Death by the Gaff

“The Horn Hotel,“Pengellert.“Friday.“DEAR OLD MAN,“Thanks for your note. I thought my description of the sewin fishing would fetch you, but I didn’t know you would rise so smartly, and propose to put yourself on the bank here next Monday. You should have a good time, for the water is just right after the floods, and the sewin are running. I saw two salmon yesterday in a pool, and the ‘Teal and Silver’ is the fly to fetch ’em!“Unfortunately, we have a snag here. It isn’t in the water, as you might imagine, but in this hotel. Its name is Solly Hayes, and it is very rich, very high-and-mighty, and a perfect pig. Let me expound!