, 1876-06-11

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There's generally about six of them In th
bunch (says an e1change), With light dresses or
and they have three poles aElth as many hook
and lines among them.
As soon as they get to the river they look 70
q good place to get down on the RATS, and tn
| most Venturesome one sticks her boot heels i,
the bank and makes two careful step-downs
then she suddenly 1nds herself at the bottou
with both hands in the water and q feeling thai
! everybody In this wide world Is looking at her
and she never tells anybody how she got there.
The other girls, profting By her example, turn
around and go down the bank on their hands
and toes, backwards.
Then they scamper over the RATS until they
find shallow place where they can sec the fish,
and shout:
"Oh! I sec one"
"Where!"
"Tnere"
sob. my, SO he fs."
"Let's catch him.
Who's got them baits?H
~ You lazy thing, you're sitting on my pole -
!" Show me the wretch that stole my wor1n II
All these ordinations arc gotten off in tone
that awakcns every echo within mile round, and
sends every fish within acres square into gal
lopins Mysteries. Then the girls BY superhuman
e1ert1ons manage to get worm on the hook,
and throw in II with splash like the launch
Ing OF wasll-tub, and await the result, When
a silver-fn comes along and nibbles tile bait
they pull up with jerk, that, had an unfortu-
nate fish Weighing less than fifteen pounds been
on the hook, would have landed 1t In the neigh
borhood OF or miles in the country. After
while fceble-minded sunhsh contrives to get
fastened on the hook Of a timid woman, aud She
gives vent to her tongue:
"Ohl something's rot my hook!''
"Pull up, you little idiot!' shout five e1-
cited voices as poles and hooks are dropped and
they rush to the rescue The girl with the bite
gives spasmodic Jerk, which sends the unfor-
tunate sunny into the air the full length of 10
feet Of line, and he comes down on the nearest
curly head With Il damp flop, that sets the girl
to ciawlng US though there were bumblebccs in
her hair.
thingln
Then they hold up their skirts and eutber
about that fish as it sltps over the logs, one all
the time holding the line III both hands, with
her foot on the pole as though she had IN i
eyil-disposed goat at the other end. They talk
over it.
aHow ever will he get off"
Saint it prettya"
nWondcr if it amt dry9"
Poor little thing; let's put it back"
"How will VIC get the hook from it?,
49,, " Piek It up," says girl who backs rapidly
sGood gracious, I'm afraid Of it. There, its
opening its mouth at me.''
Just then the sunny wriggles of the hook and ]
disappears between two logs into the water, and |
the girls try for another bite.
But the sun comes down and fries the backs |
Of their necks, and they get three headaches in
the party, and they oil get cross and scold at the
6sh like SO many magpies. If an unwary chub !
dazes show himself IN the water they poke at |
him with poles, much to his disgust. Finally |
they get mad all over and throw their poles |
away, hunt up the lunch basket, climb up into
The woods, where they sit around on the grass !
Ind caterpillars, and cat enough Of dried beef
md rusk and hard-boiled eggs to give q wood
aorsc the nightmare; after which they compare
1otcs about their bcaux until sundown, when |
hey 60 home aud plant envy in the hcarts of all
heir muslin de1aine friends by telling what
just splendid time" they had.