1889. By G. F-R. and A.F.B. Slosson, a widely acclaimed author of short stories, writes one of the most tender and pathetic of all angling stories, Fishin' Jimmy. The story begins: It was on the margin of Pond Brook, just back of Uncle Eben's that I first saw Fishin' Jimmy. It was early June, and we were again at Franconia, that peaceful little village among the northern hills.