"I could look after the snares and fox traps," suggested Charley, "and you could cut wood. I can set up some more snares, too."
"Aye, now, you could look after un, whilst I cuts more wood. You knows from the tracks we makes where the traps are set, and you can find un. I'll be cuttin' no more wood after the next snow comes. 'Twill be gettin' too deep by then, and I'll not be havin' long to cut un."
"All right," and Charley was quite delighted with the prospect of responsibility, and the fact that Toby would trust him to go alone. "I'll start in to-morrow morning. May I carry your shotgun when I go?"
"Aye, carry un. You may be pickin' up some pa'tridges."
In accordance with this arrangement, Charley visited the rabbit snares and the fox traps alone the next morning, and returned quite e
