The Republican journal., 1870-10-13
A FiSHERMAN'S STORY.

We were travelling ON grounds we had no
lGht ou. The only excuse was like that of
MILITARY uecessty-it was far better fishing
through thu farms where the trout had been
preserved, Jhan III i lot where all could fish
If Was early ia the morning. We had
risen at ., ridden ten miles, and struck the
creek a. the trout We're ready for breakfast,
Looking carefully for a sheltered place to
Airh oar horses. we slyly crcpt on behind
ieir'~, 't"., until we reached the part of the
nrA no, generally lished A farm house
~t0'd "a quarter OF a mile away. We saw the
morning smoke curling lightly from q stove
ple', saw man and two boys come out to
l7 .Ac chores saw a woman busy about the
t'or and terocious bull dog wandering
4tout the yard.
II W. ever ii~hed, ii was then. Not a
Aispel 90 disturb the birds or the owner of
i'c !ant. We crawled through the grass and
datt- tehind alders lifting large speckled
beauties until pur baskets were full
laS was the time to have gone, but the
.rnut were $50 large and bit so readily that
dccidcd q string and hide what we had
Had take another basketful. So at it we
Went. No sooner would the hook touch the
water than il had Il trout We forgot the
A''t~e, the man, the boys the dog Sudden
IN itcre was rushing through the oat field,
4 3 g maj pun was coming. We looked
towards the house, and saw the farmer and
Us TWO boys, on the fence the woman in the
d-,t int the dog bouncing towards us We
~aw alive had been discovered The we'll
Trained dog had been sent to hunt us out.
ani rs The matter appeared, it was safe to
lee that he was doing that thing pretty lively.
10 uu'run the dog was not to be thought
ot There was no time to lose He cleared
thc fence and came for Us Just a. we reached
The tree, and ny great activity took seat on
q limb lust above his reach Here was a
precious 90! vicious bulldog under a
tree, and the farmer and his two big BOYS
ready to move down upon orr works. 1t was
light, ioot-luce OF iangs.
The farmer yelled to his dog: Watch him,
Tige -
Tigc proposed to do that little thing, and
keeping his eve upon us, seated himself I'M
der the Tree.
Then spoke the ugly farmer: Just hold
'h mar, stranger, till we get breakfast; if
You are in hurry, however, Won can 90
now Watch him Tige"
W. surmsed trouble; quite too much for
twice had that bold man of bulldogs and ap
ricl.ture elegantly walloped innocent tour
ist~ for being seen on his suburban premises.
His reputation rs peace man was not good
and here arose a large heart towards our
throat
Time is the essence of contracts and the
saving of trouble. We had a stout line in
our pocket, and large hook, intended for
rock-bass, if we failed to take trout. And
as luck would have it we had Il nice sand
witch and piece of corned beef in our pocket.
We called the dog pet names, but he wasn't
on il. Then we tried to move down. when
he moved up. At last we trebled our bass
line, fastened the Limerick to it, baited with
corned beef tied to limb and angled for a
dog, Tige was in appetite He swallowed
IT. and sat with his eyes upon us for more !;
but with no friendly look beamine from his
countenance. Not any.
Then we pulled gently on the line; it was
last. 1lge yanked and pulled-but twas no
use.
We quickly Slid down the tree-almost
blistering our back doing it-seized our pole,
and straightway went thence somewhat iva,
ly.
We found our string OF fish, and reached
the buggy and commanding SPOT in tho
road in time to see the sturdy woman move
forth.
We saw him and cohorts, male and female
move slowly, as if in no haste We saw an
anxious crowd engaged about the dog. We
came quietly home, and kindly left the bass
hook and line to the farmer.