In the vine country

In the vine country

To begin with, we had started rather late,it is noticeable that the minutes between five and six A.M. are fewer and closer together than they are at any other period of the day,and, when half way to the meet we found that Betty had given way to her sporting proclivities, and had surreptitiously followed us. When it is explained that Betty is a St. Bernard puppy of cart-horse dimensions, whose expression of smiling imbecility only cloaks a will of iron, it will be understood that there was trouble before us. The{8} trouble began at once. Directly she saw she was discovered she ran away, and the next time we saw her she was three fields ahead of us, lumbering cheerfully into covert at the heels of the hounds, pursued by several cows and the curses of the master. By the time that she had been caught and immured in the bedroom of the nearest cottage, we were covered with confusion and blazing with heat, and while we were precariously scrambling on to our horses backs by the help of the pigstye door, we were{9} told by an excited old man that the hounds had found, and were firing away like the divil out of the far side of the wood. This happened to be one of those statements that are founded not so much on fact as on a desire to keep things stirring and pleasant, but none the less did it send us at inconvenient speed to the other side of the covert, there to find that the hounds had never left it, and were hunting slowly back towards the side from which we had just come. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 59454
Author: Ross, Martin
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone), 1858-1949

Illustrator: Townsend, F. H. (Frederick Henry), 1868-1920