The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-09-12
WHITE LIES AND BAIT.
a ptstiDgutshcd Fishing rnrty nud
How ~ was Mnungcd - The WAY tu
whtch ~ west Point cadet was Saved
fro,t, BUvssp,,neuS.

How ~ was Managed - The WAY tu
which u west Point Cadet was Saved
from Punishment.
He was as good looking man as you
would want to see; honest nah as you could wish
to meet: iitic beyond middle age, with full gray |
whskers aud miistachc, good shoulders, large ply
sdut, rather slow In motion. aud few In words We |
knew him long age, sud tcmcmbcr n particular sun |
,liy back IN 1889, when he lieutenant colonel |
aud WE were private, when he was wounded aud |
carried down into Middlctown Valley aud lay there
long tine at farmers house, and the good Lord |
above spared his II fc FOR wise purpose everybody
knows.
lie stepped to the telephone. lifted " gently from
the hook, and applied It to his Soon female
vulcei "Ccntiai once" d" 'My dear, want Reeds |
Sous" size called Reeds Sons, aud Reeds Sons
answcrcd ''iiccd sdns-I want you to send up
here, mornng, IL itlf rast lrcct dozen
winc eight bottles NJ rock adryc, two ddscn stout,
three dozen Scotch ale, keg OF beer, about hundred
pounds Of Ice and pound Of mushroom crackcrs'
eyes, slr." "And please pack the thugs In ham
pcfs aud mark ,hcm bait'' 'What sr9''
"B-a It," ''Oh, yes, sit; We understand. Wen
have them there" >" ''hnd, Reeds Sous, when you
scu,i tho hn you need not lcmlzc IT. ius sny sun-
driCs.n IAN right, sir; ~, X"
Aud then ho called Central once again. "Mv
dear, want schurz." can right, sir;'' and she
called Carl. "Catl, my Tcuton, want You to make
ono of party FOR Great Fall Tomorrow at A. NJ,
Can You go2" even, III dnks about It."
''But that won do, Carl we are all EoingJohn and
Alexander and william and Charles and Richard and
Keys. eve can't do without you and wen take n
kcg or beer" ''vcli. I gocs'' ''And now, my
dear, please call Sir Edward Thornton;'' aud he was
called, but hc wasn't home. His secretary said that
after luncheon he started for sugar Loaf mountain 10
take his daily constitutional, hut would bc back TO
dinc
"wcn, wen do without Sir Edward and he
hung up his telephone.
The morning was flesh dew, the wagon
| roomy, tho horsts wtto ptomtt, wrtc tho Usher
| men, and everything was feady-rous, lines, boots,
| hamrcr3ard the start was about 10 be made, when
the door Of the great houso opened aud bright
n type OF American womanliood ever
| blessed wlthal emerged in u moruing wrapper.
'' Ruthcrfor,l one moment; what Is In those
baskcts?' "lIait, my dear " Bait?' eyes,
| bait, my DEAR "Amd that enormous piece of Ice
You will not take that-whai' that good or?'' To
halt fish w All of YOU gentlemen have got to help
me out of this, )" ic said IN lower key. Now, VIII
liam sitting IN lower corner Of the wagon, and
although cf the most rcticcnt men Of the ago he
deemed II his duty to help his chief. alt Is not ex
actly bait, madam. hut the bass Is remarkably won
| dc,r aud astonsi,lmgy curious iis. II possesses
the odd faculty OF raslng the cul II lives saor
| iish and swallows, gu'ps them whulc. Now, after
the small fish are ensuri, swallowed. they lay qui
cscrnt IN the baBs's stomach unili certain Juices
| aud acids partially dissolve them. Then they are
raised by an effort Of the abdominal muscles; their
mus tails, and sr,,,s o,, an, fra, them N, ,c n,,u.
hNlysnped teeth of the bass aud spat tut, AMI then
t,,,ir hoIi,. m, s,v,,,v., f,,r rw, and an 1hav,
irs,,,,h an tho ns,c,v n,y,td r,,vn IN ,hr tcn,,i
mcn, mere trfc of thirteen l,unircd and nine
pages. treating this suhirot In mil wish you could
| re,l H. Madam cs I ,c,r po ,ur r,s, viii Whom
,bcv wis,,, 4, re-, ain mn, to ,,cr,ud Mr. He,c,cr
| declined tn sorv, him ,,,,u s,,y b,,v Io ushrd
MAJ, MADAM, ,v,, co,,,, yh,, from, a, In, ,,,,, could
troll, for mugc,,u,, "a he. wb, coui, snatch lin, .
seh ant -, m, cu,,,,, h,o,,,,s 40 IN, could ,o, h
| r,i,v. ca ,,,,r,,, ,,o ,,,,,,or N,,,,n and h
| was not rou,l -u,I,y WHY ,b whv9 rbat inro
come, am, u.l,, ,, ham, ,,,i T., nc .,,, ,s ,,,.
| n,,,,aI,i,u in Inv tc,r,,,, n,, ,,,c,, ,n,s n, ,h
| r,ntr,v uu,,c nro t,,,c man Nau,,u may Ina
,u,.ro,, - lint ,o ,, ma, ,, la, , ,,,, n,,,,
man sr,, n, ,,,i ns,,ormau can he a had man
Nav tn,smu., ,u ,c ,,,s ,,y., r,,,,, ,,, ,, ,,,r
In ,y,,,.r ,,, ,i,,o,, h,s. ,.,,,y i, h, 4, ,,uo,
f,i,,, ,, ~ ava on, ,, , an, ,t ,,v,, II, s,,r,,,
h,ss must IL. hollow :, Acting n, ,h,s ,o,son,n,
Md,m s,,,,s,,, n, M, ,,,,a,,,n,. ,,,o ,,,, ,m,, =,
,, as, ,. ', 80, w., wv, ,,,, ,'a, -
we couhl h"'t n large mass OF ice IN the historical
stream and drop our bait beneath It, why success
| wou,J la assured and he has acted on nv surycs,jor
.,n,a, ,,,,,,,, ~, ,,,, =, VIZ IVY '"7S '''''
| '' ' " ' o'
No'hlhs oo"id nave o'ch more convincing to q
pretty, good-hcartcd woman of middle age In n
| murniu, wrapper We have heard an argument
r,,,, ,h,, cam. sou,,, ,r f,r ,.s Mn ,,J nn,on,
'o'' ''o '''''e s'"'e' ''' es' pun ANU "'o"'"'
| w
'well. good morning, gentlemen, said she; " /
wish YOU y happy day. and Rutherford can you moi
| n.,, r ,,,, ,a, ,,, a,,.,, ,,,,o,, ,,, 49, r,h,,
'h'nk "' INA, pooi "os s"s"or "'e" sou are h'h'"f
up TO Tue FalisF
So away they Went through Georsetovn up .h'
-a,,,.,,, a o,,,, ~, ~ ~ uno .r,o, norns, .
se"'",''e" '' W., "''V'" ',... ,".. 'Vb"' :
secluded spot and ilshed until all their bait was gone
Now. Snyder was good young fellow. who was a
certain academy up North where they teach grca
,,,, ar ,n.,,n, ana .c,,co r ,y,, am, ,,,t,,son,,
"ea o' e"s'h'e'. ,"o sc'ehcs '' war n" P"'os"p''
AMI chemistry ana 'lrawng' Frerh ana spanish bn
u very little Euglisl. Above all things else the!
teach tho Iuys TO tell th, truth and iii.
| ,,,,,,,, ,s ca ,,,,,, ,,l .,,,s.r,,, ,I,, am, ar ~,
,.aH 10 >" so,''o "' sn'oess'''' '''' "ne " wv
brightest oi i'SGrihua'cS, some years ago when he wa
tackled by Bob Lee, and driven heltcr- skctcr acros
III, reuinsnl,. tc,crr,rlc,l that his movement WA
,,,.. , 81 , t $50, - -
; simply cha"Ee oi base ANA several nay man
others, when any hint concerning their rctrc'nen
reached them and they had scratched around IN til
uyc,s, manner TO bring IN, ,lcaycst possIbl, pressur
| . ,. ~ M, r., =,
"' ,'. w.,
that they were retired at their own request lnt TIL
boy Syudcr WIS ut the black board ono day p,zzlin
over i problem. and a rllum gave him assistance
ana when he was asked IL c obtained such asslsia,c
he told u wloppcr and there was the very dickens l.
play ahont It, lie was cont- nartiaed and sentence
/, 10 i,c dismissed and tho Inpcys had gone nm
u The moor Iny ana not know that a friend nj court
. with Kind nolhcr's heart was nierccdlng for him
y ' So tn. ,islcrmsn came hack from I'm" Fnis arou
night fail with thirty. one fish, and they uhc fisher
% mem were chock fnll of bait.
10 Sny,l,r,s case was cos,,cr,, with great CAR" nm
" lnty and A. was unanimously ,ircI,lrI that /,
Il sIod DO dis,niss,d Just here WI entered thr lnrr
\, ronm and advanced 10 tho fable ,,rutIrmcn sni
W.. oxc,se tho Intrusion; wc came TO inlercctc +,
SNYDER An SuuId said the Executive .. m
rase is d,spose,i Of .of course said tIs secn
|, tary Of state Eoys must bc taught the value
II trrihr,u,.ss- -G,Iyus I'm nnn f,Jsns I'm nunibu.
| ".'.r,ninly ,,sniI thn SECRETARY of war ..T'o II
surc snII alI the others .isn there is no hope
sa,h ~, ~. Mans n, ti,r wo,i s,iI they .rGe,
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IA ~ a., ,,,o., ,r, ,,nr yi,,nnn.. va, l.,
y" WHERE ni.H - u Nv ,, 'o u,, t ;h ~. ~ ~
" o, , ~ ~ a "ia'r"rn .f,.r ina acr",,s,s lad M.
1rn ", iwnnc"d i,a IN III, fr"nt as we Mi know w
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