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XXVII. McNAB AND His SUNDAY DEVOTIONS; ALSO 

 ABOUT MAZAWATTEE AND MR. HOPPER JUNIOR. 



7WI cNAB, of that ilk, was a Welshman, his father, an out 

 / \ and out Mac, being Scotch to the backbone (and very 

 much of that), and his maternal ancester being of 

 Welsh extraction, hence the name of McNab. Mazawattee 

 Cerulean Stone was a Grimbarian he was a funny stone was 

 Mazawattee he had rolled about pretty considerable, and a 

 good deal of moss had adhered to his outer framework. 

 McNab's other name was George a much more sensible 

 Christian name than " Mazawattee Cerulean," which had 

 been bestowed upon the other fellow. McNab fished all the 

 work days of the week when he did not work, but Sunday was 

 sacred from that pursuit good man is George, at least 

 sometimes he is a devout worshipper on Sunday, and on that 

 sacred evening (not very often it must be confessed did 

 morning service claim his devotions but then don't you see 

 he had been fishing late on Saturday, and that makes all the 

 difference), he is to be seen with prayer and hymn book under 

 his arm wending his way to his Sabbath devotions with a view 

 to assisting the choir with their melodious strains. Now 

 McNab was a bit run down, and Mazawattee wanted a change, 

 so it was arranged they should accompany Mr. Hopper 

 to Trentside this year of grace 1897. Of course the usual 

 " pluggers " were expected. 



The new East and West Railway having been opened in 

 December last it was decided to make the journey by that 

 route, and accordingly on a Monday not very long past, Mr. 

 Hopper and his angling mates presented themselves at 

 Grimsby Town station with their respective luggages and 

 angling impedimenta, which latter were not a few, for George 

 and Mazawattee are very thorough in all they do. George is 

 an obliging chap so took his bicycle with him in case of running 

 short of bait, in which event he would utilise his " bike " to run 



