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and, if you don't drop that fold stake, I'll blow 

 your arm off this instant." Thereupon Dell 

 threw away the stake, without the slightest hesita- 

 tion; and now it seemed probable that Dick 

 would get what he wanted — a little civility, for 

 Dell was one of the rankest cowards alive, and 

 would cave in directly anyone sparred up to 

 him. 



*' Are you going to let me up?" shouted 

 Cogdill. 



"Yes, if you give your right name." 



**You know, you; Will Cogdill." 



"Let him go, Dick," said my father, and all 

 five of us then went to the trap gate in the 

 hedge, when Cogdill swore out: — "I should 

 have done you, Luke^ if it hadn't been for that 

 confounded boy of yours." I laughed, well 

 pleased ; and so we reached the road, and 

 parted. 



The two poachers absconded, but, after a 

 while, Dell returned and gave himself up to the 

 parish constable, for there were no police at 

 Chesham then. Dell split on his pal, and told 

 the constable where to find him, at what hour 



