EASY-CHAIR MEMORIES 2Q 



towards me as fast as she could run, in breath- 

 less excitement, and crying, " Uncle ! Uncle ! 

 I want your net. We've got a trout that 

 length (spreading abroad her two hands to the 

 extent of about a yard). He is in a pool, and 

 we have blocked up the two ends so that he 

 cannot get out, and now I want your net to 

 catch him ! " She seized my net, broken as 

 it was, and oif she dashed like a young gazelle. 

 I walked slowly down to see what was the 

 matter. When I arrived on the scene a 

 pretty scene it was ! I only wish I could have 

 snapshotted them : Madcap Margie and Merrie 

 Mirrie, shoes and stockings off, up to their 

 knees in the pool, chasing the poor trout round 

 and round, and Molly lying at full length on 

 the bank above, leaning over the side, net in 

 hand, and making a dip now and then as 

 master trout came in sight. The net had 

 been deftly repaired by the help of two pocket- 

 handkerchiefs. At last she made a successful 

 dip and landed the monster on the green grass ! 

 Hurrah! Wasn't there a jubilation! Now 

 they had got their fish in the net, they didn't 

 know what on earth they should do with it. 

 They were afraid it would bite if they touched 



