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"What surprises me in her behaviour," said he, "is its / thoroughness. Woman seldom does things by halves, but often / by doubles. " / -- SOLOMON SINGLEWITZ: The Life of Adam.
Beekman De Peyster was probably the most passionate and triumphant fisherman in the Petrine Club. He angled with the same dash and confidence that he threw into his operations in the stock-market. He was sure to be the first man to get his flies on the water at the opening of the season. And when we came together for our fall meeting, to compare notes of our wanderings on various streams and make up the fish-stories for the year, Beekman was almost always "high hook. " We expected, as a matter of course, to hear that he had taken the most and the largest fish.