The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-06

come In, aud looks mp with little shipper,
wondering why they are not yet gone2
What can they mean by dwadling about in
that way the whole morning; the day is
half overi
This to Arthur-at Blount.
Harry replies IN good faith. 1.-THE beat
ers are only assembling now, Miss Graeme;
we are not to start for quarter OF an hour.
Are you coming to- see us off p
Miss Giaeme laughs at the idea, but her
more sophisticated brother approves.
Come along Bee; YOU can come TO the
top wood, Mt all events, and Jack Will bring
you home" ..-
jackie Catch mel"
"Well, she can stay with me, then, and
I'll look after her-can't She, mainmaf'
says the young sovereign, graciOusly. I'm
less in very bad temper, Arthur always
extends his benign protection TO his
sister.
But will she be with him all the timer
Is It not too far TO walkf Bee is sure she Is
able for III Thick bootsi GaoshesS
Satisfied on these points Lady Graeme
has no objection; Arthur will be taken up
with the sport, and she sees in Betty's
dancing eyes her great desire.
A roe hunt is nothing new to her. II is
true, but she Is too much an out-of-doors
creature not to delight in the walk, and
the sport, and the fun aud excitement
generally.
II only Capt. Blount had not been GO
ing. His being there Is "A check upon them
way; and he cannot think her accompany
ing them very odd, or Arthur would not
have proposed it,
Besides Betty, not Beatrix, speaking).
she does not care what lie thlnksl
Gladly she leaves her notes unwritten,
tumbles them into the drawer, and in her
glee ut escaping runs headlOng against
Harry, who il standing outside the door,
staring, with one eye shut, down the muz-
zle of his gun.
Bee, in running against the gun, knocks
Ii from the eye, and 1t scrapes his cheek.
81 beg your pardon | am so sorryl"
cries she, joyously, and flies up stairs.
Harry Blount looks after her for just
half IA minute; then he rubs his cheek, aud
stares down the gun muzzle again.
Outside the beaters are gathering fast.
Duncan's wlzened visage peers out of the
hall door, and halls MKilIop, the long
bodied policeman, who proposes to keep
the boys in order, and has tried it in vain,
ut every hunt in the Castle Graeme drives,
for the last ten or fifteen years.
The boys will not be kept in order; but
M'Killop enjoys the sport rs much us any
ono OF them, and the dinner after II, too.
NJ Kiilop, will ye tax onythlngV
THANK ye, duncan; no tue moo. Are
they ready YETI"
They'll he ready soon enough. Sir
Charles Is gone ben, and he's aye to his
tune
Is that fat George o yours to gang wi
u. Duncani'
Hon no gang far. we medina fear"
las he been on the hill, everr'
No he"
Wen gle him n taste OF, then. What
stryngers hae ye IN the hoOse the dayf'
An Englisher VA the Captain. that's a."
Name q the Striveu setf" III "A dlsap
pointed tone.
Name but oorsels the day"
MKtllop administers chast sement to an
explosive boy, and teaches hls cap to my
lady at the window.
\ voice from behind, and Arthur APP
pears. How are you. NJ killop, Are
these all you have got Tor us to-dayV says
he, grnndly.
weel, Cap,n.n. There's tive-aud- thairty
here, and yonders wheen mar on the
road"
"Aw, yes Not so bad. after all. We
have usually great many more" observes
Arthur TO his fr end but these will do
The work, and that is all We want"
A We want. indeed" mutteIs the po-
lic"luan, Indignantly; an me getting
tucn tnes ithci the hail o yesterday Sir
Charles kcns better"
Sir Charles comes out beaming all over.
Hey, MKiliopl You have fine set of
lads here to-day. splendid array, ELI,
Arthur You see we can get up "A hunt AS
well as ever, though You aid give us such
short notice. Ii was too bad of the Cap
tam. was 1t not, NJ klllopY
MKillop gru,, pa@ted and self-con-
sclous; while Arthur talks e. B.Onnt ~
loudly ~ he can; ana BeatriX feeling n
little asham, a ot her brother, tries also TO
cover hls confusion.
Then follows a rush from behind, Jack
Tom, ana Charlie, rXuberant, ecstitic. per
fcctiy uncomfortable IN their rrjbicmgs.
- say, papa, look Mt George. George is
goillL. liel hel he"'
~ one can help looking at George, of
course. Duncan openly singers; Nj Kill
Top turns aside; ana BiOuut, Arthur aud
m ha ola NJ .staftlt
other.
SiX-foot high George, the most solemn OF
foOtmen, Is tneIe, his lat white lace sur
mounted Dyu iaucy cap; ms borrowed at
tire, If not unit, at least uniting, from
top 10 toe; his hand grlsping as grlevous II
clnh-tres cudgel rs ever dld that of Giant
Despair.
&c rye! UOu can't walk" Sir Charles
bluTts out.
4" can try, sir Charles George in no
wise discouctrtcd.
" why, man. begins his master,
aud bursts out lirgning.
Then the wnoie OF tie BOYS set up roar.
George reddens, naIf inclined TO cry.
Never mind, then; come alonSl" cries
the Old gentleman, recovering; land ii
You dO Na4N, tlo-e legs Of yours belle you.
NOw, IN II, Vi hllop. At the old place.
L"ad on 10
ON they march, scramble, run, and
sculllr.
The gravel aud the velvet turf in front
IS sadly cut MP ana ttaInplcd upon, but the
luird's eye j. bright and joyous. Lady
Grneme, with Miss WILLIAMSBURG poor.
dull, mlntcresting Miss Willinms-wlth
whom fate obliees her TO pass this day IN
company, l. standing at the window, aud
they salute her gaily is they pass.
WHAT morning II Is
Brightly sparkles the frost upon the FIR
trees rs II drips beneath the Influence OF
the MONDAY sun. The sea is ut It's lowest,
calm as glass, blue as the heavens above it,
here and there twInklmg IN diamond
points OF light, anon covered from shore
10 shore with those long stTeaks that tell
whore the herring lie beneath.
All along the wet sands the gulls cur
lcNs, and nerons are feeding. flock of
ducks is sailing III and out among the rocks
and headlands OF the bay.
One solitary blrd large and white, hovers
overhead in the blue picture frame. Pa
tlenuy II waits awhile, circles round, re-
gains the former point, then flashes from
It's height, with sharp report strikes the
water-and the solan goose has seized Its
prey.
Look, Captain Blount; you won't sec a
sight like that south of the Tweed! That
fellow has come all the way from Ailsa TO
fish these waters. See, see, up he goes !"
cries the old sportsman, standing stock
still. up, up, up! now he has found his
place again, and "A bonnie fish in his NAV,
I'll warrant him! Did you hear the noise
lie made Did you hear that clapr
" Was that report from the blrdY" cries