Bred in the Bone

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Bred in the Bone, by James PaynThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Bred in the BoneAuthor: James PaynRelease Date: July 15, 2004 [EBook #12024]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BRED IN THE BONE ***Produced by Curtis Weyant, Graeme Mackreth and PG Distributed Proofreaders[Illustration]BRED IN THE BONE; OR, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SONA Novel.BY THE AUTHOR OF"A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK," "GWENDOLINE'S HARVEST," "CARLYON'S YEAR," "ONEOF THE FAMILY," "WON—NOT WOOED," &c.WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.NEW YORK: 1872.CHAPTER I.CAREW OF CROMPTON.Had you lived in Breakneckshire twenty years ago, or even any where in the Midlands, it would be superfluous to tell youof Carew of Crompton. Every body thereabout was acquainted with him either personally or by hearsay. You must almostcertainly have known somebody who had had an adventure with that eccentric personage—one who had been riddendown by him, for that mighty hunter never turned to the right hand nor to the left for any man, nor paid attention to any ruleof road; or one who, more fortunate, had been "cleared" by him on his famous black horse Trebizond, an animal onlysecond to his master in the popular esteem. There are as many highly colored pictures of ...