He pushed the leather chair forward . `` Sit down , my boy , '' he said kindly . `` I do n't quite understand this somewhat mixed-up statement of yours . You 've been fishing on my pond , you say . Did n't you see my notice in the Advertiser ? '' Dan sat down more composedly . The revelation was over and he was still alive . `` No , sir . We hardly ever see an Advertiser , and nobody told me . I 'd always been used to fishing there , and I never thought but what it was all right to keep on . I know I ought to have remembered and asked you , but truly , sir , I did n't mean to steal your fish . I used to sell them over at the hotels . We saw the notice today , Mother and me , and I came right up . I 've brought you the trout I caught this morning , and -- if only you wo n't prosecute me , sir , I 'll pay back every cent I got for the others -- every cent , sir -- if you 'll give me time . '' Mr. Walters passed his hand across his mouth to conceal something like a smile . `` Your name is Dan Phillips , is n't it ? '' he said irrelevantly , `` and you live with your mother , the Widow Phillips , down there at Carleton Corners , I understand . '' `` Yes , sir , '' said Dan , wondering how Mr. Walters knew so much about him , and if these were the preliminaries of prosecution . Mr. Walters took up his pen and drew a blank sheet towards him . `` Well , Dan , I put that notice in because I found that many people who used to fish on my pond , irrespective of leave or licence , were accustomed to lunch or camp on my property , and did not a little damage .
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