HARRY WRIGHT CAUGHT IN A TRAP. IOQ 



found. Cox was not to run any risks, all he 

 had to do was to bend down a bough just over 

 every nest he found, and tell Harry whether it 

 was hazel, maple, crab, or hornbeam. So 

 Wright was, afterwards, to go and take the nest, 

 and Cox would have nothing to do with the 

 matter to all appearances. 



"Well, mate," said I, after Cox had told me 

 all this. " We can manage for you to get a 

 bob out of him, I think." 



" How, so/' said Cox. 



"Oh, I'll manage that all right if you'll 

 follow my instructions." Cox promised that 

 he would, so I continued : " Now I know of a 

 pheasant's nest in Odd's Wood, about ten or 

 twelve yards from the common. You say he 

 has made an appointment with you for after 

 breakfast, on Sunday morning, and said : * all 

 the nests you find tell me of, and I'll pay you 

 for them ; you can earn ten shillings or so- if 

 you only keep your eyes open.' Is that all 

 Wright said?" 



"Yes, and enough, too, ain't it, John ?" said 

 Cox, looking up from his work with a grin. 



