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“ Got a bite, captain ? '*
iCYep, an' he’s a whopper, too. I nin't quite sure whether I:ve
hooked him. Yep, there he is. 1 Ax) him a-wigglin’ on the line.
He’s ii great, big, striped bass.”
All this was said in a sort of stage whisper.
" How do you know what kind of a fish it is ? ”
<f How do I know ? ’J repeated the old man, as he began siowly and
delEherately to haul in his line, and ho threw supreme pity fur the
ignorance implied by the question into lui voice. “ How do I know?
Why, young man, I can tdl it;.1?' what kind of a ti-jh ’*.is by the way lit
bites. Now, there's an eel; he kind o’ makes little bits o' peeks atyer
line, an' then he takes holt an1 swims away wiih yer line sort o’ easy-
like, Then there's the sucker ; h<l jcs’ Sucks yer bait, an’ ye can’t
hardly Teel him pull. An' then there's the yellow perch ; lie takes holt
right away and .swims away like a strcil1<,’h
"And how does the striped bass bite ? ” interrupted the young man,
r' Oh, he monkeys around n whole lot, and then he takes hold all of
a sudden and swims away down stream, I knowed right away when
this fellow took holt he was a striped bass, I never make no mistake.
X------”
Jbist then the old man's catch came to the surface. It was tm old

boot,

KITTENS AND BABSG5 ,

H ER E were two kittens, a black and a gray,
And grand mamma said, with a frown,
“ It never will do to keep them both.
The black one wefd better drown.”

“ Don't cry, my dear;’ to tiny Bess,
“ One kitten's enough to keep ;
Now run to nurse, for ftis growing Lite,
And time you were fast as!eep.1J