Angling sketches . s of having nogillie nor attendant, of being alone with ourselvesand the goddess of fishing ! I cast away as wellas I could, and presently jerked a trout, a tiny one,high up in the air out of the water. But he fell offthe hook again, he dropped in with a little splash,. PARR AXD MINNOWS and I rushed up to consult my tutor on his unsports-manlike behaviour, and the disappointing, na\,heart-breaking, occurrence. Was the trout notmorally caught, was there no wa}- of getting him tosee this and behave accordingly .? The gardenerfeared there was none. Meanwhile he sat on thebank a
Angling sketches . s of having nogillie nor attendant, of being alone with ourselvesand the goddess of fishing ! I cast away as wellas I could, and presently jerked a trout, a tiny one,high up in the air out of the water. But he fell offthe hook again, he dropped in with a little splash,. PARR AXD MINNOWS and I rushed up to consult my tutor on his unsports-manlike behaviour, and the disappointing, na\,heart-breaking, occurrence. Was the trout notmorally caught, was there no wa}- of getting him tosee this and behave accordingly .? The gardenerfeared there was none. Meanwhile he sat on thebank and angled in a pool. Try mj- rod, he said,and, as soon as I had taken hold of it, pull up, he A BORDER BOYHOOD 15 cried, pull up. I did pull up, and hauled myfirst troutling on shore. But in my inmost heart Ifeared that he was not my trout at all, that thegardener had hooked him before he handed therod to me. Then we met my younger brothercoming to us with quite a great fish, half a poundperhaps, which he had caught in a burn. Then,for the first time, my soul knew the fierce passionof jealousy, the envy of the angler. Almost forthe last time, too; for, I know not why it is, andit proves me no true fisherman, I am not discon-tented by the successes of others. If one cannotcatch fis
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