OCR Text |
Show IK BelP VAN WINKLE'S COTJXTBT. In the Cstektll foot h II I b New Tork traveling man, who waa mekrrg a trip overland, paaeed an old man who was fishing with hook and line In a small at ream. As" the drummer drove by In a buggv, the old man never took his eyes off the bohbler In the water. When the traveling man returned late tn tha afternoon after-noon he waa greatly surprised to see the old man still In the anme position, with hla avea glued on the bobber. "Hello, unci!" ha shouted. "Any luck today r' 4 Without taking hla gas off the cork which rested on tha surface of tha placid at ream, the old man replied: "Had a nibbl 'long about noon." |