"Did Dannie iver say a thing like that to you before?" asked
Mary.
"Oh, he's dead sore," explained Jimmy. "He thinks he should have
had a jinted rod, too."
"And so he had," replied Mary. "You said yoursilf that you might
have killed that man if Dannie hadn't showed you that you were
wrong."
"You must think stuff like this is got at the tin-cint store,"
said Jimmy.
"Oh, no I don't!" said Mary. "I expect it cost three or four
dollars."
"Three or four dollars," sneered Jimmy. "All the sinse a woman
has! Feast your eyes on this book and rade that just this little
reel alone cost fifteen, and there's no telling what the rod is
worth. Why it's turned right out of pure steel, same as if it
were wood. Look for yoursilf."
"Thanks, no! I'm afraid to touch it," said Mary.
"Oh, you are sore too!" laughed Jimmy. "With all that money in
it, I should think you could see why I wouldn't want it broke."
"You've sat there and whipped it around for an hour. Would it
break it for me or Dannie to do the same thing? If it had been
his, you'd have had a worm on it and been down to the river
trying it for him by now."
"Worm!" scoffed Jimmy. "A worm! That's a good one! Idjit! You
don't fish with worms with a jinted rod."
"Well what do you fish with? Humming birds?"
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