178 SPRING-TIDE. 



Simon. Haw, if ye plaze, zur, it 's o' no 

 use gwain to the river this marnin" : Measter 

 Species began to cut the weeds. 



S. How do you know that ? 



Simon. Dannell Jarvis has jist gone by 

 and zays he 's a gwain to help un. 



J. Will not this put an end to our 

 sport ? 



S. It certainly will, and we may as well 

 return at once. It would, however, have 

 become Master Speck better if he had ac- 

 quainted me with his intention, for I should 

 have been much annoyed if this had been 

 your first instead of your last day ; but 

 your true Angler is proof against disappoint- 

 ments and uncertainties, and I hope you 

 will not suffer this to vex you. 



J. Not at all ; it comes, perhaps, oppor- 

 tunely, since it may help to wean me for 

 a little time from a sport of which I may 

 grow too fond. You know, too, that I must 

 return to town to-day. 



