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the thing of strange fascination to another 

 place, when the Jew, producing the watch once 

 more, leaned over towards him and whispered, 

 eagerly, 



"// you vill gif me those feesh, I vill 



gif you this vatch" 



******* 



With the air of -a triumphant warrior who- 

 awaits the acclamations of the multitude, the 

 younger man displayed the three pike to his 

 wife and, incidentally, related the tale of the 

 watch. Then he realised that not yet was it his 

 turn to score, for over the fish she enthused, 

 not one whit, but, with a world of meaning, 

 exclaimed, 



" Why didn't you take the watch? Now 

 that would have been worth having ! " 



- Angling to woman is the ugly 



"duckling of sport. For it, and those who 

 " take their leisure therein, her scorn is 

 ' merciless, her contempt unveiled ." 



But, as the angler sadly reflected, his 

 wife always did lack the true sentiment of 

 fishing. 



