The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-05-20
JoE.s HHAvx cAroH.
Daniel webster asa FishsI ofMea.

/ The stream that Daniel Webs Ter loved
was famous Tor trout. and he was famous
tor Catching them. Often he' would sit
Tor hours ON amoss.coxeredl STONE In O.
retireu nook, his line dangling in and
above the water, but never bl.e, and II
there had been, the fish was saie, for he
was entire, y UNCONSCIOUS Of ALI around
and about him. Que warm and sultry
morning in July, while thus absorbed,
he was aroused by hearing. over the
stream: "Hullo, there! hullo, say !
How are ye? Nice morning this! Got
amy fish? Have any bitesy How dye
get over there? Pve been fishing for two
lnOurs; nary bite. 1 see you have long
boots on; whavll you take to carry ME
overf Don't want to- get my feet wet.
Pll,pay you well; what,ll You take"
Z Here he paused long enough tor Mr..
Webster, who mad all this time been sur
veying the speaker "a slight-buiib. ,dandi-
fled youth), TO ask:
\ "What VIII you givep
it?v
swell, yes; Tsuppose IL Isl"
I So, quietly laying down his rod.i he
took his way toour Boston boy, Joe'D.,
VINO, by the way, Was as good a teIlow
as ever sold tape; he was now on three
days lirlough, amd bound to crowd all
the tishing, sea-bathing, and sight-see-
Hug seasons into the allOtted three, days.
time, and one was asrapidly passing away.
Mr. Webster seated himself Oh the bank,
Joe mounted his shoulders, and, like
I SO ,ar, whom Cassius from the raging
IIDer bore, SO Joe upon the god-like
shoulders, safely crossed the stream.
The quarter q Iickly changed hands. Mr..
WeDsLer quletly settled into his aecus-
IN Qau IL f.tr
Sure bent, FASTENED up the stream.
Tired and hungry, ne returned rather
Hate for dinner aud passed into the
|dlning-hail, where the guests we're EN-.
ga led III Jhe last'act OF the drama. Our
Is conan, however, fell to with an ap.
Ipetlte snarpened by his morning exer-
else. and with iull determination tu
make up with speed what he had lost in
|itlme. So intent upon his own affairs
was he that he took no notice of those
around the table, until some one re.
liquesLed Mr.. Webster 10 relate his morn
.ng adventures. Joe looked up, anu
fo1iow wing with his own the direction Of
FALL other eyes, ne beheld MS morning
| Edeas. Turning to his nearest neigh.
IlDur, he asked: "Wno is that?"
/. "TnaL! Why thaTs Daniel Webster"
/ He found no further use for his knife
land fork, and was silently leaving the
table, when Mr.. Webster now recogni z I'd
ltnim; with u look or u nod doe could
Inever tell which) he detainel HIM and
him 10 take wine. Joe took
itne wine with q trembling hand, and,
lIwith look OF earnest entreaty, begged
MIR. Webster not to relate the circum.
EsLance which occurred In the morning
Mr.. Webster replied: "You should
Enot be ashamed of the adventure, since
there is no young man in tue country
Enowever lofty MS aspirations, that will
be likely to attain the position you this
morning occupied"
/ Joe left the table and the house, and on
the first train left the town, satisfied he
Ehad done enough for one season. In the
Eevenlng Mr.. Webster related the whole
affair to the assembled guests, and tC
this DAY, Joe enjoys the sobriquet o
V'sDan,"