The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-10

laugh Half the field. I'll be bound.
have been enYyiuK you"
Tho canine chorus awelied mp II
was evident that reynard had
broken covert Then the hounds APP
pcafed. closely followed by the mas
ter who waved hia hand 10 the
crowd % keep them back.
Mark ms words we're In for n
hot thing. said IAccby Cad.
hos they're streaming away They'll
take a BIZ II catching. M boy
During the momcntary Interval
that elapaed between the masters
appearance and our getting away.
! found time 10 steal look AZ Lady
Olivia.
She vas transformed. her eyes
shans her face Vas flushed with ex-
element. while she managed her
plunKiuF horse with 4 de1terity sur
passing anything ! had ever seen.
Small wonder was II that they call
"a her the iaveliest woman In Eng
ihnd'
IacchY waa not wrong whom he
Haih that We we're in for a stiff
thing For the first three fields. my
time was completely taken up 20
manage my own mount He vas
only five year-oid. and as springy
90 a BIT Of india rubber Had ]
taken him hY the head and tried 10
hold him. he assnrcdiY would have
got away with me As We ran down
the dip towards a brook that my er-
petienca told me would take a BIT ~
negotiating. managed 10 take 4
crafty pull nt him. Already. though
We had not done more than three
miles. the field was trailing though
tho leaders were attn going vol
and strong. 7 could Eee the old duke
we'll on the right where his judge
meut had told him the going was
most sound. while little 10 his left
was the Lady Olivia doing all that
lay In her power 20 hold an animal
who had neither the Intention nor
desire 10 be restrained. was
scarcely thirty yards behind them
when they raced AZ the brook. Roth
got over iu safety and doubtless l
should have done the same but for
an idiot who endeavored 10 race me
AZ IT, The result was fatal. Ny
animal took the BIT between his
teeth and went NJ Il like a shot out
OF n gun. I saw the pollarded viii
lows right and left and the marshy
banks on either side. then before |
knew where I was I found myself In
the brook making for the opposite
bank. with the water eddying
around mo
Perhaps that will steady you. " I
said to my brute "a We clambered
out on the further side and | set
him going again. II certainly seem
cd to have done SO. for from that
time forward he no longer attempt
cd tn show fight After that II was
an faireolnr We ran through Little
Nunthorpe. skirte1 the church and
killed 10 minutes later in Runeton
Wood Is minutes ~ "a good going
"a ever 7 have known In my life.
I am not going to pretend that I
was IN a. the death As a matter
Of fact. they'd worried him and the
master had handed the brush to
Lady olivia before I put In an APP
pcarance on tho scene.
The lady was radiant. Regardless
Of the frowns Of those about her.
rode mp and congratulated her on
her prowess
You seem 10 have been In trou-
BILE. she answered, with n smile at
my watery garments.
ct WAS that brook" I replied.
somewhat ruefully. However. we
managed to Chamber out"
And YOU were In very good time.
too" she was gracious enough 10
say After all. you were in the first
half dozen"
u am afraid I don't feel very
proud OF myself In spite of that"
remarked. aud then. lifting my hat
90 her. I rode away 20 where Lace
by. who had just put In an appear
ance. was standing.
"uy Javei" he said. 1T has
been cllnklng run. | have been
down twice, and don't mind admit
ting II. suppose It's all over for
today2"
but not n bit OF H. The master
was determined to draw another CO.
vert half mile or so further on. SO
we logged after him. The grooms
must have had n wonderful knowl-
edge OF the country. for. when we
reached the covert In question, they
were there with the second horses.
Once more we found and once more