A man passing in the road, which was not far from where the trap was being set in Mrs. Traddle’s garden, suddenly stopped and called:
At the same time Teddy called again in loud tones:
“Let me out! Let me out of this trap!”
“Oh, so you’re putting boys in traps, are you!” cried the man in angry tones. “I’ll stop that!” He leaped over the fence. Joe, Dick and Mr. Crispen saw it was Policeman Robbin.
“What’s going on here?” demanded the officer, his ruddy face darkened by anger.
“We’re just setting a deer trap, and Teddy went in to test it,” explained Joe as Dick and Mr. Crispen raised the door.
“Oh,” said the policeman, with a little laugh. “Excuse me. But I thought somebody was trying to catch a boy in a trap.”
“Well,” laughed Teddy, “I was caught all right. But the trap sure works. That door fell shut as soon as I touched the bait.”
“I hope it happens that way when the deer goes in,” said Joe.