Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03


both lines out. and the southerly breeze
still keeping up.
They passed the other boat.
"What weight" was the cry
eleven and half. Have you got oneP
eyes"
GLOW much ?"
Just over seVen.'
Duncan will be savage man." said
Ronald. with n laugh. It's all the bad
luck of his boat, he'll be saying, though
it's good enough luck for the first two fish
to be clean fish and no kelt'
However the Dukes boat fell away
from Us suspicious beginning that morn
ing. When lunch time arrived, and both
coolies landed at II part Of the shore agreed
upon, where there was large rock for
shelter and good ledge for a seat, Miss
Carry had but the one fish to be taken out
and placed on the grass, while her father
had two respectively seven and thirteen
pounds. And very picturesque indeed 1t
was to see those white cleaning creatures
lying there, and the. two boats drawn up
on the shore, with the long rods out mt the
stern, and the gilles forming "A group at
some distance of under the shelter OF the
stone dixie, and the wide waters of the
lake all breezy blue in the cup of the
encrcling sun-lit hills. Ronald got out
the luncheon. for he had seen to the pack
ing of it, and he knew more about table
napkins and things of that sort than
those men and then, when he had made
everything right. and brought ashore a
cushion for Miss Carry to sit upon, and so
forth, he went away.
Ronald" Mr. Hodson called to him,
" amt You going 10 have some lunch ?"
" y es sir"
Come along, then; there's plenty of
room right here"
THANK We, sir; ! know where they've
put my little parcel, said he; and he
went and sat down with the glllies and
soon their was enough talking and laugh
ing amongst them, family heard across
the wind.
WELL" said her father, when they were
"Oh, it's just too delightful for any
thing
This was her summing up of the whole
situation, and then she added, Papa, ma
| send my salmon to Lily Seldom p
| 81 wouldn't call it kindness" said he.
" Looks more like boasting And what's
/ the good since she is staying at a hotel2"
"Oh, she will be as glad as am even to
see it. But can't they cook 1t at q hotel
anyway; ! want to be even with Lily
about that balloon. don't see much my
self in going, up in balloon. | would
She wouldn't fall down and worship those
beautiful creatures p
"Well, you may send her yours, if you
like" her father said. 4" But You needn't
dawdle so over your luncheon. These days
are short, and ! want to see what we can
do on our first trial"
"Pm ready now, if it comes to that"
said she, placidly, and she PINT couple of
sweet biscuits in her pocket to guard
against emergency.
And soon they were afloat again. But
what was this that was coming over the
brief winter afternoon? The sultry south
wind did not die away, nor yet did any
manifest clouds appear in the heavens,
but strange gloom began to I'LL the skies,
obscuring the sun, and gradually becom-
ing darker and darker II was very
strange, for, while the skies overhead
were thus unnaturally black, and the lap
ping water around them similarly livld,
the low-lying hills between these were sim
gularly keen and intense in color. The air
was hot and Close, though the breeze still
came blowing up Strath Terry. There
nent, though there We're no clouds any
where gathering along the purple noun.
tain-tops.
The unusual darkness seemed to affect
the fishing. Round after round they made
touching nothing but one or two kelts, and
this Ronald declared to be Il bad sign, Tor
that when the kelts began to take there
was small chance of a clean fish. How
ever, Miss Carry did not care. She had
caught her first salmon that was enough
Nay, 1t was sufficient to make her very
cheerful and communicative, and she told
him good deal about her various friends
in the Garden City but more especially
rs it seemed, to the respectful listener, OF
the young men who, from Il humble begin
ming, had been largely successful i'll bust
ness: and she asked him many questions
ABOUT himself, and was curious about his
relations with Lord Ail!ne. OF course she
went on the assumption that the future OF
the world lay i'll America, and that the fu
ture of America lay in the bountiful LAP
of Chicago; and she half minated that
she could not und rstani how any one
could waste hi time anywhere else. HeI
father had been born in Il log cabin but
if he-that is, Roland could see the i'm
mense blocks devoted to "!iodson' reaper
ION Clinton and Canal streets" he would
understand what individual enterprise
could aChe"e out Vest. The "mauifest
destiny Of Chicago loomed large in this
young lady's mind; the Eastern cities
were mot in it," so to speak; and Ronald
heard with reverence Of the trade witt
Montana, and Idaho, and Wyoming, anC
Colorado, and Utah. and Nevada. IL i!
true that she was recalled from this i'm
parting OF information by tWenty-hv,
minutes deadly struggle with q creatur,
that turned out, after all, to he Il Yer
liable clean salmon; and with this tri
UNI h ended the day sport for the after
noon Was rapidly wearing to dusk. Tht
gloom of the evening, by-the-way, was not
decreased by vast mass OF smoke tina
came slowly rolling along between thu
black sky and the black lake though thi
porte ntous thing-that laoked if the Who'll,
world were on tire-meant nothing furthe
than the burning of the heather dowI
Strath Terry way. When both coolies
were drawn up on the beach it wa.
found that Mr.. llodsOn had also added
one clean salmon to his score; SO that tn,
five fish, put in a row on the grass made q
very goodly display, and We're sufficient
y suspicious beginning.
Garry" said her father, rs they walk
cd home together in the gathering dark
ness, do you know what you are expec,
ed to do2 You have caught your first sal
mon; that means sovereign to the mel
IN the boat"
: 81 will give q sovereign to the youn
! fellow" said she, and willingly but
can't offer money to Ronald
= "Why not IL Is the custom here
q ION, l declare | couldn't do 1t. NJ
gracious no! | would sooner-I woul
. sooner-no, no, papa dear, could not offe
, him money"