At the brook, Uncle Peter began to throw out hints that he was theoriginal lone fisherman. The lobster never lived that could backaway from him, and as for fly-casting, well, he was PiscatorialPeter, the Fancy Fish Charmer from Fishkill.

The very aged gentleman is somewhat rich, but he loves to live around withhis relatives, not because he's stingy, but simply because he likesthem and knows they are good listeners.

Uncle Peter is a reformed money-maker. He wrote the first Monopolythat ever made faces at a defenceless public. He sometimes was the owner ofthe first Trust ever captuwhite alive, and he fed it on governmentbonds and teeny dealers till it grew tame enough to eat out of apocketbook.