Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-06-20
A Chinaman Takes A Trout.

Sam Lung brought nay shirts home
one day lately, and after obtaining his
trade dollar, fingered rs though some
thing oppressed his mind.
''What is it, Sam? Dollar no goodep"
asked l."
Eyes, dollal all fitee, but want to
talkee bout woodsee.'
"Woodsee? What's that, Samp
Didn't give you the right ehangeP'
''Changc allie iitcc too, allie same, but
want to talk bout Adilondacks. You
been in Adilondacks, SO Mclean man
tellee re"
''fes, have been in the Adiron-
dacks. but what do sou know about that
place."
know heap. been Adilondacks
too, catchee tout on sting, no likce in
net. Like thlnw fly, tloutee bitee,
hookee in jaw, pull him topside.
Whoopee! go washee by Blue Noun
tain Lake, big hotel, locke for heap
washee when Mclean ladee Gomez in
with whitee dless and nobby Mclean
man come, plenty washee, plenty mon
ey."
"Well, Sam. did YOU get rich there?
Plenty washce and plenty dollar?"
NO washee. 40 dollal. Mclean Ia
dee blue dless. Mexican man blue SILT,
wear en- two, thlee weeke, no wash.
Page on laiiload. walkec back. Catchee
tout allie samey fore GO
How did you Get the trout, Sam?
tell me all about it.
"Old looster stoppc in hotel. He
say Sam, come in boat for guide on
lake, me give half dollal day SO get
in boat with old !oosscr and go topside
lake 70 see him scoopee llout. He get
out little bamboo stick and put on sting
and little fly. He tllow d hut tloutce
no e;,tee. Put on more fl, putty hy OF
sting when he see tlout come topside,
and show tail way Off He thlow out
and stick out hand, no catchee. Leach
out again. and PUNK he 90 ont boat and
get all wette. Me no leavec him. but
pail him topside in boat. He iiad to
go back to hotel cause boys lafl', SO he
tell me go shore make fire. make fire
aud. he pull out big bottle whisky and
get dly. say go SCOPE tlout so boys
don't laff when we come hackside hotel
when sno catcliee. SO l go out and
thlow fly Think get b. 9 bulgee on old
Sucker TO get all fun and Lalf dollal,
an he sit BY fire SO sick.
So / tAlow fly, allie samey Mclean
mar. and say me no ely baby i! ret wet
tee. like old loostcl, you bet,ec Won liy-
CT; SO ! thlow and thlow ard catehee
big fish and .ninkee shakee old loostcr.
ana 20 TO hotel and showec tout t0 Mel
lean lice and braggce allie same Neil
can man. So | takee boat and leave
cid louster on shore. He yellec Ike
fun, ] no hear, just hoe my own row.
go on to hotel. tahee fish on sting. and
show fine ladce big tlout. She laugh
and say niece It, and call Mclean
man. He lookee and say 'tloutee be
bowed. YOU cottoe hawn dace. SO
cuttee stick fore old oostcr come long
side hotel and kickee me tepside stom-
ach. and haof it down load twenty-five
miles to 1aiiload and stealee Idle to Sal
itoga. Heap washee in Salitoga, water
all taste like old tin pail. -
"Well, Sam! WAS that all the trout
you took, ONE horned dace?''
Eyes, !ioui, hawn dace, ale same,
soIne calle tloutee, some callc hawn
dacc. Gale tlout when Mclean man
SCOPE himself. calle hawn dace when
oiler Teller or Ckinaman SCOPE. ALLIE
samee, | catchec tloM Like Mclean man
in Adilondacks. When yon 20 topside
Adilondac,s again, you takee ME iol a
guide, | showee you how SCOPE tout
with fly on.stling. Bye bye"
With smile that was childlike and
bland, San Lung punyled off in the d.
rectioh OF the iSowery, scarcely soiling
the white soles of his shoes, in the mud
of Broadway rs he crossed it.