Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . ho doubted it. As, luckily,the hounds had never been caught, by the owners of the sheep atleast, flagrante delicto, with the mutton in their mouths, our masterescaped the inconvenient responsibility of paying for them. Onthe memorable old customer morning, however, as was making all sail round the road by the green fields ofPrimrose-side Hill, hitting and holding, and grinning and scoldingas usual, what should he see but his skirting friends, Limner andSultan—some of the Bugginson lot—nip up a young lamb and passon as if nothing particular had
Handley Cross; or, MrJorrock's hunt . ho doubted it. As, luckily,the hounds had never been caught, by the owners of the sheep atleast, flagrante delicto, with the mutton in their mouths, our masterescaped the inconvenient responsibility of paying for them. Onthe memorable old customer morning, however, as was making all sail round the road by the green fields ofPrimrose-side Hill, hitting and holding, and grinning and scoldingas usual, what should he see but his skirting friends, Limner andSultan—some of the Bugginson lot—nip up a young lamb and passon as if nothing particular had happened, and Mr. Jorrockss aphorismbeing, as he told Ego, andsome is wot andsome does, he deter-mined not to keep such dainty customers, who wanted to have lambbefore their master. Lightning and Bluebell, too, presently deviatedafter a hare, not an unusual occurrence with either of them, Lightninghaving once led off the pack at a very critical cold-scenting momentof the chase, when it required the united experience of master and. FLAGRANTE DELICTO. 4bb HANDLBY GROSS; man to keep the pack on the line of the fox over SandyfieldMoor. These and similar mishaps set Mr. Jorrocks a-thinking, after theenthusiasm of the victory was over, whether there werent others thathe would be as well without, and considering that there were manymere show partners, as he called them, hounds that did little ornothing in the way either of finding or trouncing a fox, and thatmeal was werry dear and flesh scarce, he determined to rid himself ofsome of the sleeping partners of the chase. Ranter was a resolute, headstrong brute, all very well on a goodscenting day, but a hound that a man might holloa and roar at tillhe was hoarse, if there was an unjumpable wall or impossible ravinebetween them. He used to treri Bens Eanter ! Banter 1 Ran-ter ! with the most marked contempt. Resolute, a very handsome, rich-coloured hound, with as good legs,loins, depth of chest, and general points, as eye could desir
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