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away, and I watched him remove the 

 cast and entwine it round his hat. 

 When he returned I looked up at the 

 flies, and, sure enough, they were the 

 identical ones he had started with. His 

 eyes caught mine for a moment, and 

 again, as if comprehending what was 

 passing in my mind, he said, "I wass 

 tell you the Marrch Brrown would 

 do just grrand. I did catch every one 

 with her yes, indeed." When told it 

 had done nothing for me, he feigned 

 surprise, carefully compared my pat- 

 tern with his own, held them in the 

 water side by side, and soon discovered 

 some minute difference which he de- 

 clared was quite sufficient to account 

 for the difference in our respective "bas- 

 kets." I knew too much, however, to 

 be "gulled" to any such extent, and 

 time proved me to be right. 



Amos was "drouthy " when we got 

 back to our wayside club, and before the 



