The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-09
HOW ICAUGHT THE TROUT.

About an hour after noon began To
feel hungry, and thought it time to look
up the old man. who had the lunch
basket walked down the bank of the
brook. and sometime before | reached
Tn. voods | came To a place W here il
expanded To awidth of about ten feet
The water here was very clear. and the
motion uliiet. so that could easily See
to the bottom. which did not appear To
be more than Il foot below the surface
Gazing into this transparent water ~
walked. saw a large trout Glide acros,
the stream and disappear under the
GRASSY bank which uvrrhung the oupu.
Site Side. Instantly stopped. This
was a much larger fish than had
caupht. and | determined t. try for
him.
stepped back from the bank. so AZ
to be out of sight. and put a line grass
homer on my hook: then inN, face
downward. ON the gra,, and worked
myself SLOWLY forward until could see
tho midIl. III th, stream tlru .,u,irtl,.
r,i.in, my nulr r.,. nv ,-ra,.hu,rnr
. ,,,,rJ .vin,r II H.. l-,J u,,dn :,
wn,,or Ia iumu n,,r tb. stream AT its
u,;In., non, I'm a. ~. n.rt,,inI, ,,n,ll.
h,v. failed in surb ,u amhi,iuns en-
Jao,,r .,.,,,,.;nlI,. II Ln L.,J h..,, ,..,,,,,h,
hy n ann II ,,;nd lot him come du,,n
, u,o .,,,,,o, ,f fla. v.,t,,.., li,,l.
,lr,,.'',,,i ,t,o ,,iJil..nf ,L,. br,,,l Cr,..
h,,,,,,,,,,. a., NAT .inl, whom ,L., fail iuln
49,. u,,,.,r nnJ un / ln,,t mi. fnIln,v
u,,,n ~. sn,f,,. and drutI. ,nnvnI
oinn., -, If viii ali ,l,r r,r,,.i,
,olan n,,t ~, him by fine result nf hi- ill.,
,',,,,;d.r.J ,n,n No v,. ;,,nn,,;ninusl,
,,li,,,,,,'.;r,, ,l .,,i,, T., I,r, A. /
IA ~ t,,y ,b. tram, ann. n,,t fr,,n
mnInr ~. h,nk mnvr sln,yIy tnv,rJ
49,, .I,o,,no, and .to,, Iir.ctl,, ur,Ic,
H. .rr.n,i J;,n u;tb .r,i,;, orJ
n,'r,. nxnnn,.,iTr / .rdr.u.nrrJ :,
,,''-I.', ,,o n,.,,.n,nr,. of ,hn irsn,, sim
n,,,,, r,t,r,1 ,nd a. f,r,. xo. ahl,
,hr.u, Him irtn 81 sudd.n perr,,,;on uf
~. I.,,,,rn, .nJ a fro,,liod J.si,.. f., ,,.,
n,,,o, Ia, .ithn,. ,h,,ro,t h,J had ali
,I,,,,,.s-hn,,onr. no w,r,nd ar, mo ,x.s
.IIo from, inrr exnnrirnrn to urrceiya
the difference Getwceu a natural cxhibi-
lion of emotion and "A bi,,rionic imita-
| ton of il. for he slowly turned. and,
with a few slight movement, of his tail.
plided hack under the bank. In vain
/
effort, TO reach the shore. in vain did Il,
occasionally become exhausted and
sink n short distance below the surface.
in vain did he do everything that he
knew Ia show that he appreciated what
"A Juicy and delicious morscl he was,
and how he feared that the trout might
vet he tempted to seize hm the fish did
not come out again
Then | Withdrew my line and moved
back from the stream. now deter
mined to try Mr. Trout with Il ill. and
took ont the paper old Peter Gr,ls,
had yivrn me. / didn't know exactly
what kind of winged insects were il
order AT this time OF wear. but | wd,
sure that yellow butterflies were MOI
particular about lust what month il WAS
SO long As the sun shonc warmly.
therefore Ghost that one of Peter tlir,
which was made of the YclluWr~t feath
.rs and removing the SnuOd and hool
from my line. | hastily attached thi
nv, which was proNid ed with II ho0l
quite suitable for my desired prize
t'rouchinp ON the mrasS, | again ap
preached the brook Gaily ilittin.
aboy. the CLASSY surface OF the water il
all tn. fnucied security Of tender you'll
and innocence came my yellow hy
backward and forward over the waite
! he gracefully flew. sometimes rising
: little into the air. as if to view tn,
= varied scenery of tie woods and noun
,ains. and then settling Tor molncn
! clos. TO the surface, Ia better in,pcc
hi, plittering image rs ii came up iron
, below. and showing in his every move
men, his intense endowment of sumnc
! time and life.
. On, from his dark retreat now cam
IN. trout and and settling quietly
/, the bottom Of the brook. he appeared I
REGARD the NentureSomc insect with
: certain interest. But hr must have Il,
trctcd the iron barb of vice beneath I'll
mask of blithrf,l innocence. for. after
short deliberation, the trout turned an
dissnpueared under the bank As i
! slowly moved away, he seemed to /
! BIGGER than ever. must catch tia
tilt Surely he would bite at somethin!
Ii was quite ey idcnt that hi- mind ",
not wholly unsusceptible to emotion
emnnnting from an awakening appetite
nud | believed that if he saw exact
what he wanted, hes would not neglc'
an opportuniiy OF availing himself Oi /
But What did he want must certain
ly find out. Drawing myself bac
arain. took OH the yellow tly and pr
On another. This was 4 white one Wit
black blotchcs, like big miller mot
which had fallen into an lnk-pot'
was certainly a conspicuous creatur
and a. ! crept forward and sent
swnpuiuU over the stream ! could "a