. Outing. Joseph Jefferson at Crows Nest, Buzzards Bay. Photograph by T. E. Marr. ?■! h O i », I i. ^4 ^ ^ •1 1 ^v> ^K i 1 ^ « 1 1 ,^ M i tr \ •1 : b u The Biography of a Fishing Reel 745 in the stern and began to get his lines, poleand reel ready for action he looked thepart, as Thomas Jefferson told him, ofa satisfied man. After a simple dinner, eaten upon the re-turn of the fishermen in the dusk of theevening, the party would talk over theevents of the day, enjoying a quiet smoke,a game or two of cribbage, and at an earlyhour the three men would bid each othergood night. Soon the lights
. Outing. Joseph Jefferson at Crows Nest, Buzzards Bay. Photograph by T. E. Marr. ?■! h O i », I i. ^4 ^ ^ •1 1 ^v> ^K i 1 ^ « 1 1 ,^ M i tr \ •1 : b u The Biography of a Fishing Reel 745 in the stern and began to get his lines, poleand reel ready for action he looked thepart, as Thomas Jefferson told him, ofa satisfied man. After a simple dinner, eaten upon the re-turn of the fishermen in the dusk of theevening, the party would talk over theevents of the day, enjoying a quiet smoke,a game or two of cribbage, and at an earlyhour the three men would bid each othergood night. Soon the lights would dis-appear and a stillness reign, which to oneunfamiliar with it seemed almost appalling. The friendship and the desire for thecompanionship of Charlie Jefferson, whichGrover Cleveland felt, will be recognized inthe many letters which he wrote to himarranging for fishing and hunting tripswhich they so often enjoyed together. After the death of Mr. Joseph Jefferson,his son Charles sent Mr. Cleveland the reelhis father had bequeathed to him, and re-ceived the letter reproduced on page
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