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We went out , him and me , in Alexander MacAllister 's boat one morning at sunrise . Besides , there was a French boy in the boat -- Catholic of course . You know old Father Chiniquy had turned Protestant , so the Catholics had n't much use for him . Well , we sat out in the gulf in the broiling sun till noon , and not a bite did we get . When we went ashore old Father Chiniquy had to go , so he said in that polite way of his , ` I 'm very sorry I can not go out with you dis afternoon , Mr. MacAllister , but I leave you my blessing . You will catch a t ` ousand dis afternoon . ` Well , we did not catch a thousand , but we caught exactly nine hundred and ninety-nine -- the biggest catch for a small boat on the whole north shore that summer .