, 1884-01-20

Inc rulIofus are All UOauleS, but hone5I
ones, who scorn to conceal the fact from any
one.
well, Bangs was saying that all the sue
cessful man-hunters ncw@n
"The whatf' chorused his mother and Jim.
""Well, match-hunters or man-hunters; it's
all the same. He says you may go on hunting
the species forever and do no good. Where
was II l wish you wouldn't stop me for a
word. Oh, l knowl Bangs says that all the
successful sportswomen single out the particu-
lar head of game they mean to stalk, and then
deliberately hun him down.
by Jovel a rare idean cried Jim, who al
ways admired what his brother admired,
especially if there was Il lord in the case.
"But how the dickens could a chap like
Bangsf-a chap like Bangsl This, mark
you, is very much behind Bangs back,
a little unstringing Of the bow-"like
Bangs who isn't 30, and has no girls of
any sort TO marry
my dear Jim interrupted his elder
brother from the height of his superiority,
"he's a stag
"a stag
o course, old stupid. He's learned all
about hunting by din Of being hunted, and
he says some of these LondonsamAzons are so
deuced clever that he believes they'll catch
him by sheer wearing him down. He tells
me-'Howard, old man. he says, If ever you
hear that l am knocked on the head"
Chr gasped poor Mrs. Fulford.
Married, mother; married. Married or
knocked on the head is all the same thing
when you talk of a man; but if a girl mates
pretty decently, why she is thought to have
got a prize in life's lottery-won a victory, in
fact. Bangs says, mother, II ever he marry,
1 may say: Ahi poor DEVIL He couldn't
stand hainU huntal ahy mnrain
Now where should they find a stag for
Millyl That was a cabinet question, and re-
quired a council of all the Fulfords, includ-
ing a few friends.
Bangs idea was much applauded, likewise
Towards prodigious sharpness in picking it
up.
Cameron might go to the limbo of penni-
less lovers. Nobody cared. He wasn't a
stag.
Now for it, On whom were they to try
their new-found systemi Old Fulford talked
a great deal, but all he really said was that
the thing ought to he simple enough; the girl
was good looking, as all allowed, and he gave
her gl0,0OO.
At last it became evident that the actual
marking of the quarry was beyond the Full
Jordan imagination, and there was a general
call upon an old Lady Wall-a woman who
in her day had hooked husbands for three
plainish Miss Walls with much cleverness-t
take up the word.
"Wen," she said, 81 can't see the diff
culty.n
So much superiority provoked a murmuI
of surprised approval. There was a silence
Then Mr.. Fulford said:
"No, really; can't your
"Have you ever heard pursued her lady
ship, ''of Hoist with his own petardfn
No; the Fulfords only know Shakespeare
from going occasionally to the Lyceuu
theatre, and Us they seldom listen-talking {
good deal, and looking more at the peopl,
than the stage-their knowledge of our great
est bard is of the most limited kind.
''Well, then, Caught in his own trapr
asked Lady Wall. bringing down her Ian
guage to the meanest capacity with ill-dis
guised contempt.
"Oh yes, we know that" cried all the Ful
fords, quite proudly.
Then, there you nave it, concluded thei
counsellor. What say you to my plnnr'
Not a Fulford understood her. She YER
nearly swore.
Dear, DEAR she burst forth; you ar
all very stupid"
They took this for a good joke, and laughet
quite pleasantly.
Dom you see that the very man-stag
as you call him-who is waiting to be stalked
Is no otner man thls same noble viscount
boru DanBs niiseils chWaxeu her ladyship
90 poio IN iuea was such a pombsheu T.
the fuiioru Drum tnh' II very nearly ours
IT,
Ihere was very little time to be lost, 10
u was aieaay tue END OF June Inc russ
the hurry inc want OIL al dellcacy and DIS
guise' "hich would nave proved fatal in s.
many cases' were Just "hat favored the Ful
lorus III tne pursuit Oh mani Deg MS par
DON a ioru-who was knocking under imply
a. ne mao oeioTe eNpresseu IT, 10 that tralt
orous irlena howaru' 10 escape Tor hf'
troLh the CHATTER, the row, the untirlng ant
uhnsPareht s'rn1ageihS a Vehery where TN
hunters knew neither pause nor discourage
hiei', iEu"'e' NM ooCh Iati8ue' "a concern
themselves PITY ior the poor creature
they pursue
"ltLhh tlree weeks the marriage was ar
ranged one spectator OF this stranS'
yer common cnaSeIpuT friend, AiaI
"a ~ n innocence Oh hl
Soul' " ms. %i'n InefeIuiNy' 6ueh WIN
aaHN'iienI; a. lhsS WIN aiaInh' he hau no
"eeh enough III ut iusH societS 70 nave los
I'M un .ns ol sisn. anu wrong.
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for bafora that not to a,,pa, o,,ol a.. -
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~ tsne = ooHlneu' win
ou1 opPosi,on ron any quarter an inter
view ew,Si II y. none -
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unue us wilma ueSPeraoe enort u
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uI ~ W. ~ seh'ie 'noushou ineI
%eIe quiOe "a lor ~ ahotner' parted by
"imOs1 Il ehtre "reuu1h Oh the room
very so,ry, very sorry' indeed Allan
u !. a n oe helpeu' she began
can't be helped"
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