The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28
TIE TROUT LIAR.

''The trout lar" said Captain Herbert
1 'is the gem OF all fishers BE e { saddle
rock liar, moose among antelope F~ps-
/ rion to a satyr, he is the long tall c-us.
among the quiet twiuk,ars. All -a--ct
be trSut liars. The trout liar must be bern
with Decl a. mess for the G. ~. and tra-
he miist be liurated 20 It ard devote t. .--z-5..
% treat lies e. q lite work.
Wren David said In his haste, 'Au men
are liars saul sna Abinidab, Doeg s-. I'd
monte lad probably Just retul ned f-.r a
trout fish down along the brook ln tn rar.--
Elah, and were telling what they hes seen
and whag they had done, and Dayi1 r= as
listened to them laundering tre u-z---s
truth, naturally supposed there w--r.-- more
truth left - the l5srts 81 u n ir a. me --fF=
world
''The trout Har exceeds all Cths- usrs. be.
cause the man who has doLe A. anCs-t cg
trout fishing IS to a certain extent travelled
man. 1t is his custom to sit on the ve-z
and tell his stories, crushing all ccmpee
and putting his foot on the uecl CT pu -rzf-
nary striped bass and land-lolked -s-Ur-
liars. But il il happened Just Is he st1t1
his masterpiece, an opposition trout -1r
comes In with a right bower. a gouuir roysl
flush, of trout lie, the first trout ..s- Is
hurt 10 the heart; he is detected and so-o--
ful, and says not another word that might
But he draws new inspiration from ''-a de-
feat and the very next place he goes 70 he
appropriates the Ee that para yzed him, suf
unblushingly claiming Il as his swn. dement,
iy crushes down all pltiful cOmpett--s wiz
a crOwning lie that only two days before
crushed him.
There are several kinds OF t-ou. liaS.-
The liar Of weight, who never catches NOR
than half dozen trout day, but they eacE
weigh anywhere from Eve to ten ponds
Then there is the liar OF numbers. who g.
ways catches so many dozen in one hour
and twenty minutes. And there IS the Ia-
of places who knows hidden pools. dark and
still, in the secret places Of the rocks that
are Just boiling over with front and b taloes
you, under many UaJhs Of secrecy, hv
steslthy and circuitbus routes to these placss
and you fish In them for eight mortal hours
without a nibble.
But 4on can never corner a trout iIar -
Arithmetic, fact, science, probabilities, pre-
cedent, general principles and the eternal
fitness Of things may combine In over
whelning array to prove him the svfuIest
liar in England OF America; Il doesn't sIs-
turb him. He lies on calmly, confidently,
enthusiastically, always locating the seems
OF his lies so far away he IS pretty certain
you will never 90 there.
"There are limits to human belief" the
good lester says, rising to his feet 'Yc1
may believe what the candidate saws on -rs
stump; You may believe what n man v-n
tell you in a horse trade yoa may believe
the army liar; you may believe the snake
liar; but the man takes the cigar from hh
lips, and, with simple prefix OF a place and
date, starts into trout story, bar, bolt and
lock and double-lock the gates Of your belief
when he gets to the place. Don't believe n
single solitary trout, not though c weighed
less than a pound. Under the shadow e.
the trout truth dies, and the man that fishes
four days and only hooks one lone trou=, SO
small that he loses it in his empty basket.
comes home the biggest liar Of them all"