THE COMPLETE ANGLER. "Johnnie, come in to dinner !" Mrs. Slater stoo* 1 at tho door of tier cottage, looking to' Yards a sirall .uy who was fishing with a bent pin and a bit of thread on the brim of 9 puddle. ■"John—nie—dinner !" Still the urchin went on fishing. "Johnnie !" No reply. "If you don't come in to dinner at Mice, my son," threatened Mrs. Slater, "you'll get none." Only a sudden tension of the youngster's frame as he gazed eagerly into the depths of the murky puddle. Mrs. Slater's patience was exhaustid. Silently she crept up behind the lelinquent, and then suddenly seized lim by the collar and shook him violently to and fro. "You young rascal she cried. "Didn't you liear me cell ?" "No, mother," replied the nunia•uro fisherman, stoutly. "I di'Vt tear you the first throe, times, and •*«v last time I had a bite'!"
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 540, 8 February 1913, Page 2
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148Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 540, 8 February 1913, Page 2
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