The Republican journal., 1875-06-17
My First Trout.


there was any trout except one old man.
the landlord Of the tavern. He would
take his horse and wagon, drive off be-
fore daylight, and come home with fine
string OF fish He never would tell any
one where he went. | went one day and
said to him, cOntdentlally;
MIR. Dickey. | want to catch some
trout. Can you tell me where to 60"
why" he said, "go up along Bull
brook. and you'll find some
| knew. by the way he said it, that he
wasn't telling me where he went. Still,
| made up my mind | would 60 to Bull
brook and try there Bull brook was
about three miles from the village, with
lot a single house for miles around. 1t
was a lonely place, full Of thickets, and
was called Bull brook because a great
many cattle were pastured about there.
Early in the morning | started of with
my pole. which being jointed could be car
ried very conveniently. trudged along
the road, which kept winding and grow
ing more and more lonely and dismal, on
account of LARGE beach-trees and poplars
and gloomy looking pines which grew
along the side of the road, and almost
shut out the sunlight. felt a little afraid
OF meeting a cross bull, hnt whStIed u
lively tune. and marched on braYely.
At last arrived at the brook, and cot
over the stone wall at the side OF the road.
There was thick growth OF bushes along
the edge of the stream so that had to
walk some distance before | found an
opening Where | could get close to the
water Everything was so still that ielt
rather nervous and almost expected to see
a fierce bull rush out upon me tron some
where. Crickets We're chirpln@. and DIT
terent kinds of insects were buZZng and
humming. No other sound. But hark .
What was that A splash in the brook.
A bull-trog, thought |. looked TO see
if could discover him. There he was in
the bottom OF the shallow brook. No, ON
closer inspection that was not u bull-trog
1t coud't be fish, for fish swim around,
and this little dark thing. whatever was,
was lying quite still on the bottom
Just then. while was wondering what
it was, a grasshopper which had Jumped
by mistake into the middle of the brook,
went kicking along on the top OF the
water In an instant there was g!eanl
lust where the grasshopper was swimming,
and before YOU could say Jack Robin
son the grasshopper was gone. was
no longer in doubt about the queer lhlng
at the bottom OF the brook. 1t had dis
appeared knew it must be trout.
"Ahn - said to myself, "Ili catch You,
,',' .,',,,>,.;.,ol and won't thpv want toknow
where | caught him :"
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