Sporting scenes and country characters . d the power of thelaw, made a great noise at the time ; and it was sadlyfelt in more ways than one by the honest old , however, when the supplies to the tablehad, by this proceeding, been stopped, the stem justicebegan to relent, and John Heppenstall, the poor la-bourer, was sent for. His old gun was offered to berestored to him; but, in the tone and spirit of aninsulted Englishman, he refused to accept it. * Let emkeep it, said he, and much good may it do em, 248 DUCK SHOOTING. now ! But he was tlien stricken in years. Old age,with its
Sporting scenes and country characters . d the power of thelaw, made a great noise at the time ; and it was sadlyfelt in more ways than one by the honest old , however, when the supplies to the tablehad, by this proceeding, been stopped, the stem justicebegan to relent, and John Heppenstall, the poor la-bourer, was sent for. His old gun was offered to berestored to him; but, in the tone and spirit of aninsulted Englishman, he refused to accept it. * Let emkeep it, said he, and much good may it do em, 248 DUCK SHOOTING. now ! But he was tlien stricken in years. Old age,with its attendants, decrepitude and death, were stealingsilently onwards; and, in the course of a short time,not only were the remains of the adventurous duckshooter conveyed to the narrow and silent house, butthose also of the inflexible magistrate ! Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas, Regunique tunes. O beate Sexti! Vitoe summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longain, Jam te premet nox, fabukeque manes, Et domus exilis Plutonia!.
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