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Ten years ago he bought a large property in this neighbourhood. Three years ago he became a baronet." "How did a man like Van Koop become a baronet?" I inquired. "By purchase, I believe." "By purchase! Are honours in England purchased?" "You are delightfully innocent, Mr. Quatermain, as a hunter from Africa should be," said Lord Ragnall, laughing. "Your friend "
"Arrest and conduct me to prison me the syndic of the town that is strange will you allow me to see your warrant yes, it is all true and countersigned by his Majesty; I have no more to say, Mynheer Engelback. As syndic of this town, and administrator of the laws, it is my duty to set the example of obedience to them, at the same time protesting my entire innocence. Koop, get me my mantle.
April 29. no eggs today. mother said the hens cackled all the morning. brite and fair. April 30. i dont see what the mater is with my hens. i havent got 1 egg this week. father said there was a rat in the koop. i got a steel trap of Sam Diar and tonite i set it in the koop. i put a peace of cheeze on it. tomorrow morning i ges mister rat wont steal any more eggs.
He then sent another message to his daughter, and the reply was that she was not in the room, upon which he despatched old Koop to Ramsay, requesting his attendance. The reply to this second message was a letter presented to the syndic, who broke the seal and read as follows: "MY DEAR AND HONOURED SIR,
"Yes," I replied, "especially as I could have sworn that it was quite dead." "So could I, Quatermain; but the fact remains that it isn't there." "If we had all the pheasants that we think fall dead our bags would be much bigger than they are," remarked Van Koop, with a look of great relief upon his face, adding in his horrid, patronizing way: "Still, you shot uncommonly well, Quatermain.
The incident upset me so much that immediately afterwards I missed three easy pheasants in succession, while Van Koop added two to his bag. Scroope shook his head and Charles groaned audibly.
That mean appearance, those small, shifty grey eyes, that red, pointed nose could belong to nobody except Van Koop, so famous in his day in South Africa in connexion with certain gigantic and most successful frauds that the law seemed quite unable to touch, of which frauds I had been one of the many victims to the extent of £250, a large sum for me.
We had been instructed not to fire at birds going forward, so I let these be. Van Koop, however, did not interpret the order in the same spirit, for he loosed at several, killing one or two and missing others. "That fellow is no sportsman," I heard Lord Ragnall remark. "I suppose it is the bet." Then he sent Charles to ask him to desist.
This shot seemed to give me confidence, and I improved considerably, though, oddly enough, I found that it was the high and difficult pheasants which I killed and the easy ones that I was apt to muff. But Van Koop, who was certainly a finished artist, killed both.
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