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meal took the discouraged dominie to one side and 

 said: 



" If you are willing to make a trip of some sixty 

 or seventy miles and camp out one night, I can tell 

 you of a place where you can get some trout." 



" But," said the Preacher, " I have no tent or 

 blankets or duffle of any kind." 



" I'll see to all that," replied the little man; " I 

 have everything that you will need, and it is yours 

 to use." 



What a lot of good fellows there are in the 

 world, and the majority of them love to fish. 

 Here was a man putting his precious outfit at the 

 disposal of an utter stranger, with no thought of 

 reward or desire for it, simply to show a kindness 

 to a brother devotee of the gentle art. And the 

 little man proved to be a tailor. Now it has been 

 said that it takes nine tailors to make a man; but 

 you could have made nine average men out of that 

 tailor and there would have been material left to 

 patch the rest of the race. He gave the Preacher 

 the name of a man who could be secured as a guide, 

 helped him make out a list of eatables, brought over 

 his caribou blanket, tent, dishes, etc., and bright 

 and early the next morning the train going north 

 carried a passenger bound for Blue Rock Pool. 



Did you ever notice with what reluctance the 

 average vehicle of transportation moves when it 

 has a fisherman on board? If you use a horse, 

 he'll go to sleep; an auto is sure to throw a fit, and 



