As he worked, he kept an eye on Jimmy.

He was doing practically the same thing.

But just as Dannie had fastened on a light lead to carry his line, a souse in the river opposite attracted his attention.

Jimmy hauled from the water a minnow bucket, and opening it, took out a live minnow, and placed it on his hook.

"Riddy," he called, as he resank the bucket, and stood on the bank, holding his line in his fingers, and watching the minnow play at his feet.
The fact that Dannie was a Scotchman, and unusually slow and patient, did not alter the fact that he was just a common human being.