64 THE BILLIARD TABLE POOL. 



THE BILLIARD TABLE POOL. 



A RED LETTER EVENING. 



MY days on the preserved water that 

 summer were Mondays and Thursdays, 

 so that during the month's holiday there 

 were four days in each week to plan either to 

 put up with the free fishing, or else to devise 

 short trips to other stretches. 



The miller had his quarter of a mile, including 

 the still piece above the dam and a few rocky 

 pools below the weir. For this the charge was 

 five shillings a season ; and, although it was 

 good enough during wet weather to be worth 

 the eight mile journey there and back, the 

 prospect for a cloudless fortnight in June of 

 getting even a brace of good fish during the 

 daytime was poor in the extreme. 



It was however during one of the trips to 

 this miller's water that my good fortune asserted 

 itself a piece of good fortune which lasted for 

 several seasons on end. Lying on the grass 



