252 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



ow, Jos — lin, I go, I go," yelped Haggy ; so 

 Joslin set him down, and he walked the rest 

 of the way to my house like a lamb, the other 

 poacher doing the same. 



I and my guests reached our destination, 

 when I told Joslin to go down to Inspector 

 Scott and fetch him up, whilst I put the frying 

 pan on the fire. " You'll be back by the time 

 I've done the meat," said I. Off went Joslin, 

 but soon came back again to say that Inspector 

 Scott was not at home, so we all five sat down 

 to supper and had a good snap, follow^ed by a 

 pipe and a drop of beer. 



After we had been there about two hours, I 

 said : — " Inspector Scott will be in by now, 

 Joslin, so you and Mumford stay here with 

 our two mutual friends while I go down and 

 see him." Away I went and found the In- 

 spector, who had just reached home ; he 

 started out with me, and, just before we 

 reached my home, we met Joslin. 



"Where's Hag?" says he. "Why you 

 ought to know that, seeing I left him in your 

 charge," says I. " Surely you've not been 



