WOODLAND PATHS 



to have than these somewhat attenuated 

 hermits of the mold, but if there are the 

 fishes do not know it, and there are few 

 anglers but on May fifteenth would give 

 their weight in gold for them if such was 

 the price. It is fortunate, therefore, that 

 angleworms are inhabitants of the earth, 

 so to speak, and not of any one neighbor- 

 hood. It is, no doubt, possible to catch 

 fish with other bait. There are grass- 

 hoppers, to be sure, though not at this time 

 of year. There are various artificial flies 

 and lures, spoon hooks and other wastrel 

 inventions. Of these little is to be said; 

 indeed, some of them are unspeakable. 



On fortunate springs April showers 

 linger into May, finally hastening north- 

 ward lest summer catch them here and 

 make a wet June of it. The seductive 

 warmth of summer is in them now, and 



as they go spilling by of perfumed nights 

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