1-88 SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



gwine to happen nex', an' dey hav' mo' fun dan a bag full 

 o' monkeys at de circus." 



" But papa says he used to fish with cane poles and min- 

 nows, Uncle Enoch." 



" Yas, Percy Lee, wen Mars' Dick was a little lam', jis' 

 like yo'self, he use' to sot in dis same place wid me, an' 

 laws-o'marcy wat gorms o' Bass, an' new-lites', an' chan'l 

 cats we use' to snek out ! But aft-a-wile he growed up an' 

 den he marri'd Mis' Alice, an' dat quile<l his fishin'. 



"An' den de wah cum on, an' yo' papa went away to fite 

 wid de sogers, when yo' was a teenty little baby ; an' Mis' 

 Alice use' to cum heah a-fishin' wid me, an' Liza Jane wud 

 brung de baby. But Mis' Alice nebber cud larn to fish ; 

 she jis' kep' me a tellin' how yo' papa use' to fish when he 

 was a little boy, an' wat he wud say, an' wat he wud do ; an' 

 she'd des go an' sot on dat ole sycamo' root — whar you set- 

 tin' now — whar he use' to fish ; an' de big tear-drops wud 

 roll doAvn her pink cheeks ebery time I cotch'd a fish, an' 

 she wud run an' grab de baby — dat was you — an' hug you 

 up, an' kiss you, and den Avant me to begin all ober agin. 

 You see, honey, she was so chicken-hearted she cudn't bar 

 to see de red-eyes an' new-lites a-floppin' on de hook. An' 

 no matter how oiFen I 'splained to her how Mars' Dick use' 

 to ketch 'em, an' how I kech 'em, she des was too tender- 

 minded to larn. 



" Den yo' papa cum home aftah de wah, an' brung a lot 

 o' hicrhfalutin noshuns wid him. An' de nex' summah a 

 Yankee Kurnel from 'way up Norf cum a-visitin' an' he 

 showed Mars' Dick how to fish wid switch poles an' fedder- 

 flies. 



"An' now Mars' Dick drags Mis' Alice wid him, an' she 

 goes trapesin 'long de sho' wid de baskit — an' she'll ketch 



