188 SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



gwine to happen nex', an' dey hav' mo' fun dan a bag full 

 o' monkeys at de circus." 



" But papa says he used to fish with cane poles and min- 

 nows, Uncle Enoch." 



" Yas, Percy Lee, wen^Mars' Dick was a little lam', jis 5 

 like yo'self, he use' to sot in dis same place wid me, an' 

 laws-o'marcy wat gorms o' Bass, an' new-lites', an' chan'l 

 cats we use' to snek out ! But aft-a-wile he growed up an' 

 den he marri'd Mis' Alice, an' dat quiled his fishin'. 



"An' den de wah cum on, an' yo' papa went away to fite 

 wid de sogers, when yo' was a teenty little baby ; an' Mis' 

 Alice use' to cum heah a-fishin' wid me, an' Liza Jane wud 

 brung de baby. But Mis' Alice nebber cud larn to fish; 

 she jis' kep' me a tellin' how yo' papa use' to fish when he 

 was a little boy, an' wat he wud say, an' wat he wud do ; an' 

 she'd des go an' sot on dat ole sycamo' root whar you set- 

 tin' now whar he use' to fish ; an' de big tear-drops wud 

 roll down her pink cheeks ebery time I cotch'd a fish, an' 

 she wud run an' grab de baby dat was you an' hug you 

 up, an' kiss you, and den want me to begin all ober agin. 

 You see, honey, she was so chicken-hearted she cudn't bar 

 to see de red-eyes an' new-lites a-floppin' on de hook. An' 

 no matter how offen I 'splained to her how Mars' Dick use' 

 to ketch 'em, an' how I kech 'em, she des was too tender- 

 minded to larn. 



" Den yo' papa cum home aftah de wah, an' brung a lot 

 o' highfalutin noshuns wid him. An' de nex' summah a 

 Yankee Kurnel from 'way up Norf cum a-visitin' an' he 

 showed Mars' Dick how to fish wid switch poles an' fedder- 

 flies. 



"An' now Mars' Dick drags Mis' Alice wid him, an' she 

 goes trapesin 'long de sho' wid de baskit an' she'll ketch 



