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Show GOOD REASON FOR STOPPING Youthful Angler Not Out of Patience But of Something That Was Quite as Important. The old man was an enthusiastic fisherman. To him there was no sport like sitting dangling a bit of string at the end of a polo. He set off in pursuit pur-suit of this hobby one afternoon, and, Just before reaching the river, met a lad coming back, his fishing-rod hanging hang-ing limply over his shoulder. "What's this, sonny?" exclaimed the man, in good-natured reproof. "Surely you are not giving up so soon? The fishing will be better still in an hour or two." "I know," replied the lad, sorrowfully, sorrow-fully, "but I'm going home for all that." "You're quickly tired," scoffed the older angler. "Next time you come out, bring more patience with you." " 'Tain't that, mister," the lad answered. an-swered. "I brought plenty of patience, but not enough bait." |