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CHAPTER V. 



GOOD-BY, JOE. 



UR 'last day in camp, and we had 

 returned the preceding night with 

 ardent hopes of a good day's sport, 

 so much so, that for a wonder four 

 o'clock in the morning found the 

 three Charlies and the one " Frank " 

 young man on their way to Trout Cove, one of 

 the Charlies already lamenting his share of the 

 morning walk, and with all his love of the sport, 

 which is great, wishing himself back again between 

 his blankets. 



" I tell you it's no use, Stevens : trout ain't such 

 fools as to get up before breakfast." 



" Oh ! then you think they take their early food 

 as Hood says Thomson wrote about early rising, 

 lying in their beds." 



" Well, what's the use encouraging them in such 

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