HARRY WRIGHT CAUGHT IN A TRAP. 117 



Wright 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 Harry, 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, fifty years after, alive and well. 



