DIDN'T LIKE THE BAIT.
A clerical gentleman on a visit to the lake district came upon a man who had been fishing ;ill day witnout success.
"What are you fishing for?" asked the minister, after he bad stood watching him a few minutes. The man, seeing his Interlocutor was a clergyman, answered— "I ana fishing for the devil, sir." "And what are you baiting with?" asked the reverend gentleman, laughing. "I am baiting with parsons and lawyers," said the man, somewhat .snappishly. "Well, I
am afraid you won't catch the old gentleman with them," returned the clergyman.
"Well, 1 don't care a fig for that," growled the angler, "if 1 can only drown the
bait.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 259, 9 November 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)
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