Fear of the punishment he was to suffer was on this occasion his least evil; his chief anxiety being, lest his constancy should fail him, and he should be brought to betray the gamekeeper, whose ruin he knew must now be the consequence.
The gamekeeper was now relieved from his anxiety, and Mr Allworthy himself began to be concerned at Tom's sufferings: for besides that Mr Thwackum, being highly enraged that he was not able to make the boy say what he himself pleased, had carried his severity much beyond the good man's intention, this latter began now to suspect that the squire had been mistaken; which his extreme eagerness and anger seemed to make probable; and as for what the servants had said in confirmation of their master's account, he laid no great stress upon that.
Indeed I don't deserve it." And at that very instant, from the fulness of his heart, had almost betrayed the secret; but the good genius of the gamekeeper suggested to him what might be the consequence to the poor fellow, and this consideration sealed his lips.
'We shall very likely be up with another covey in five minutes,' said the long gamekeeper. 'If the gentleman begins to fire now, perhaps he'll just get the shot out of the barrel by the time they rise.'
Weller contorted his features from behind the wheel-barrow, for the exclusive amusement of the boy with the leggings, who thereupon burst into a boisterous laugh, and was summarily cuffed by the long gamekeeper, who wanted a pretext for turning round, to hide his own merriment.
'Never mind, Sir, never mind,' replied the long gamekeeper;
Weller, the long gamekeeper, and the two boys, to station themselves on the grass, at a little distance, and do good execution upon a decent proportion of the viands.
A
gamekeeper who illegally killed wild birds, badgers and an otter has been sentenced to more than 200 hours of unpaid work.
"That is no longer the case for a
gamekeeper in Scotland.
Planners have granted permission for a
gamekeeper's cottage to be built on a farm near Shrewsbury ensuring the future sustainability of a growing rural business.
Ruabon
gamekeeper Stuart Hart said managing the 7,000-acre heather moorland for wildlife involved co-operation between graziers,
gamekeepers, shoot captain and landowner.
Its nickname is "The
Gamekeeper's Night Dog", which goes back to the breed's early history in the 19th century when they were bred by
gamekeepers for strength, size and speed to ward off poachers.
A retired law enforcement officer, Bill is the Director of Gundog Operations for Mossy Oak
GameKeeper Kennels.
One of them, David Hepburn, a
gamekeeper at Kilbryde, Dunblane, was a married man of 47 and classed GradeTwo for military service.
STANDING over a snared badger, a
gamekeeper shoots at the helpless animal as it lies injured on the ground.
