“That’s tellin’.”
“Oh, well, I’ve seen bigger ones,” said Sam mischievously.
“Humph! so’ve I,” Lon agreed placidly.
“My uncle got a two-and-a-half-pounder once—I saw it,” Poke contributed.
“Square-tail?” asked Herman.
“Sure!”
“Then it had run into some pond.”
“No; he caught it in a brook.”
“I’ve heard of them as big as that,” said the Trojan.
“Fellow last year was showing one that was over three pounds—brook trout, too,” declared Step.