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[Illustration: Scene--_As above._ Time--_Mid-day._ Sport--_None up to
now._
_Stout Party_ (_about to leave_). "Most extr'ordinary thing. Whenever I go
home, they always have a rattling good run."
_Candid Friend._ "Then, for goodness' sake, _go home at once!_"]
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[Illustration: MOST EXTRAORDINARY
_Dismounted Sportsman._ "Now, how the deuce did my hat manage to get up
there?"]
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