Fletcher had come a nasty cropper, and reaped what, sooner or later, is the inevitable reward of double-dealing.

They are from six to seven feet highsometimes higherand are formed by laying long split logs one over another diagonally, by which simple process the necessity of nails or uprights is avoided; and as wood is dirt-cheap, the additional length caused by their diagonal construction is of no importance;but, being all loose, they are as awkward to leap as a swing-bar, which those who have once got a cropper at, are not anxious to try again.

This view illustrates a double cropper in which both the spirals are controlled by one belt.