River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-06-22
nov the Ladies rhS

lhClG generally about Elk Oi them
in the bunch says an exchange, with
light dresses on, and they have three
poles with as many hooks and lines
among them
As soon as thcy get 10 thc river they
look for good place 10 get down on
the RATS, and the uost ventmesome
one sticks hcI boot heels in the bank
and makes two careful step.downs !,
then she suddenly finds herself ut the
bottom with both hands IN the water
and FEELING that everybody in this
wide world is looking ~ her, and she
never tells anybody how she got there
The other girls, protitlng by her eA.
ample, turn around and 80 down the
bank on their hands ard toes, back
wards. Then they s,amper over the
RATS until they find shallow place
whore they Tan see the h.h, AMI
shout
"Oh see one.
~ here ,"
There.
"Oh my, go lac rs.
Let s catch hlm
w hO' got them bait
You lazy thing, you're sitting ru
my pole.
.'Show me The wretch that stole nv
worm"
Al these ordinations are gotten of
in tone that awakens every echo
within a mile round, and sends every
fish within three acres square into gal
looping Mysteries. Then the guls by
superhumau cyertlOns manage to get y
worm on the hook, and "throw IN"
with a splash like the launching of y
wash.tuh aud await he result When
e silver-iin comes along AMI nibbles
the bait they pull up with Jerk, that,
had aii unfortunate fish weighing less
than fifteen pounds been on the hook,
would have landed il in The neighhor.
hood IF three or four miles IN the
country. After q while a feeble.
minded sunh'h c0ntriYes 20 get fas
tened on the hook Of q tinud woman.
and sho gives yentto her tongue
"Oh' something's got my hook
Pull NJ YOU little IDIOT shout
five excited voioes,as poles and hooks
are dropped and they rush TO the les.
cue. The girl with the bite gives
spasmodie jerk which sends the unfor-
tumate sunny into the air the full
length of n forty foot line and he comes
down on the nearest curly head with a
damp flop, that sets the girl 10 crawl
ing as though there were humble
bees in her hair.
"Och, murder, take it away. Jghi
the nasty thing :
Then they hold up their skirts and
gather about that FISH as ii skips over
the logs, one all the time holding the
line in both hands, with her foot on
the pole as though she had an eyil-dis-
posed goat on the other end. They
talk over IL.
slow ever viii lie get OFF -
"Ain't it pretty :"
Wonder If il amt dIyln
"Pooh title thing. Let's putlt back.
How willwe get 1t off of the hook ,"
Pick ii up, says q girl who backs
rapidly out Of the circle
Good gracious, I'm afraid Of It.
There, its opening its mouth at me.
just then the sunny wriggles off the
hook and disappears between two
logs into the water, and the girls try
Tor another bite.
But the sun comes down and fries
the backs Of their necks, and they get
three headaches an the party, and they
all get cross and seold at the hsh like
80 many magpies. II an unwary club
daIes to show himself in the water
they poke at him with poles, much TO
his disgust Finally they get mad all
over and throw away their poles, hunt
up the lunch basket, climb up into the
woods, where they SIT around on the
grass aud caterpillars, and eat enough
dried beef and rusk and hard boiled
eggs to give a wood. horse the night.
mare, after which they compare notes
about their beaux until shutdown, and
then they 90 home, and plant envy in
the hearts Of all their muslin delaine
friends ny telling what Just a SPLEEN.
did time they had.
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