CHAPTER VIII.
WHEN THE BLACK BASS STRUCK "Lots of fish down in the brook, All you need is a rod, and a line, and a hook," hummed Jimmy, still lovingly fingering his possessions.
"Did Dannie iver say a thing like that to you before ?" asked Mary.
"Oh, he's dead sore," explained Jimmy.

"He thinks he should have had a jinted rod, too." "And so he had," replied Mary.

"You said yoursilf that you might have killed that man if Dannie hadn't showed you that you were wrong." "You must think stuff like this is got at the tin-cint store," said Jimmy.
"Oh, no I don't!" said Mary.

"I expect it cost three or four dollars." "Three or four dollars," sneered Jimmy.

"All the sinse a woman has! Feast your eyes on this book and rade that just this little reel alone cost fifteen, and there's no telling what the rod is worth.