hal did , and while uncle will put a fresh crawler from the old crisco tin that served as his bait box on his hook , he stared into the water , fascinated , trying to see amos culligan 's old studebaker , all rust and waterweed drifting out of the open driver 's side window through which amos had escaped at the absolute last moment , waterweed festooning the steering wheel like a rotting necklace , waterweed dangling from the rearview mirror and drifting back and forth in the currents like some strange rosary .