FISH OUT OF WATER. loi 



Reels and lines come next, and there is a discussion what 

 is to be done with them, but at last, after many tries, they 

 are fixed in their places, and the lines run through the rings. 

 Then come — what ? Hair lines? No. Flies -* No. Long 

 gut casts .'' No ; floaters ! floaters painted green and 

 white ! ! This was too much for poor Selborne, and with a 

 howl of despair, he seized his own rod, which was leaning 

 against the porch, and rushed down to the river. At 

 night, Whisker & Co. were in the same faultless dresses, 

 but their spirits seemed somewhat damped. "Well, how 

 have you gone on ?" said Selborne, " much sport .''" " Aw, 

 we've done pretty well ; we've sent our fish off to London." 

 " Have you really, now.-* How did you get it all carried .''" 

 was the reply. 



This was too much, and with a savage gesture, and 

 something that sounded like " low fellows," our gentlemen 

 walked away. We saw no more of them, They did not 

 enter the room again that night, and we were out long 

 before they came down the next morning; but when we 

 returned, we learned that they had followed their fish. 



