342 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



He was committed for trial, and, as we 

 were leaving the court, I said to him : — "Tell 

 your sister here (she had come down from 

 Broxted to hear how he got on) to ask your 

 wife to send over to my house on Friday 

 or Saturday morning, and I'll give her a 

 couple of rabbits to make the children a rabbit 

 pie for Sunday's dinner." 



So Monk called out to his sister: — "Tell 

 Nance to send over to the keeper's, Friday 

 or Saturday morning, and she'll get a couple 

 of rabbits." 



" I daresay she would," said his sister, 

 grinning at me. "With a hook, too, I suppose." 



" At any rate," said Monk, " You tell Nance 

 to send over one of the children with a basket ; 

 he'll give her the rabbits right enough." And 

 then Scott and Mr. Clarke, the superintendent 

 at Newport, joined in and assured her that I 

 should be as good as my word. So one of the 

 children came for the rabbits, and got them, 

 and more, too, afterwards. 



Monk got six months in Chelmsford gaol, 

 and, the day after he was let out, he came 



