Show two fish unaccounted for old gorton of manchester was an ardent disciple of izaak walton on one occasion he was sitting upon the railroad bridge in company with some ot the young men of the town pur suing his favorite occupation the fish did not bite well however and one ot his companions becoming 1 patient unnoticed by the old man got up wound up his line and started for home throwing a couple of fish into gorton s basket as be passed after a time gorton too tired of his poor luck prepared tor de arture lifting the the cover of his basket he looked in counted his catch and said with a surprised and disappoint ed voice why I 1 had five bunners and now there aint but seven where the devils two |