Some fishermen, seeking bait, stay up late and "jack" angleworms with
a bull's-eye light.  The big worms are abroad on the soil under cover
of the darkness.  Other fishermen get up early and dig while the dew is
holding the smaller worms near the surface of the ground; in going
after worms the shrewd operator makes the job easy for himself. 

Tasper Britt--"Twelve-per-cent Britt"--trimmed his slumber at both
ends--was owl and early bird, both, in his pursuit of the pence of the
people, and got 'em coming and going. 

He was the money boss for the town of Egypt, and those who did not
give him his per cent nickname called him "Phay-ray-oh"--but behind
his back, of course.  To his face his debt slaves bespoke his favor
obsequiously.  Seeing that nearly every "Egyptian" with collateral owed
him money, Mr.  Britt had no fault to find with his apparent
popularity.  He did believe, complacently, that he was popular.  A man
who was less sure of himself would not have dared to appear out, all
at once, with his beard dyed purple-black and with a scratch wig to
match.  Men gasped when they came into his office in Britt Block, but