Fishing and Fishermen 



eligibility. The oldest and most ex- 

 perienced and skillful fisherman will 

 look with composure upon the vanish- 

 ing chances of his catch through the 

 floundering efforts of an awkward be- 

 ginner, if the awkward flounderer has 

 shown that he is sound at heart. He 

 may not fish well, but if he does not 

 deliberately rush ahead of all com- 

 panions to pre-empt every promising 

 place in the stream, nor everlastingly 

 study to secure for his use the best of 

 the bait, nor always fail to return bor- 

 rowed tackle, nor prove to be blind, 

 deaf and dumb when others are in 

 tackle need, nor crowd into another's 

 place, nor draw his flask in secrecy, 

 nor light a cigar with no suggestion 

 of another, nor do a score of other 

 indefinable mean things that among 

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