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convince him that the instinct of self-preservation alone 

 was responsible for my act. 



"What the blankety blank did you do that for?" 

 said he. 



"Jim, I can outswim you and outrun you, you're 

 so fat," said I. 



" What of it," replied he. " Nothing," said I, " only 

 that bass we lost " I emphasized the we purposely 

 because I expected to return again " nothing, only 

 that bass we lost was yours. I'm headed for home." 



He made a scramble for the stringer. When he 

 pulled it up the foolish expression on his face was too 

 much for me to bear. He made a threatening move 

 in my direction. It was then I made a wiser one for 

 the friendly road that led back home just over the 

 other side of those woods. 



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