Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 302
nd draw it slowly. He had been too quickentirely. Another cast. Flash ! chug ! whip ! whir ! the rod sharply to the left, as if G. Whillikenshad been a minnow. No rod of seven ouncescould have stood the strain. There was asnap — the tip had broken short at the ferule,and the city boy gave way to… … ISAAC WALTON JONES CAPTURES G. WHILLIKENS. He had him. Boys and girls and fisher-men!— he had him! The line cut the poolfrom right to left, the rod bent to the shape ofa fish-hook. What did the boy care for noiseor caution now ? He stumbled over the looseplanks; he groaned when the line came…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 302](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial212dodg-302-251.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial132dodg-190-140.webp)
![An illustration from Forty-eighth Annual open exhibition of painting and sculpture; [catalogue], 1920 (1900)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-annualopenexhibi1920ontauoft-37-13.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial222dodg-126-86.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial271dodg-414-393.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial282dodg-423-435.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial392dodg-547-603.webp)