“And what’s that for?” cried the boy, taking the hook.
“Gaffing of ’em,” said Josh; but he pronounced it “gahfin’ of ’em.”
“Oh, I do want to go fishing!” cried the boy eagerly. “What are you going to do with that long-line?”
“Lay it out in the bay,” said Will, “with a creeper at each end.”
“A what?”
“A creeper.”
“What’s a creeper?”
“I say, young gentleman, where do you go to school?” said Josh in indignant tones.
“London University,” said the boy quickly. “Why?”
“And you don’t know what a creeper is?”