"The last fish I caught was with a worm."-- IZAAK
WALTON.

A DEFECTIVE logic is the born fisherman's por- tion. He is a pattern of inconsistency. He does
the things which he ought not to do, and he leaves
undone the things which other people think he
ought to do. He observes the wind when he
should be sowing, and he regards the clouds, with
tempation tugging familiarly at his heartstrings,
when he might be grasping the useful sickle. It
is a wonder that there is so much health in him.
A sorrowing political economist remarked to me
in early boyhood, as a jolly red-bearded neighbor,
followed by an abnormally fat dog, sauntered
past us for his nooning: "That man is the best
carpenter in town, but he will leave the most
important job whenever he wants to go fishing."
I stared at the sinful carpenter, who swung along
leisurely in the May sunshine, keeping just ahead
of his dog. To leave one's job in order to go
fishing! How illogical!

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