HARRY AVRIGHT CAUGHT IN A TRAP. 11 J 



Wn2:ht had paid Cox a shilling ' for being- 

 trapped,' he said, for he told Mr. Fuller it was 

 a trap, set by me and Cox, to catch him. 



"Well," said Mr. Fuller. "Trap or no trap, 

 you are caught, it appears. You've set many traps 

 and now you are caught in one yourself." 



Mr. Fuller never asked me whether I had 

 trapped Wright or not, so he did not know if 

 Harry's tale was a 'sandy rabbit' one, for 

 certain. Father always spoke to me as if I had 

 trapped HcLvry, but I did not want to split on 

 Cox, so never admitted it ; if I had, it would 

 have been known that Cox was in the swim 

 with me. Thus it was never clearly understood 

 how Harry had been caught ; some thought I 

 trapped him, others believed it to be ' a tale of 

 cock and bull ' on Harry's part. Some said it 

 was a shame if I had trapped him, others said 

 it served him Wright (more of my humour) as 

 they had heard him tell me I had not brains 

 enough to catch him, and, if ever I did, he 

 would be the death of me. This was quite 

 true, as I have before related, but I presume he 

 did not mean it, when he said it, since here I 

 am, fiftv vears after, alive and well. 



