Tragic Fishing Moments 



priated the most promising part of the pool to their 

 own use. Nevertheless, not to be outdone after our 

 long and muddy walk, we selected the most likely 

 looking place that was left, threw in our hooks, and 

 settled down for a day's fishing. But great was our 

 disappointment ! Our total catch for the day was less 

 than a half dozen small-sized suckers; we could have 

 done as well if we had stayed at home and fished 

 our own little stream. 



On the other hand, the number of fish acquired by 

 the two men was a revelation to us. Never before had 

 we seen suckers caught in such great numbers. It 

 seemed to us that they were continually throwing 

 them out, and like a poor boy at a frolic, we had to 

 sit by and see the fun going on and take but little 

 part in it ourselves. We felt as if we had in some 

 way been cheated and that every fish the men caught 

 would have been ours if they had not been there. 

 However, their wonderful success stirred up all the 

 piscatorial longing of our souls. To catch suckers 

 as they caught them became at once the great and 

 consuming desire of our young lives. And so as we 

 made our way back home that afternoon we decided 

 that the next day or day thereafter we would return 

 to the pool, place ourselves in the very spot the men 

 had occupied, and catch suckers to our heart's content. 



But the next day proved to be rainy, and then there 

 followed a week of dismal, dreary weather, a com- 



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