Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-02-09
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startling effect ON the ladies'. Seeing ,h'
mischief io the window, | was oil nj,
horse Immediately, cap in hand, TO mak'
a thousand apologies; but my first ac
was to get the stag out, and prevent fur
ther damage. On entering the drawn.
r.hnn, alas l found the line lay through
a conservatory; but when l gained The
locality of the stag the following scene
presented i,seif: The stag, wei aud bloody
from few (not ssrious) scratches by the
glass had his muddy launches against
aud plastering, the wainscot, while occa'
sionally he rubbed his antlers, to keep
theia in condition for war. on "a mal,o
any table. making considerable ditcI,es in
it, while at the same time whenever Two
or three hounds, who were baylng him
from beneath The sofas and chars, ap-
preached two near he made furious das shes
at them, upseiting everything in his way.
On one side Of the room, and staring ov.
er the top Of it, was a servant, or one OF
my fell. forget which, behind some an.
ces,ral portran, with the face oi the pic.
ture to the stag, which he had taken down
10 serve as a shield, while the window
! frame had been driven in with such force
that as i, stood there was no getting the
deer out that way. In the midst ui nall
and expecting more hounds at the win
dow, unless my brother and Henry
Wombwell were quick in getting them
away, was almost at my wits end !;
however, calling on the spectator, who
WIS parading the picture, for heavens s
sake, at least. TO turn it the other way,
o, the frs, thing the ancestral coun,e-
nance would have would be the horns OF
til. stag through II, in motion as the bear
er kept II | caught The hounds and led
them out. The stag beng quiet, and
having sent all sorts Of apologies up t"
Lady Mary. lrepor,ed that the state oi
the window would not admit of the stag's
egress, unless | was permitted t." enlarge
the aperture, while, at the SAME tune
fresh and powerful as tn. sta! was, it
would be dangerous TO attempt to lead
him through the conservatory. The re-
ply to my apologies and 10 this report
was the best nalured and kind that could
be. She said, "She did not in the leas,
care for the accident, that could not
help IT, and # necessary was to enlarge
the fracture in the window as much as
pleased, the only stipulation being that
"whe" the stag regained h's liberty, the
ohounds were to be laid on the lawn, that
she mi4ht. see them -rnnIinu-"' HaNinp
gagged my sporting friend from the ances-
tral picture, and placed it in safety, we
knocked away the slanchons Of The win
dow sufficiently TO let the deer through,
and having borrowed door from the
offices by way Of more fitting shield, l
got the stag out, and laid the hounds on
al the window.
The chase, particularly when a deer
BY being housed, had learned there was
saiet, in it, frequently ended in mansions
cottages. or barus, aud | can"os help sa,
ing that in almost every instance l me,
with the greatest go,d nature. Ga one
Of these occasions, we ran up 10 the en-
trance OF gtntleman's kitchen, in the
rear of his premises, and the hounds bay
ed a, the closed door. Heads of d,nnes-
tics through the pantry window informed
me that the stag was in the house, and
that they would admit me, "if | would
keep the dogs out as the children were
afraid Of them" The door bslng open.
ed and closed carefully behind me, |
went in, ushered by butler, aud peeped
at by many maids; and, On asking where
the stag was, the butler replied t..at hr
had been in all the lower offices, aud
when he last saw him he was going up
the drawing room stairs. On asking for
the master and mistress, the man replied,
''his muster had gone up after the stag,
and that his mistress Was but poorly
The butler introduced me to the drawing
room, but neither master nor stag were IA
il, when at that moment door at il"
other end opened, aud the owner oi the
house cane in, under visible. though
suppressed excitement. begun all sorts
OF apologies, as usual, and f,r mon en'
the gentleman was civil enough but OF
my asking whoe The lady was, all re'
s,raint gave way, and in fury he re-
piled :-"Yonr stag, sir, not content with
walking through every Office. has been
here. sir, here in my drawing-room, sir
whence he proceeded up stairs to the nur
sery, and damn inc, sir, he's now in Mrs
IS boudoir." All could say wa.
that was very sorry; ard asked wha
was 10 do" lie left me in the dr,w
ing.room fM few minutes, aud theI
called me to follow him, aud The stag Wa
in passage at the ,opo a back stairs
The deer got down again INTO the Offices
where he was safely secured.
i GRAnAMtrE PuDnI G.-Cut up fnu
, laths in peck of saw.dust. When vel
. mixed, bake it by placing napAi" con
tainiag it. in the sun for half en hour
Serve up with sauce made by soaking
cedar shingle in pail Of well'~alcr,