126 APPREHENSIONS. 



due time the constables safely deposited 

 their charge in Newgate. 



It was my custom frequently to amuse 

 my home circle with the adventures of the 

 day, and the little ones would as often 

 listen with the gravest attention ; but this 

 had a far more serious eifect upon them 

 than I expected or desired ; for they would 

 not go to bed for weeks afterwards without 

 one of them asking, with a most serious 

 countenance, when the man was coming to 

 " crack our crib," or " did I think he would 

 come to-night." After a time this fear 

 wore off, though the circumstance is fresh 

 in all their memories. 



Our two coaches that is, the up and 

 down coach used to meet at Trumpington, 

 two miles from Cambridge on the London 

 side ; consequently, as we carried time- 

 pieces, we were both of us enabled to judge 

 the time to a minute. 



Upon one occasion, my partner, having 

 a little business at Cambridge, sent the 



