The Eventful Life of Nathaniel Dale: With Recollections & Anecdotes Containing a Great Variety of Business Matters, &c., as Occurred in the Life of th - Paperback

by Nathaniel Dale (Author)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 18 Excerpt: ...be back in about an hour, and if you have not killed one by that time, I will help you to get one." So I told my wife to put away the things whilst I loaded my rifle, which, as soon as she had done, she took my arm, and we walked down to the deer. They laid under a clump of trees as the day was very hot. My wife and I were dressed in black, as she had lately buried her only sister. We put them up and moved them about so as to get a fine buck out clear, and as soon as I had a good chance I shot at him and knocked him down. A man happened to be coming down the public path at the time whom I sent to the house for a scratch, which, as soon as he had fetched, we took him home and dressed him, and when all was done, I went into the house and sat down as before. When the Duke came back and had changed his horse and coat, he said, "Come, Dale, we must have a buck 1" I said, "I have killed one, my lord." He said, "Why have you not dressed him then V I said, "I have done all." The Duke then went to look at him and was very pleased, and said he never knew one killed and dressed so quickly before. The deer went back and laid under the same trees again. The Duke laughed when I told him I went in my black coat and took my wife on my arm, and did not forget to talk about it afterwards. Had I gone alone I should not have got near them; but as it was, they were deceived: The venison was wanted for an election Jjnnfir at Hunting-/ j / don; and that is why the buck was killed on a Sunday. I think the day he was cooked was the last time the late Duke was returned for the county, and a good lark we had. The " day before, Mr. George of By thorn, who was one of the Duke s i)" -v party, was in the Market Place, Huntingdon, whe..."