SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



In the summertime Avalon is crowded and 

 everyone knows Pard and the butcher does 

 a thriving trade in Bologna, yet he tells me 

 Pard is his only customer as the island is 

 strongly pro-Ally. When Pard is not 

 hungry he collects nickels all the same and 

 deposits them in "Shorty's" locker on the 

 wharf. 



I never saw him refuse money on shore 

 but nothing can persuade him to look at a 

 coin when on board the launch. 



One morning as I was going to breakfast 

 at Joe's Restaurant I met the dog and gave 

 him his usual nickel and was surprised to 

 see him follow me into the restaurant and 

 slip into the kitchen with the first waiter 

 who passed through the swinging doors. In 

 a few moments he reappeared with a mutton 

 bone which he had purchased from the cook. 

 It was Sunday morning and, without going 

 to look, Pard knew the butcher's shop was 

 closed! 



"Shorty" is a public fisherman. In sum- 

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