Jd I - � He Was working, amongst. his ccirn ; ,bill. � . I whetbee I Bhould � be found out, I got a . I 'advertised I awoke Robert, aud started hina off with - . I . -time - to� take in all this; , I I I had barely .1 , I I � L . .... . a .. � I amyihing tit give ad:Vice; but perhaps th � . . . . - Y .. I . I I ­ ' ' f . . I certain 6mouO a , confid'sb6e, In Djy8elf , . I .1 'the I and as I Went in'L at the top' of the'field I . I ' fii� 'co ion at tbd'lodge. - I in 11 - �Ilillld I his rabbit -ski .A n nd a little battle, givinig him and minute 'e I . . . , still loss elaborate %nV. plan.for the futur , . . ' I . a'kaoek . vooirked' ia secret, and- were abhained of 1. and, -Orc Whole, mmusged,to ,get�bu a greett-d. .And startled by a 1ond whirr,: wa I - I ' the for a, pupil,; anX tbongb when .1 . I . I many in�tructions as to `� . when therwwas Lat,the door, and,. . I I � - - . - I I 1. . �: -good deeds seeing. the light. . . ".. I . Ubir I . . . . I I . . Whether. this was so or u3t, there was . It 1*9 true I ads B * . pretty well, in . , ome terri- ble�. mistakes-mistakeg which 6%used me . n - Is , son feed irig . nois -a dozen gyouse bad b Jng on, the stubble, And' they fieW back �_aimost frightened, got Sri appliCationL I wali I I at-'my"Kfadacity. the man who made it . what be'was to do. `:,J-_ I L . I I I ' ' Ai� I 'it my conscience haA b * � een easy., 'without waiting. for an answer ,4.iD e 0; . ,� - .� � � cam" I I ' . e, E� d 'DUC ` man-4he bhopherd.. H In& a or . I .. - . / . It, 1. fto�vioiblbre:iu andmattorawere-Sttheir . to',4661.u'acomfortable, then, but which . . �. ou`tO the m6or, following carefully in their I I .. I ciinjo, Perhaps be was lured by the ad . 99 . bo .' lad I should have bee n* tit the look of W 9 . . - I I twice with, great Dome and delibera,tion, I . 1. � � � . I . . w6rai when I received -an offer. train an old , .make ude blush now� wben I thiLk ol'them. I shimming flight every undulation of the I I J,fibhixig which formed part of the advertise- 'd that morning I- - It was one of ,those early' � and I thought he griutl6d,�, then he said- , 1. I � � . . WaLobester merchant -to, take charge of a moinetimesin bed. I spoke to�one.oftho giound. I Went ,down to old Rory,i the M�nib. 4 �Poi: a ti I.tric to maka�him::do . altinum days w a of hem ' ' Matt, give promia t: 'ill The Maister!9 wmi - ting to'see Mistar, � . . - - . I .. I I small, prop�-ity he owned, in Scotl%nd., .I tenants- aboat,pattiug_m bandu�go . on the -little farmer, and .We' chatted togetlier.fojr , ,�,ne Is little work.: Bet'him down, to the Estate., I a heavy dow"lay,,ovei everything. Robert' . I - RDwbertiutheJeebra'ryw'l. 4 b ", I � . I 11, . I , . .. I . ., I . I I Inat this old gentlemaw on. A -railway jour- fetlock of 'a oo'w i - I very nearly. bon ht I I 9 some time � on divers maxters, but 1. made - ­ account -book one day, and p6rsuaded hirn . . ,16ft, broad footpriDts, as be crossed -the . ' �L Roberifs face was ,too, dirty to.got.white, . . . - . . ... nsy, did him some Baiall-serit.O.o-in, looking I . - some oats from another at 70s. a quarto r ;I ',bo appointment With him'; I determined, . to make &'copy of' it, as tin exanaple of lawn, and- destroyed myr ' i4d.E-oUgossawer 'bu,bbi6-IipB, quivered as. they formed thc � .. ' . . . vgage, and afterwards ia'a . after his iost:16g And I dio" I almost i'to fr'exjz'y the old. ve It I . thongh I made a feeble strugiqle4ci favor of . What L such things . should .be ; . but be, � aild sparklibg spider w6b§.- , , - ': ! , � � I I . . I I ,. . I ,.-%�oid 11 Now T, - .1. � r � . . . . moment of'oonfidende) told himbf some of G.L'moco_a.�'� . 111%,D wh s ray lieuteiitiut, a ' It Ina . - . vote� �ibo 'next day to tbe arains, .to de ., ", detected a iniBtake in rhy adding up in, the ' . . I .11 Tbar6'4aa the qauAIA "Iy in makipe a "Ay the:noo�atwanst"'said the shev- .1 .� I . 1. ­_-.._..___._______. .".. '. . I . . . I . my - difficalties.' ' Then - he �: u-neutioned his ­ � I . P, lace: - by proposing to-, got . th' . � p o .sur lus g`ioiAqe. .My conscience .told ' - 4-7 W-69- � I IPP�_I_J­ - - __ - second or third ------- ­ d-iuter thifl Ieft I .1 - , _ page,a D, . ,. , , � � . ., . � � - . . - - - - -- - -- ­ - ------- ---- .Vtar7t "bZ41i�fC&I"Rfnig of,cartridge-bags - - ­­­. - ,er - , ,, � . , I I -..-..--.,-. '_h --r-d--------- 11 I , I ­ I . . , . want of a factor; and A�kbd for references . , water offiocorne ,lea by drains keven'.feet _ . ­ , wrongintbit4- lbifi true, Mr-Wcatherb had, I I . yl Lto him alone so far As money'matters were 1, .. deal it' -and flasks and: abouit ten - Mr.- We�ttberby. . 1 3 .1 , I I "I'll Just change u4y clothes first' I, * . Robert. 11 � � I to my chaia6ter And ca;pabifities. I jiIve I ,deep mud. ,ten feet aliart. Ao�axule, I got' not told ths n0xf day,but' me jWj go, out - concerned. We both fished,a good and myse� and the biiepherd sto�d at the think," said the� .ugitated. I've � �, . � rm the name,', of two old friends;, and'the but -of . thes . a holes of. error.. The bla�uk .1 ' belliad-opecified .the tinae when he wanted- the loch, av in the, sivall bur� which ran I I gate which opened' on to the first I bit of' -I've-had'a, little -accident,' shepherd." - , - I , I L .. I Mswe a I Ili , , , they sent, to - r is. inquiries per . E69 war ton' h 6 t -in -the- * --faimer's facia, . Win n . tt3 the game -'s, fail fortnight, hence., I made thrbugh,t9 property.; and I should h4vo "ad moorland. .,The former was�lulfof cheer--' '.1 S rUg_ * �_ L , . , Once more there- seemed a curiou at . � . I 1, I Ooxod,him so'much 'that he showed them ' . when I offered him for his corh,� told, me I �'Con herattempt on the road.ho We�to _ aupt . I I . a. plea Bant spring, if it had not been for ,h I lul AnticipAiotis: ray mind, though I acted . I ­ . � . gle in that iodividumI'9cf_)urAea�nca between I., : . I . to me and, a;sked me Wbalb thBYL ineauti - had. mader some'thi;take - and m search ' . in ly turned book �soli,- and near I the fact ihAt -summer cama next. As 1110 . .1 . I my'part as :well as I could, was. filled with - I austerity and niirth,'� arid al�aixi he -loudly � . � I � I � - When I read the letters I was not sar'�rieed I Stephen's ,l Book- of the Farm"' Lumde it ' . after till � to :speak to 'the farmet; but at . , ' . motithe-sped on, I became more and more , ,� � most clibinal forebodings. - I experienced, in' . scerited the air. . He gave.no� reprieve. I , , - � __ .at the Old gOD16161lian's : bowlldermjnt-�-I ' i P1aIh'tbat`Euch�drs;iiImge. as I contemplate - d � that moment'l . was� pasging through the . 11 . alarmed. Aq'a�,j.roaf at howi-easy.1t is, for, 11 I I . . � on ifyi, forlia, ensified I t,he feelitigs'of. a school- ,, But bole waiting,'! lie said; muil hb almost I I I � . I ­ I. . I ..: I . � . - D � I � cquld..n t,tinderstand them �'myl'self­thmt I ' ' ' . would be.equel" ly bac! far tb6 lapd,mud the I , , , , . �ooks � And L paw they wero.,�Jmost all 131 1 ., . '_ virtuouo-youbg man-to-bewme , .aUleiably . ­b*who� is'ealled up for, a less6n.-he bus ' ' ' I , ittonboled the r6luctan I .1 ,'bu t,lmd, aad_tLook. �,,,:� �.!,' .. � I . . . b 1, could not make out tbe'..meaiiiag of , , - . , � 14 won't tloo� proprietor. Still � , , , DOW and then. I Wit It. , , bi t,guoshot-of t,bc Wall. Before:9bipig , �. '1, . 11 ­ at, short �oticb :saDiethiug distinctly the .. . �, . I , ' � L f - ' A erhaps the,�thci"­ not, preparod ;* p I ughta,o a ' ,�, I . . , I .: .- I him.o t of theL,room., , ,� - 1! � . on � I ­ .1.1 ' , , 1&.-anteU0Es,'but,1kue'w. well eiioughw� - I �11'- I ,far, -8-,U'cl�'Mr.'W-,�a'ih�r�,�y,�suffei.46dj,,:.IIE�, &� I W �41,, 11 I �, �, � , A � b '4' i�ight, in a measure as ved my a, A .9; , L, ,, , " 'I .1 , to , 1. , ­ ­­ reverse,I Way rpention that at ODE time. I , lerk sUbmitting,faltilfled abcounts,tO, his ho th i� �_' I . I 1, . I � .I had'a, teiryblef,bcebocling�as tow 0, EL , �1. : � . I .� . I *hey were so roysteriously worded.. it was . . . , L howi9v i, BoJgnorant himseif,that I alwayi,3 . , I ,� , t b. . . * a,i­ c6pscie Ce b . e, ermmi,iig� hat t a grouse . . . . . . . so'iioual -contomplated ,Biat.ting4 tbe,h6ather 11 y I , employer, ,would.: be' still. -nearer akin .*to I 11 , , watcher on � � the � raboi, bad. been. After a ,� . ' '-.-1 . . . , . wident that cay ,friends, whilot unwilling I '. . : managed. Without falsifyicig-unytbU 1g, -or . .I "Ao o, in.the morning �hould.. be"the, , , � . , . , ,. 1orruidirbarn .on fire j not before �the season. I ­ I I -- --- --Wh - � DIME.- at- ilib''gbe�b-erd,�-�th'ougbt-l-do- lec�ntinterval, Lfollowed the..two,-to!thi .-..- , ..... - -;I � I I P --- - �., � 1. . . . '6's6y auything.definita'against, me, ,�ore - - ...... ­­ - - ­.__­_O� -without -falsifyiiiW,:t"by,aIJY greft �Xfe,pr,, to ,�x e4t. to �­.. - - ''; g -7t -t -rJ-g,fi,fly­ brelonged to ine', andhict ended-of,cparse; accidentally ---- mandbt:iin- . I . . . I ­not1boW - his Bo" I I ur face, was,marealable to- house, abd�aai I badba,dno iitaeto�ommunl_ I . � I I r . I I . I . .. 1. . e _i'p­�tu,k_e_--no ' �770a`ffiijLdti' -datermiri"'d, � respopaibilivy"U[iTim him --- that mll---W�hs_ .- , - � 11 . ­ � -r-i-bb-that- , - � pt,her,;,andi �, hmving,, madorthio��bqmpaet,.I ' JDg-1ba.whole-of it.;-butl.discovered.in I I � time I . , - m e.!, I had tried to persuade the-bld mer .- I it - - I , . - . �i 11�11 -I'Qaie - with my friend, dud -was, qui e igno. :, . . , �-: . . . themsel 3a'� mnd ' cqeeded ,o V( I- they had �au . - , . I , . � , in &tters were. as .they ought to be..., , , � . . " I I . I in slept,thealeep .61. the just.'1.The orning . - tfi�esu6h'a,ii"�.et,islock,3d.toi3by� the law�ms I I Qbant that'h'e (the shoperd) would - be�ari, . . . W a gOfl3g to�,ssy' � ., I .. I . I "I ,,rant of whathe ., E, I thought I I . I vell that I"� WOUI& deq.-any law'Yer or.� I I . 4' , IU,V,nemfj�nre, ,lenon. got rather,to'-like, I Mr. '.. wds I k t;� ther6w.0 frost. The* e'on'and-brigh � I d ' ' ' Idalillas 'front to Wero, M�oriipinml offencia, ancl,:Is punished by M' . . I I . , I4ng:ierm.o'f im '. I easary unusc—'laPeutabranc.0, And that 1,could I 'I - - Wise to get.,int.o the middle, of a laurel-, � it - . - � � 1� .. . I 'bush which stoodJu6t oppo�dto t,b,o:wind6w � , -1 1. expert to attach ktny rpsodusibility to t1wai,.' . � eartb.erby. Ile'had a , i sister! wb67 I � I -in of .'the,' I go �' cut ­ ---"-- . Drisonment. -11---1 " � eabi Y Carry all the game rbyself-bovv ':eitsi1v , ,: � 'igirde,��daar matze out what theyx6ally meant. They. I I .kept house for him, arid --I- .never-­cauI-d­d6wn-b . " "K -- I tr p y it, An 'the-, bR - of-fi@­ . 10 0 a ' - 14 - BFi , . kaddc�'W ford"ChriatcDoo, Lord Blac Done but I know ; but Mr. Wemth�: . !E, r , . . ,and 'of - I%r. ��Weatberb � I � � I Y I . . Zd me afterwards (not knowing'I had ,t-eitl endurb*her. She' was.a vulgar,', conceited I . I I w , 'th t were withered and'blackened'. 11 n a 1P I 1. I , _ _. , , _,�,_ � keeppr1ad come over tell mo�di a bind, erVy�was� -obstiDate.' He insisted I on,. our sin011 _ra I was digappointedin my : . � I I . . �,g . I .1 . � . - . A. the correspondence) s that they -had- gi , en, I womai 1 3, fbnd--&'.ebubbibg 'the whenever I I . up on'tho:m6or -the .bbatbor::would f . I b� d y I .to driv . a he .'was contemplatiog;. and I Went, a , bot4 taking 6Dorm6 8 game bags, I thought . I I I ti itilate i � , � . plan, for I could. War no�thiijg.,ar !a r I ' ' ' ' me tin exceedingly good character ; arid 'I sh,. got,a chance; and too apt, I tboiight, our d in .an hour; and, after having, dev e I ... , into the.lorest for.a, short. visit 'and ha& a I . - .1 - df-tfio'w.hif3�ey�ttn�d,�obbacco,aud firewood , - . indeed, after 6 few minuiesi 1. doubt, if I � . - . . I . ' . I r thoiaght it, boat, tb Uffect ignorance- and . t- rxemtnie as a servant.. ,Of course,I was h6tiatily my ost,mkem6d bac6n breakfast, ' 1, I . �pleasant time of. it wi,th'the jovial gillies. Wa � oats J V, - :mud, lb� 6 which the Ehepherd, was: I I . wao. anything articula6a t6 hear. For r I . . thibn k tb a rn,� for I did not, lin ow'Lw long it a l,er�,arit in a way; bat I knew" that both ' shouldered,my. guifand: was offL-feeIiD9 far were on the hills -all. day,.+1ept at night it, indebted Lio me, and-fiarvently trusted that ,there .: � - 1, I a short time I could hear nothing at till, '" 'r , . . I .. � . might be before I ehould again ieqiilre ' r i by bi %,ft,cl rior. education IL-WaS her. tape . _ More eager aboctt this;� py' first , ittelmpl , 9, remote and lonely- lodge, ilahated on fresh :he did.the saito6;- I-had':expected:116bort , . '6m,L and-, , _ - , �� 11 but I knew.R6bert ws,s in the to I 1, � I , I . - their go:od offictaB such as they veto.. . . . I She .. I at keep, be; 1's in their proper . ,s - � _& - ��fi___ - ---. Sob , , than I I li"id evw 6ne ,,on acting as I veuisoh-Bteakq, And ScoDes;_p6nd wli h,ke I home before ' e: stmrted'� bat' lie bad not W, I Y -.6 door -'r could smell. . I .1, I I.... I had.gome in: 6 ' .at . � �, ,, . � 1. .� . I . � Whether' I Mn -Wea,tborby' (that� *aB the , places, puch less make Lfitin.verses and ; . bag-cmirri6r and dog-beater� to Mr. . I . Wtiath-, . - ,Y. and in the. e�,eiiiDg played 11 catch the ten" I ' I . . I . . . �.. Made his app6arance. The setters were let . � . . him; ering, ,­ , - ,h , a , , , ' ' ' , T en� I hear � 9, 16Ud'y6icol' a giatt' . merchantsuame) as deceived, orwliedier I W , I ,I,thou-bt she migbib'11mvesbow,it .me&. I . � r ' - I little erby. BytenI waB"far up.onthemoor: . I I .1 . I so with ind' cribably dirty packs of,cards, Or , .. lao�e, and ih three iniiauteB. tbey ran into r . I � , : , , ­ � , atanameriDg'vociflamtiou, Lhe Bound ol a . �for some remson. or other he really took a . �. more considert4iou. I could� not-- ' ' ' the:men wor a working, amongst the stooks, r I . I ,, pugs, in the corner" �wiih bonhie, rosy. a brace 6f'grousa. My' )hind was on obou. . I I I . " I . . . . I fancy 0 me,, I'don.3 know-e'gav me the afford to quarrel with,, ber�openly',.and I 11 .. fLnd there was nothing there� 'BY Olevdn I checked maidens. 1 neVer mys6if-got Any" fi ­ r � pled. acId'. anxious- that my rigors were .Btiuggle, the breakage of someth brittle,,- I . . , I i i �, . IP9 .:'. �.% -r -� - . -the placo.� � : I I 1 ­ . offer of � � . tried W . ithAill my.might to i _iffett.tor rniB. � bad killed My grouse . - , "the duY W&81OUP9, hinds, for'they �hvays a '_ d . - ' unready mud I missed. Not so Air. Weath. -then _. ." "I ''I'. 4' a plaintive cryin a dillorent lidy,,and � I ' �, .1 . . � I � . I bad the vaguest ideas. of theAuties of . . icsi r', tifiderstand'hef sometimes Offensive It- . thebek pur't of. the grou d Was untouched, I D 'qpm� ,__t9�11.cp1me_ '-I"-' _­.. - awkwardly to the p,Aods where I was post -11. or Y- --To th .. .... -'-'-'"-' i --' 6f t6i"' -b- - - b ­ . a. great k4urprise a a,, ep- . , ,.r". . the door -was, thioWn.';violently,,cPen . _ Il � . ..... ­�%, .�,�- ­ , , I I . a.faotor: Eta I .lQok,baok;,I must 66n,fess I ­ - aati6 no. Slid )uade mi. go stupid. mes- . 'as. 7the, brood to which ,my' bird, had belonged : ed; bu�'I e n i9yed the 11 pass in 'the corn a P' - , he'r'd and in y self And the d43-vertaiplv �to. I , cr.ucbjDK in­tbe liturel.busbj­ watched. � � I I . , . ' ' , .. � 'first.. 1 , . . . ,- I . , ­.... wa-4 Isingu ly ignorant �of almost..every.' lar sudes Which I the servants o6ul& just I lay lika stoneo-and yet my-woik was ov er. , very, much, I was', however, startled 0 when e kno'clied his own -h . o�er' A, bird.. 7"He Robert came out saw,Mr.Vo&W .11 . . . . .1. '. . I . . wh belon�ecl .to, � Buch -a past. . I., fling ich � well have "carried; and she oven tii ad . - ­ ' It have thrown -all I. dug t to '.my mrtridgl9s' . . . saying good by -bye Ao the, head, keeper, .at - ­ ,was jubiiant; .h6 laughed at my dismal� 1. . . - orby. had him, by what' 6'eem4t , he skia of � , I .. I I : ' I � Though. -I had Bpent IDuch � of * my life' in' . .Once to impress on her brother that it was- into a pbat-bog and, run home as hard a9l ' . � a terng, ig rk he madei:,"You'll Do' be bavir. forebodi�gs;'-he chaffed me f_ or my ,bad his: neck. - Breathless, I saw'. the old bag , I i ,. I � . . .. /11 th6a6uniry.1,had &one so to little purpose. pmrt of nay, duty :to get- Up And ring,,ttie' � could., Alas,J threw away. nothing but I - many'birdR -d' your- gr6un' for. the geas6n 26 . shooting, he brought out his flask and gave . . L . . . merchant poise 'himself 6a� one, leg, 1. . I * - � I � Tcould shoot a little, aDd was an enthusi- �big . bell which . was. ouppo . a , ad to -iouse 'the empty cases that- day. T be. grouse all lay ,,O b, Campbell," I said' I what'maiies you us both a, small mouthful of w1i'ahey' -1 to' thou I experien6ed ,a violent concussion, in ., , I . 1. I . , 1. I . I I astic follower'of all kind's of Boorts., ;tuib I household -but he stood my friend' in I like'etolles that dmy';,tb6y lay too well. , , 1. I thicik, Ithtit T' 11 Oh, dt's le weather," -he 11 � . wetfliefti6k, hep'rophesied-aucnormouB my'leafy biding - I I , . - u iplaco-the plotter and. the - 11 I i . I .. . . I liboug'h healtb, pleasure- and in some �deB6. � this.matter" arid'thb6gh, as ib- �Ule, pretty - Ev�rytbin� favored - me , I found ,them - roplie_j1,;. 11 these black� frosts is clean bad bag�� abd, the� he ordered an advance. ' I tool met -iii tbslauret-,buali. '116bert's ideas I . . 11 I I . I Time daUutri,es ,profit,,is lo,bc t by in U , the"gun, I - help f e- �- 764i�g -that much under the ififluel,66 of -hia, sister I M-ptorily vetoed her ion. �_ , 'eaHily-t knocked- them over us, I had . double abots done b( . 1313 NP, _ for.'the breeding.- - This happened before I ' , , � I- _ L I ku'6W those two old birds: I may almost L L say I knew, them I by - .- � : h,.,d booci veiry his dayle. . I I I . _ rk P. .1 ly by t�olasti'part of I , , it and � of could not a - PrUcticial Lowliadgia 6i its us'eA's ndt­4n' pere .. suggest - I took up-my� abode in Scotland in Jan- 11 3[Ore: ever BbOia, long Bfiota-,Wwas all the'. siam ' . I e; ' Christmas, ,and I felt sure grouse Would n at be.-thinkiog of-�uch a thihg;� but,'therie wag' . 'queer I Bight, .and probably they We welf.- Acquaint"' with 'me. to .as - J 1, . .1 . . . I I ' I be saw me,he imagined,that 1. . . I thi�k who. . I I . Mi Weatherby had us - . I . , I Jbdispensable qualification to a fact6r. even nary; in'August the owner and his family down came bunch of rich brown and , a . I - a, look in his eye b a spoke I b 94 lay a time ad tried intheprevious I somehow managed I � ,ru . . � . . it.sootlatid ;, and, consideringthe inatter � Arrived � and "out 'the and of September I 'black and russet feathers. I had-" no.,d6g. . ,when. which inade we buspect,. early �s it was, I 11utumn to''cirouravent .them. and only' dad --- - , :, n round tbij bush. to meet him - kick � . . I � I one.; I I I ,� AM , -'an '. ., that it wits part of the , iMIao 'I 'be,,abnounced to. me tlia't he oQuid be obliged 0 cut'his stay shorte't thaix,he- bad . - ,except a little Skye"terrier, and yet I Dever loakm,bird. , Wh6D-,I emptied out the.66n- � I that he I had p I aid a visit'.to some blank hot. tle,-,, and I was . Harry for this, as Campbell . L I . . . �Buperlqiounning.ou.tb6ir Par; had Saved them. I � I . . ... . I 1. I !, �. : 't . : -. hiiIi again . � he Jumped - back � with the - I , greatest; -possible' alme.ktYj and 'fled- lik , -3 . a I � � ..I hare down the avenue. I . ­ .� �,,� . � I . t r. to look After woods. could I . - . 'ell :intended and go south immediately., I . " " -tents of the -bug. sot 4 Welock, I was altLost . was reputed. &,� at6ady iDan, and tuyqb� * ", F � ,, , a ___9._�!9L.,Foq_ _q9�p_'jPf.­ tb6 moo,r_:__we_ . 1. �, - ­____ _b_01_-_____-7_.:_ - - --i.li,Atin-oti�dly--�ii-'ifffk--dlu ' r ser f6 t e ,,, btin uis , a's as - any man, the differ- , - I . - - Stoney (thelt'is my natnia) he saido-ne 11 tt,fiight -at'the display.� . Si, -siek wit x and 9 ' , . -_ res I p � e dte-d III h y. is-'-m"-s','s'-t-e-r-'iji�-ib'j��-'adQo�int. " I wadied.thiough rich,- blooming heather; ,�__,_ , � . , .1 .� - - ' e"tuent. , - ground : Aheold than afliv'the mov a . eb o 6 otwedn.a larch tree and, a bee � r, . ev�ubetween a lurch and,a; Scotch fir,:' "But' .morDiDg, .'business raqnires�me��p,go to .t Manchester at once, 6nd ,as it 'is Imte in ' . half-hrace lay beforia­6b.' killed on I . � I bad the very first day a brAce, more thabl'the ' ' . I . . k0b no" be said again;"'I'm afraid u It a 'a " no' task' a Very heavy bag on Rhiail we passed ,by yuBby patches, and green � burns, and scinny hillockaj. where grouse I With I what I Carl only , call a howl ,-be � I �� -'. � `- � ' I . . , I I � I 1 'nimble ' . - a silver fir and a spruce seemed to me per- I . . . I fectly alike; add ;it was after� �c�rryffig the season, I shall hardly come back again this yeari .� I should like you to.send full allowance for the season � for MY I I I empl5�br and myse,M, Old -cocks 2 Not .y . tffa year." , I . I 11 . . I . . Summer drew near. it -was evident , - d't6 to' e to lie, a d, it was all as a cit use v 11 Y 'of the dead. Mr. Weatherby got hot- Dd 'a' sprang, tit' me,, but. I., was iob. for . � , I hini. No one ever ran, or ever will run� faster 11 � I . . .1 I about little 4ray� of,tbe two'kindg,with . . for ' -a -a box of garu'o about the iniddle 'of next -five brace q6use' .� . � they. I had never thought of the.warnilig I th' n.'me--1, had' had: been that 1 .was I not altogether hdrdened'into, � I fid�et,y;anir-tirod-atia.finall-y cross. He. I 11 from that house than, I did that fatal (lay. I � . . . , I .1 u �set� Miss Weatherby, wbo' Was COIIIIDg�� ,, . I to ynaik4* of identity. on,them a V,r.iV911 , time, and 014ying, :a kind of � guessing . , � ,month of I arid wo , 'uq t' bares. Y6U'l ,'it find it perhaps diffi- at give . Dever -loge: ere w 9 looked .for the woolly H a a crime, for by the, end, oil Ju]y'I could not a a, V hib, and on' the I p at, ig -first day' of insisted on -taking his .own course, and would. hot be guided by � my advice, and 'I up from -the 'faxoo,.and left her sitting I I '' I - I game wit them, that I ' as able -to rightly-. It W' .01ii.t-to. get .theDi�-w-ithout-�a.y-mid,-bu-t-�oii--'Pret.ty.,I.b�g�n�ii3�-'s, ' . curious corollary to I A'u'guo'fl took, Robert -(the pupil) intomy 'was, 'a I . so we wandered. s,�mile from the place 'to wildly geStic''ulating amongstdozons of bro. I I I ' . . -1, ken eg&. , I soon distanced her brotboro . name-tho,one from �the other, ,, As to,being: must do your boot." - And, the� � be added 11 the resolutions Boarcely iWenty-four hours confidence. Ho uIciet.open lad. , We. wheria,l bad!tola Robert cast, off. The . .11 . I - and got out of his territory. 'I spent el . J -, able to4distinituiali' between' the fimbefof � I " graciously, You, may shoot. a grouse and -bare.11 old. I had- began by intending to RhOob . � I 'then hdd:g4o� on together. very well, apa he' shepherd's face told ' -nothing-be Acted I miserable night 'At 'a little inn, miles off;, ' these trees When sawn up, I never could, a � hare for yourself --a blue Thosefone bird -my lawful bird; I killed 'lawful. blue seemed tlidroughly�fo' appreoi.ate the diffi. , as 11 Brer" Foi'did in the Aradricam ,story , ''I .. . � a,64 After hovering: about the .next day', try I � d D shall be' able to do it. Some . - I . 4inds,Of,-i;vood %re-to'.be-told from other' . , ,by , E, b I o �0117Z� �ro in ; but � &� Scotch I had" to , send'.him were to be, brown. coun. Dance , From his cheerful.' to , and mew ed J&ngUage4 (whc sur M .Put butle_alv�.a�s ancither in lieu- of my hare, 1. _and theri—I Was. very miserable ;-'Jelt nopleasureat looking at thebotiniedcad' oultiou of my iituati , on. He' was quite' Willing to do, anythiiig: he could to help";` 'earth butforaloDg time I 'did not see howwe 'i he fay low." was �v6Ddoring What on " i .)bad become' of Robert,', and � Was to mys6li� that self-sucrificiDg I ing to Do.k.,up m' mind to'yeniurp back _­_. _,� , Y .1 � J : I I �, for game clothes, I gawie,up, andleft th.av , ', . . . I a 2�d c� Sao ,� ... atiot a � sin alling ,wall 'about . I d felt Burn 1 tha - swore a, goo � deal I t ig� birds., I rdme'rabered how 'Christopher '' coulddo 'mything, T'resolved to1et-in1dividual"stuck picturibg,l in. ' ' I bpg or drowniDg 11, .1 I I hilly, country for good. ,,�, � "I �1. . . I . . I go , � Iplanks', and indeed it i's not an easy to do trade' age "was looking up,. � t . North had' resuscitated ,,the snipe by blow'- I and mattera'tak6 their course. Old Mr. Wpath-- a I'll - � burn, 'when a to-hol btard . ad me. t ,- I is hot justice, to Mr. Weatherby to sa,y ' , ,.' . . I naturally %:I one w6bld think� - I *ai.awAre � that an aged .. ishouldbe' orebrlesBin�timate ' to � -Before be left lie,gave me inany. further,, directions BA to;the't W61 L ' -Mad of gama.� ing down its -nab, and longed -fair, his power. -What- on earth was I to'do with Tiny .800il.? I , Erby had been unwellAuribd the summer, . And Mo I thought my, difficulties ]at One ti .a ,load I . I saw Dash and Meg staudin rigid about I . � 9 . 6hundred, yards off, and �Mt. Weatherby that he sent me my/ .Personal' offe %'and ,, . w 1. � I I led L My " Wag( I I .1 - ., �1. what he cal " a 11 13 ever - , '' , . � I -, . With e I On -t , I verythih�'conneated.wifh land, I i I was� i& send him. . 11 And Stoney," be . I I 11 I Pat a brace back into the gatue-bag, And � � 'Would be solved by his not be - iog able to I starting after them as hard ;Ag he could - Ince, not been, within a hundred. - seen him a . ': I � milbs of him�; but I understand tlib sancti-' �' � . or under it---��uba'oilit�-nd'erop.�,�a�d cattle I .1 . and ploughs, aijd dairymaid and pigeons; said, shoot as few hen birds aw-you can. , . , I won't have any ben bir��'hilled ; - *6 can the remAinder.l,buri�d carefully in a moist � . I I I - � 'p,emt-hu;8-eleveu ,,so, -,,fine grouse ag ever 0 ; but shortly bofoi6 the,� ,Come Iiotth � at aft � 12th,' he ,wkote gaylog'he was much bet- go. I'was too mnob accuBtonadd to th' ' . I I I "a , ... to be much 'surprised at - . . moniouis Bhephord lime-ta,kea, tU,pl7ai� ,of I ' I ;' I I ' ' ' ,.. I-' . rd I know about .none of these t�ings- - they , I tender.!�, keep the 'cocks till are , 41 1 11 how I I man saw: - plampi and Perfect pla . mage I ter, a)ad iritEnded'Ani6hing his auto in Seat-, . .1 . I proceeding ,it. In. defiant .Opposition 0o'all the rules 'of : .. . the Amateur factor. .` . . I I I � . I . f I I � �7­ . " I 1, I I . . _�_. I I I I _' , I . I ,ke a diBtin�uishe'd n-oriblib-ta-lV61itician, I But,�' asked, sin I to tell a cook , and all with the woolly' legg whi�h my land. Ho added be -was much p leased to shooting; the; old bag-merchant,r", f art. . . I I �'� .. � I . I . I thought all cattlLl� "ralbber-Filael"bout the I from a hen when they are'fl�ingV' li,You' 'theni " 'he'replied--�llyou master conBidored the characteristic 6f'9, -see I , did brV the Papers that the grouse in our I ously tow'Brag hiB dogs. Whenever he.had 'L . There. a an Irishman named 11 Mick "in � . ". .: � . �. 109- shoulder;" one' plough, was as au6tber can,diatinguis) I' I . cook... Two pounda-1 worth�: of grouse I � a 1 di trict We re strong and plentiful. I wrote a liftle,broath to spare he. shouted loudly .ho -i � 1. , . .. aikball�w a, I . -years -61--ago,- works . ''. . I Plough; 'one dairymaid, seemed to raelike 11 - -.-------athet-dairyij3liide,-�oteept-"�thivt�-�()mir -were -I -can A istingush thQ�-by--41ueir woolly � -iegs;"--:-I--kLiew-thAt---h�y-�knew-vLfj--muoh--foi-doin�-vo--,--�but-n'a-other-oburWl'&T-o-�m- . � stick into-a-alimy bole, andhate myself '. iria� rout hurry to Bay that'thifLLw�A�o t, y" _ -n-g- - -afj iV,e-6Aaa;jjifg.-U8-­- a- ing - _'­ to -hp 1--ti.o.'�ghL�t.6-all-a�pearaDC6 '43-Rary-day - - I _­­_... ---- � I . I m -tore never meant move again ­ e -I ___ _77— ,,-,and--iiavel4i�-dtei-ly-rteaiiy--:i��..n�-� __Imi . . ".. I I miles a ndfr6mh1s*ork. 1, , I t a . . I I 1. prettier. . - ' I . 11 .1 - � I I About the oex,o . f .a groiiso as, about the V to me. .1 dared not send them. away, -and . ,abdthatthebron heaBon had been& very bad one (which was ,to , ' reached them in his usual state of mind . � I ' At the tt"rinual coaversaiione of the Glas. - ­ , , "' I , I I accepted the offer At once. In spito'of moral ch.&rac6A,"of',a'sdJmon, alid' I cheer-., , , M gie, would, have betrayed me': if I bad M1. . � a perfecbly true, statement), ; butthe letter � � and body- -blown, shaking, and done. - � . gow Commercial, Travellers it,waB stated- �'. 1, 1� I I tbiB long list Of negative, qualifications, 1 I I I -- ­­--­­-- never hesitated for a m6meht. A could not . - ,fully, 4' jud,. Stouey,11� he want - - d6n't.diaturb, on, 1, prom-ise . , 11 L. I stag. I wouli,have them home. � As I lay awake that 13 � ight; I felt a great, change. had come ov at. ,on bad no effect in clianging his re . 1. a 6 solat�oh, arid the lobli,h tid his sister and houl4e;hold Nabbing got up: the dogs refused io - I -men budge an inch. I en6ouraged,'th6ro , and . I � , that there are between 40,000.6,nd,50,000 , . 11 on the road " in. Great Britain.' . I bear to 1wee ifie reproaches of my friends at . , I that stag disturbed. .� that old scoundrel - . my moral character, .Only'a few,hour6. ':arrived. I - . V I . I � patted them, and pushed them, and f then , � 11 . I 11 .. I I Uen,of routine or'men who can do t1irowingawayac&,neo. Itrugtedtopr�&a. '. who.li�eBat" (making afbarfutmessof bad Passed- since I hadbeen brimming over I , . I It was with. very different feelings that - - - their,master kiolled tborn, but they would what � , they are told are'not hard to findi bit men I I ­.. t I . tice to,booka,.to luck,:to everything but my� L ' . ,the Gatlid name) 41' hunts that,:stAg, I'll -turn "out with, .,virtuous selt-c6toplacency. A.,-fa�w I 1, once more acted, as stroke in the �amlly � . I not inove.. I , 116 has been here a' � nd made .1 . � I � %�,�..�, wh6,j3au think and Plan and teiltheroutinia-L.. . I Belf I romemVere& that a hundred. years 13 , I hence anything Imight, wouta'ha.�e beeD I ot'his farm." him - l; But he has a lease," I ventura.d , to interpose' - - - &�d hours bad changed �all. I was 9, poacher ; I hmd-bcti%�64- tbe.iruat of ranater. 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