I08 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



When 1 learned that Master Harry was In 

 the habit of taking- our game and eggs, and 

 that he humbugged the magistrates, and defied 

 me, I determined to put a stopper on his little 

 games ; he had done Old Dick, but he 

 shouldn't do me. So I kept a sharp look out, 

 and, at the same time, considered the matter 

 carefully, but after a deal of thinking it over 

 the solution of the difficulty came quite by 

 accident. 



Keepers if they use a little bait, can make 

 some very useful and sworn ' pals.' Now I 

 had a pal named William Cox, who lived at 

 Amersham Common, and for whom I had, 

 some time previously, done a service which 

 converted him from an enemy into a sworn 

 friend. His home was at the corner of 

 Coppeyson's Lane that led to Weedon Hill 

 Road, and Hyde Heath Common. Weil, Cox 

 told me that Harry Wright, the miller, had 

 asked him to look out when he was at work on 

 Mr. Ware's farm for any nests or leverets in 

 the wheat fields. Harry had offered to give 

 him a shilling for each leveret and nest he 



