United States or Andorra ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
But there was something in the smile that had never been in Anne's smile before and would never be absent from it again. On the first day she was able to go for a drive Gilbert took her down to Four Winds Point, and left her there while he rowed over the channel to see a patient at the fishing village.
It now being about 11 p.m., and having been for the last five hours perpetually on the scramble, through trenches of all sorts, I drew myself into the inner cave to go to sleep. This little place was about 4 feet long, 3 feet high, and 3 feet wide. I got out my knife, took a scoop out of the clay wall, and fishing out a candle-end from my pocket, stuck it in the niche, lit it and a cigarette.
Prelatt, through studying them. I have never done any fishing of consequence off the New England coast." "You can haul the trap at slack water this afternoon," the director said. "I will ask Mr. Wadreds to go with you. He knows every kind of fish that swims and more about each one than three or four of the rest of us put together." "What will be my duties, sir?" asked Colin.
The boys cut some poles from the trees, and baiting the hooks with some fat worms found under the bark, threw in. "Let's see who'll get the first bite," spoke Jack. "I'm pretty generally lucky at fishing." "Well, while you're waiting to decide that there contest, I think I'll take a stroll along shore and see if I can see anything to shoot," Andy remarked.
Private facetiousness had labelled most of them with signboards. These were rough pictures of disaster painted from the marking pot, and various screeds "Head of Navigation," "No Bottom," "Horse and Dray Lost Here," "Take Soundings," "Storage, Inquire Below," "Good Fishing for Teal," and the like.
"Smoking cigarettes." "How do you know?" "Because when I and some of the other fellows were fishing we saw Danny and his crowd smoking in the woods. They offered us some, but we wouldn't take any. Harry said he was sick then, but Danny only laughed at him." "That Danny Rugg is a bad boy," said Nan, severely. But she was soon to see how much meaner Danny could be.
"No, I cannot," was the reply, made in a tone indicating a slight degree of irritation. "Well, I can, Henry." "How many is it, then?" "Ten days." "Never!" "It is true, for I kept the count." "Indeed, then, you are mistaken. I was only out a gunning three times, and a fishing twice." "And that makes five times. But don't you remember the day you were made sick by fatigue?"
"The weather here is delightful a fine cold, clear air which is quite invigorating after the summer heats. There is very good pheasant-shooting in the half-populated districts, and some quail at uncertain times. It is extraordinary to see the quantities of fishing cormorants there are in the creeks.
"Daylight fishing ain't much good just now; we take twice as many at night." "No trouble with the Frenchies?" "Lord bless you I ain't seen a French sail for months. Our cruisers are too sharp for them; though they say a good many privateers run in and out of their ports in spite of all we can do, and a lot of our ships get snapped up. But we don't trouble about them.
"But I thrashed all the fellows at Jacob's that's where I was before I came here. And I beat 'em all at bandy and climbing. And I wish Mr. Stelling would let us go fishing. I could show you how to fish. You could fish, couldn't you? It's only standing, and sitting still, you know." Tom, in his turn, wished to make the balance dip in his favor.
Word Of The Day