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| all the circumstances or Cne case you are
discussing. Young Lauriston was an ut
terly conceitcd, win, young fool, who
pitted himself against man of twice his
science, hard headedness and brains. He
continued playing, notwithstanding the
advice of those who knew, and the end
was obvious. There was no sharp prac-
tice in the matter, and moreover, de NOR
tus nil"
As 1 turned from speaking to them l
encountered such look of gratitude and
astonished recognition from the dearest
gray eyes in the world as almost upset
my equanimity.
We were just rounding rather sharp
bend by the park wall; the air was filed
with the sound Of sheep; there was a
great cloud of dust, the two new leaders
who had been hitherto perfectly ire
proachable in their manners, stopped
dead, demoralizing the wheelers, and de-
spite all Establishments and coercion,
commenced a wild stampede among the
unfortunate sheep.
Lady Bracewell stood up, with the in
tention, believe, of springing from her
seat.
"Lena, my darling, for your life sit
still" shouted, above all the hubbub
of yelling shepherds, terrified sheep,
barking dogs and plunging horses. "Un-
do this BUCKLE and you'll probably save
our lives" and tossed the ends of the
leaders rein into her lap, for I saw that
the traces were broken, and knew that
if the chestnuts got away while the reins
were buckled the brides of the wheelers
would be torn off and frightful catas-
trophs would follow.
Fortunately 1 kept sufficient control
over the maddened creatures until saw
the re1ns divided; then I let them slide
through the reius. The chestnuts turned
sharp to the left and bolted over the
hedge, and I knew that we were safe.
The wheelers, poor things, were soon sub
dued, and then I despatched the guard
and some of the many by-standers, who
had, of course, appeared from no one
knows where, to recapture tho recalclt-.
rant chestnuts.
1t was evident now why Phil had got
them so Cheap wild dislike to sheep
was evidently their fault.
However, by the time they were
brought back into the way they should
90 the flock had passed on, after many
and terrible threats of future conse-
quences from the shephards, and fresh
traces being forthcoming we proceeded
on our way, but not before the thanks OF
the passengers had been showered upon
me for the skilful way in which I averted
what might have been an ugly acci-
dent.
"Indeed, gentlemen, I said, "most of
your thanks are due to Lady Bracewell,
who so deity unfastened the buckle"
"Oh, Mr.. Lauriston" protested Lady
Bracewell, with smile and blush that
forcibly recalled the Lena Eereker Of old
days.
The faces of the men behind were
studies when they realized how they had
committed themselves. But for that we
cared little, as, the ice once broken, We
began explanations and condolences that
made that drive the most memorable of
my life-savc, indeed, when a few weeks
later we, my newly made wife and I,
drove from St. Georges, Hanover square,
in the brougham and pair of horses
given to us by Phil Blake, and the horses
were our friends the cnestnuts who so
wildly performed the ceremony of intro
duction.
As we keep them for town work, and
focks of sheep are not frequentcrs of
London streets, they are a valuable addi-
ton to our stud.-L0ndon World.