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"By jolly! I've got a bite! " exclaimed Tom Spicer, a rough, / hard-looking boy, who sat on a rock by the river's side, anxiously / watching the cork float on his line.
"Catch him, then," quietly responded Bobby Bright, who occupied another / rock near the first speaker, as he pulled up a large pout, and, without / any appearance of exultation, proceeded to unhook and place him in his / basket.