The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-01
A chnaman rake. a Trout,

Sam Lung brought my shirts home
one day lately, and after obtaining his
trade dollar fingered as though some
thing oppressed his mind. E'i
"What is it, Sam? Dollarno goodep'
eyes, dollal all litee, but want tc
talkee bout woodsee.n
"Woodseep WHAT'S that, Samf
Didn't | give. you the right change?',
''Change allie litee too, allie same, but
want to talk bout Adilondacks. You
been in Adilondacks, so Mclean man
tellee me-" a4iHt Ss<lf.I s. ! a u
eyes, I have been in tho Adirondacks,
place?" .e..,I
too, catchee tlout on sting, no likee In
net. Like thlow fly, stloutee bitee,
hookee in jaw, pull hims topside.'
Whoopeel go washee by Blue Noun
tain Lake, big hotel, lookee for, heap
washee when Mclean ladee comee in
with whitee dless ann nobby Mclean
man come, plenty washee, plenty
money"
"Well, Sam, did you get rich thereS
Plenty washee and plenty dollar?n
"No washee, no dollal. Mclean ladee
blue dless, Mclean mon blue shit, wear
'em two thlee weeke, no wash. Pave
on lailload, walkee back. Catchee tlout
ale sames fore CO." I'D
elbow did you get the trout, Sam?
Tell me all about it,"
cold looster stoppe III hotel. He say
Sam, come in boat for guide on lake.
me give hall dollal day. So I get in
boat with old looster and 90 topside
lake to see him scoopee tlout. He get
out little bamboo stick and put on sitting
and little fly. He thlow fly but tloutee
no eatee. Put OH more fly, putty fly on
sling when he see tlout come topsside.
and show tall way off. He thlow out
and stick out hand, no catchee. Leach
out again, and plunk he 90 out boat
and get all wette. Me no leayee him.
but pull him topside in boat. He flaid
to go back to hotel cause boys laff, so
he tell me go shore make fire. I make
fire and he pull out big bottle whisky
and get dly. I say go SCOPE tlout 50
boys don't laff when we come backside
hotel when no catchee. So 90 out and
and thlow fly. Think got big bulgee on
old Sucker to get all fun and half dollal.
an he sit by fire so sick.
$50 1 thlow fly, ale some Mclean
man, and say me no ely baby if get wet
tee, like old looster, you bettee you liver;
80 l thlow and thlow and catchee big
fish and tliin!ae I shakee old looster,
and go to hotel and showee tlout to
Mclean ladee and braggee allie same
Mclean man. So I takee boat and
leave old looster on shore. He yellee
row, GO on to hotel, taEse st fish on stins:,,
and show fine ladee big tlout. She
laugh and say mice tlout,' and call
Mclean man. He lookee and say
tloutee be blowed, you gottee hawn
dace.' So cuttee stick fore old looster
come 'longside hotel and kicllee me
topside stomach, and I hoof it down
load twenty-five miles to lailload and
stealee lide to Salatoga. Heap washee
III Salatoga, water all taste like old tin
pail"
"Nyell, Saml was that all the front
you took, one horned dace?"
eyes, trout, hawn dace, allie same
some calle tloutee, some calle hawn
dace. Gale tlout when Mclean man
SCOPE himself, calle hawn dace when
oller feher or Chinaman SCOPE. ALE
samee, catchee tlout like Mclean man
in Adilondacks. When you go topside
Adilondacks again, you takee me fol q
guide, 1 showee you how SCOPE tlout
with fly on sting. Bye bye" -
With smile that was childlil1e and
bland, Sam Lung pungled off in the
direction Of the Bowery, scarcely soiling
the white soles Of his shoes in the mud
Of Broadway as he crossed it. I think
III take him into the woods next sea-
son.