Progressive Opinion | 1943-10-15 | Page 3 | Lazy Fellow Wouldn't Pass up Such a Chance

Lazy Fellow Wouldn't Pass Up Such a Chance On a certain plantation a workman work-man loved ease and fishing. When he wasn't fishing he was loafing. One night there was heavy rain, and the next morning all the low places on the plantation were flooded two feet deep. Passing the workman's cabin, the owner found his man seated in an easy-chair easy-chair fishing in a puddle of water. "Here, Henry, you old fool," said the owner, "what! are you doing?" ' "Boss," said Henry, "I'm fish-in'." fish-in'." "Well, don't you know there are no fish there?" "Yes, I knows that. But this 'ere place is so handy!"