The North Carolina Presbyterian . sh, he sighed : If, now, I had these I would be hap-py. I could sell th%m at a fair price,and buy me food and lodging. I will give you just as many, and justas good fish, said the owner, who hadchanced to overhear his words, if youwill do me a trifling favor. And what is that ? asked the other. Only to tend this line till I comeback. I wish to go on a short errand. The proposal was gladly accepted. Theold man was gone so long that the youngman began to be impatient. Meanwhilethe hungry fish snapped greedily at thebaited hook, and the young man lost allhis depr


The North Carolina Presbyterian . sh, he sighed : If, now, I had these I would be hap-py. I could sell th%m at a fair price,and buy me food and lodging. I will give you just as many, and justas good fish, said the owner, who hadchanced to overhear his words, if youwill do me a trifling favor. And what is that ? asked the other. Only to tend this line till I comeback. I wish to go on a short errand. The proposal was gladly accepted. Theold man was gone so long that the youngman began to be impatient. Meanwhilethe hungry fish snapped greedily at thebaited hook, and the young man lost allhis depression in the excitement of pull- ^ing them in, and when the owner of theline returned he had caught a large num-ber. Counting out from them as manyas were in the basket, and presentingthem to the young nian, the old fisher-man said: *I fulfill my promise from the fishyoiifhave caught to teach you, whenever yonsee others earnings what you need, wsipd«no time in fruitless wishing, but cast aline for yourself.—(?mi^ Thtm^kti. It. -I- 3 ^ \ \... :^t^i>C- -^MIMaMMa .- aaiMvabaiaMK —>mrm^^ri0mt *• * .<*,*_ ,j^„ t OAROl-lNA PRESBYTERIAN, AtJGUST 22, 1896. ?


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