4/14 'Come on down the bay fishing,' he says. 'What, in these togs ?' I told him. 'I'll get 'em all greased up and what'll Uncle Sam say ?' 'Go home and get some old ones,' he said. ''Gainst the rules,' I said, 'can't be running around in civilized clothes.' 'You should worry about civilized clothes,' he said. 'Go up to your dad's old house-boat in the marshes and get some fishin' duds on--the locker's full of 'em.' 'Thou hast said something,' I told him; 'go and get your old scow ready and I'm with you.'" Then he hit me a good rap on the shoulder and said, "So you see how it was, kiddo? |