The Badminton Magazine 1897-11: Vol 5 Iss 28 (1897)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 94
the shelter of the old gnarled oak and its clustering ivy. The ‘second shoot’ came towards Christmas-time, and by following explicitly the tactics that my father had adopted in the { first shoot, I escaped unscathed. Before the early spring had tempted the primrose into bloom, my father told me… … turned lightly to thoughts of love. There were always plenty of opportunities ; several quite nice-looking hens had already cast amorous glances at me, and when one day I proposed to a particularly nice-looking one, by ruffling up my feathers and crowing loudly (the orthodox pheasant mode of…
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