New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-30

aH isn neeked with gold and borderen wn f1l Of
far as the eye could ge%S d y PADS from under the over.
hanging grass and IN nle The specified beauties were
the middle t6 U Here little fellow would cut
his thy b i%O larger one with quivering mn ana
e en menth would ng himself high into tnG ar two
po yenut 10 seize passing moth ana hgnn' WV
DIaTe Ss Ike miniature porpoise wonld laEly rise 10
fbe surface roll up his golden side, and gng MS Or1au
dies and nncong my leader made ready to CAST but
John unmindfu m oyerhang
ing pines and through tangled we ana a.
every turn and up every Sweeping sharply round
curve John suddenly reversed IN. ms paddle , ana
checked the boat SO tha' poS S s Sow ioTty
feet across Dark and gloomy lay with It's surface as
smooth as beneath the trapou surface Law
Adjusting myself firmly on my narrow seat. untangIng
into ihidair and launched them out the pool The
single CLEAN Of yellow light flashed up from the dark
depth, and trout closing his mouth upon the brown
trout he proved to be- OF only some hafpound weight
After having passed him over to John TO DO dlseh'
gaGsd again launched the flies out, which, pausinga
moment In md.ar the Strengthened line brought them
up began slowly settle down. but ere they touched tho
ering FORMS with widespread tails aud open mouths:
leaped high out Of water struck and AFTER oreI
literally alive with eager fish The deep, dark water ac-
tually eervesced, stirred into bubbles and foam SIX
to SEIZE Eo the coveted flies Fifteen successive
casts were made and twenty three trout ont, lay ~
them all none would weigh over three-quarters OF
pound yet mad seen fish rise wh9n must sun . WT
don't some of those large ones take the ny fIes,
emily responded me- 1 sSaTe onS waste NO
tme snap them of, never mind the Mes ana Whe you
have . the he surface % inc sS Try yOI after
forty had been flung down the stream inc rises 20
came Ca Tes itSS nv wrist and partly TO give John time
to adjust new and larger Mes, Pau noni ~ bnb
hps and tSe dark water settled gradually into sullen
repose Now" said John lengen your me ana n eas'
and III Il large one rises strike hard did as desired
The nes IN response TO inc Wsi u a , over the y.
PADS lighted deity the water Scarcely nag tnoii
twopoTnder cleaned OF the dark depths and rolling
his golden side up to the light closed ms me-,
l%TS the upon pain. -" Ro flung himself with mighty
effort high in air. hoping to fai upon tne ieaaSp he
snap the slender gut Dropping me pony o. g roI mo
came hanlesy down upon the slack r1nSSn m
shaking as a dog shakes woodchGck Fearing ms Shp
teeth would cut the already wechafed smell, pore
stouy upon him. lifting him bodily up toward the sur
face When near the top giving one desperate sha,ke
ncol ma flashed a CLEAN OF yellow light through
The dark water, until at last wearleu anu eAntu'ieu
painting upon the surface. John deity passed the land
ngnet under him, aad the next minnie nc lay and us
admire blush-black trout he was, dotted with spots
bright wsTp edged With border Of purest white His
Tall was broad and thick eyes prominent mouth vide
and armed with bnery teeth trout in color anu huu
rarely seen gamy aud stanch NOosng on fresh ny IN
place Of the one his teeth had mangled made ready or
another cast. Expecting mueh' was not prepared ioi
Now all ye lovers of bright waters and greensward,
and cali It sport listen and learn what bec your
craft sunset at the pool of the Nameess Creek Nae
less let II be- who would have enjoyed IL
shall, some future sunset floating amid the lies cast
backward motion OF the tip, and haltturn Of the
| wrist and the tlree flies leaped upward and ahead.
Spreading themselves out they reached the limit OF the
east, like flakes OF feahery snow they settled WSVeinZ
downward; when suddenly up out OF the deit eleaN
the in concert one TO each n.y. three trout appear
At the same instant high midir their jaws closed ~
the barDed hooks. No shout from John needed ~
leader twanged like snapped bOwstng, and the TIP or
the light rod flew down nearly TO tho reel All three pe
hooked Three trout, weighing In tho aggregate seven
pounds, held by single hair on nlneounce rod, IN
pool fringed with lypads forty by thirty feet across
Then followed what TO enjoy again would ride thrice
two hundred miles The contest, requiring nerve ana
k on the fishers part was to Keep s the un thss
| once become entanglcd, the gut would part
Up down and fro they glanced The 1.-the rod bent
Ike coachnans whip to The unusual strain and the
leader it cut through the water with thewh Of
| a pointed bullet.
doubled short upon the line, and as ono hSh rushed
straight Fishermen know what that move
shouted John. "smash your rod or stop 'emv' Never
before had feared TO thrust the butt OF that rod
out toward advancing fish but here were three each
large enough TO task common rod nntred ana enIled
VIZ Inf an instant for the cry OF John TO smash her
smash your rod or stop 'einp decided the matter.
Clipping the extreme butt with hand and cluching
the reel with the other held them steadily OUT toward
the Oncoming fish, GOOD by. old rod" mentally ex-
claimed, saw the three cleaning forms dash under
the boat; "stanch you you can't stand that An
instant and the pressure came upon tho reel gped
self Up under the strain until the point OF the tip
stretched foot below the hand which grasped the but
and tho quiyerng ance.Tood lay across the dstendcd
knuckles Nor eh rod could stand that pressure long
could feel the hbcrs creep along The COLGATE slaff,
and the notified line Ot choicest ciIt attcnultcd
under the strain, seemed like single hair looked at
John HIS eyes we're fastened upon the rod. glanced
down tho stream and even at the Instant iho three mag
ncent fish, forced gradually up by tne plsney Oh Hht
trying to land the three the largest one escaped Inc
space OF forty minutes nearly hundred trout
| had been taken, nifty OF which, varying from ono
quarter OF a pound to two pounds and "a hall IN
weight lay along the bottom OF the boat the rest
IL was Saturday evening. The sun had gonO down be-
shadows we sought camp We found one IN tie shape
Of small bark lodge, which john himself had erected
fourteen years previous when In company with an OLD
trapper he caped Fall upon the shores of this lake.
Kidinga fire In tho lOng-negleced fireplace we sat
/ down TO our supper under the clear sky already
thcky dotted with stars From seven IN the
| morning until eight in the evening We had been
| without food l have indstiuct recollection that
put myself outside OF eleven trout, and that John
| managed TO surround nine more. But there may
DO Of or two either way for am under tho
working condition at the close OF the meal John roeo
ecs distinctly that nc cooked twenty-one fish aud but
three could be found In the pan when stopped eat
ing which ne carefully LAID aside that might take
| bite before gong 10 Sleep
Our meal was served up In three courses. The first
course consisted OF trout and pancakes; the second
course pancakes and trout the third fish ana hapjacks
! The description of Sabbath in the Woods
shows that recollections of the pulpit continue to
haunt the author amid the gores Of nature, though
his devotional feelings find natural utterance with
out the formal coloring of his profession.
arose early, that might behold the glory OF morn
ing among the mountains AS my eyes opened, the
eastern sky already Overspread with thin sill
very vail with the least trace OF amber and gold amid
the threads while solitary star like great opal,
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