The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-16

ming. The sight 81 powders and broken
water rcncws his courage. Dicks
course down stream Is arrested b. Il big
rock; his line Is run out 10 the las, yard.
This prince u fishes will escape nftrr
ALL Dick looks upon the swirling water
and Set- his teeth. There Is last
chance. but risky one.
Don't Dick; you would be drowned
TO certainty" We shout in chorus.
Ethel impsorcs him with tears in her
eyes not 10 risk H. He looks gratefully
AZ her. but shakes his head. II flashes
across me that IL the expression Of her
face NJ this moment does not give him
hear 10 ask her . certain interesting
| question on the way home. why. he
doesn't deserve her.
1 Nothing short OF cart ropes would
stop Dick now his blood i up: he steps
into the hurry ing water and il taken OF
his legs IN = moment and washed
against rock; now he regans his foct-
ing and staggcrs on yard or two. now
loses il once more.
No fish in the world il worth such
dangerous work rs this What reck-
less chap Il is" thus Captain Croft
an xiously.
/ While making short detour round
/ the rocks we lose sight II the angler for
q moment: then. rushing brcathlessly
down % the water again. lind him lying
/ upon the bank. much shaken. bruised
and exhausted. but holding on 70 his
rod doggedIy
'sThe fish is suking in the lower
pool he explains, emptying the water
from his poc1ets "When I've had q
rest you must come and rouse him up
I with stones"
This respite is brief. That game fish
Is soon carcering round the second
pool, but the efor is a final one. Very
soon he j. lying in tho shallow water,
almost passive.
| We have no gaff with Us. and Captain
Croft's big landing net would not even
hint at inclosing such y leviathan as
/ this.
| Dick leads the fish steadily shorcward
until il i almost aground; then Captain
Croft warily circling around it scoops
1 il up in both arms. and. behold. the
great salmon is glittering among the
ling and hea'her'
1 A loud cheer arises from the whole
party. and little Bella. in paroxysm
u triumph. kneeis beside the silver
monster and kisses its slippery side.
/ Thirty pounds at least we cry.
mo. twenty-five. perhaps say the
7 gentlemen. And grand fish in per-
feet condition.
1 The excitement Of the sport has COM
pletely driven All Thoughts Of Dicks
coming departure from my mind. but
they now return with force. ..Eic
shall have chance" declare to my
self. and ponder little while the others
are stepped in fish-worship.
Dick" exclaim. aufhoritativelv.
4 ''you must 90 home at once. instead If
lettering about here. dripping like a
Newfoundland dog. Ethel and / will
( walk back with YOU
Catching Dicks eve. l see that he
understands me. Come along" he
saws.
| Ethel takes my arm on the side re-
mote from Dick. Sine is remarkably
silent. and shows tendency to blush
about nothing. fearing possibly that her
anxiety about Dicks dangerous es-
4 capadc just now may have BETRAYED
her. Dick, feeling that he is now. As
he would himself phrase it. in for il, !"
maintains no less impenetrable
dumbness- Never have two such leadcn
companions fallen to my lot before or
since
II j. relief that the beauty Of the
winding moorland path. stretching away
behing Us. compels me to stop and take
out my skctch-book.
I'm stay with YOU" says Ethel,
neryously
..Whai. and leave poor old Dick to
jog home alone?'
'Eh?" says Dick. looking at me with
comical terror. don't let me drag
her with me il she wants to STAY"
Nonsense; 90 away. Ethel. cant
have you fidgrting about me while !
am drawing"
Their assinuous good nature in pre-
par.ng my water-c0lor box and block
for action knows no bounds; neither
fulsome hints nor cross requests will in
duce them to depart. AT length. when
! am busy with my first wash. and re-
fuse with sulky steadfastness 70 answer
anv more questions. or to offer any
further prctcxt for their moving hand
or foot on my behalf. they stroll shyly
oil together. Ethers eyes on the
ground. Dicks on the distant horizon
Cranirr round upon my camp-s.ool.
] watch them down the long slope Of
brake-fern and heather. straining my
eyes as they grow indistinct after cross
ing the stream. and finally disappear.
to leave me none the wiser for al my
gazing.
Anxiety prevents my sitting still for
ten minutes together. Ms sketch Is a
curiosity phenomenal specimen OF
the kind Of daub produc.ble BY the con-
vulsivc dashes Of hand totally unas-
sisted By mind. which is too agitated
to do it, duty.
My eyes yearn to pierce the small
knoll behind which the twain have dis
appeared Are those two heads any
nearer to each other than when saw
them last?
For years we have looked upon Dick
rs brother; to morrow night, when he
has departed, many tears will be shed
which he will know nothing OF. His
going to India. too. il q mere freak. .
decision reversible. I really believe, BY
a single word from Ethel. Again. Dick
i his own master, unhampered BY that