"Yes, sir," replied the friendly old man. "I caught him just down the river. And the strange thing about it, is that I caught it with a fly. I had gone out to catch a different kind of fish. I was not even thinking about trout and, when I saw that giant on my line, I was really surprised! Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pounds. Good night gentlemen, good night!"
Five minutes later a third man came in and described how he had caught it early one morning; and then he left a solemn, middle-aged man come in, and sat down over by the window.
