Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-06-08

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water in his rage, WAS coming back again.
making s,raigh, for the boat as sef.Te.
Luke, whe Was used to these encounters,
having read of them in the writings If
travellers he had accompanied, raised his
paddle in seli-defense. The trout left
the water about ten feet from the boat
and came directly at me, with fiery eyes,
his speckled sides flashing like meteor.
l lodged, as he whisked by with vicious
slap Of his bifurcated tail, aud nearly up.
set the boat. The line was of course
slack, and the danger was that he would
entangle it about me and carry away a
leg. This was evidently his game. But
l untpgled ii, and only lost breast
button or two by the swiftly moving
string. The trout plunged into the water
with Kissing sound, and went away
again with all the line on the reel.
More butt. More indignation on the
part of the captive.
The contest had row been going on for
half an hour, and I was getting exhaust
ed. We had been back and forth across
the lake, and round and round the lake;
what feared was that the trout would
start up the inlet and wreck US in the
bushes. But he had new fancy, and
began the execution of maneuver which
] had never read of. Instead of coming
straight toward me be took large circle,
swimming rapidly, and gradually con-
tracing his orbit. reeled in, aud kept
my eye on him. Round and round he
went, narrowing his circle. l began to
suspect the game, which was to twist my
head off. When he had reduced the ra-
dius of his circle to about twenty five
feet, he struck tremendous pace through
the water. 1t would be false modesty in
a sportsman to say that was not equal
to the occasion. Instead of turning round
with him as he expected. l stepped to
the bow, brsced myself and let the boat
swing. Round went the fish, and round
we went like a top. saw line of
Mount Marcys all round the horizon.
The rosy tint in the west made broad
band Of pink alcng the sky above the
tree-tops. The evening star was a perfect
circle of light, a hoop of gold in the
heavens. We reeled and whirled, and
reeled and reeled, and whirled. I was
willing to give the malicious beast butt,
and line, and all, if he would only 60 the
other way for change.
When came to myself, Luke was gaf-
fng the trout at the boat-side. After
We got him in aud dressed him, he
weighed three.querters of apound It,
lantie Aonthly.