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| ing to him, as she had intended, about the
fishing parties on Lake Michigan, and her
! experiences Of such things.
There are the others coming down
! now" said he, gloomily. " We should
have been one ahead OF them"
but surely IL doesn't matter much"
she said, or rather she had but half said it,
when again the reel went out with q
screech- "A long, shrill screech that lasted
even after she had the rod in her hands,
and could feel the line whirling out under
meath her glove
That's good nsh-that's good fish"
Ronald cred, with his mouth set hard.
Now lets see if we Gamma hold on to this
[ dom Let him go-let him go-thats
| rlght-a clean fish, and n beauty
For the salmon, at the end of the long
rush, had made spring out OF the water
"a flashing. beautiful thing he looked
above the dark and driven waves-and
| now they were ouietly backing down the
boat on him, and she was rapidly Keeling
up the line
Ronald she said, if l lose another
fish I'll go home"
1T was no fault o. yours, Miss lIodson,"
, said he, laying some slight emphasis on
! her proper title for he was conscious he
/ had made blunder a minute or so be-
fore. "And now we II see if we can not
have one before they come along, after
all You're doing well. That's right.
! Take it easy. 1t was no fault o yours. |
y would rather than five shlllings this was
good fish"
Good or no, the salmon had no hesita-
ton about showing himself. at least for
now he began to lash the surface of the
water, some fifty yards away, not spring
| ing into the air, but merely beating the
waves with head and body and tai to get
rid of this unholy thing that n had pur-
| sued and grpped. Then down he went
with mighty plunge-the reel whirring
out its shrill cry, an Miss Carry's glove
suffering in conse lucuCe and there he
sulked. so that they acked the boat again
and again she got in some of the line.
! W hat was the sound that came across he
lake to them, in the face OF the northerly
wind
They're waving a handkerchief to We,
Miss liodson," said he, from the other
boat"
"Oh, bother" said she for the strain of
heavy salmon and forty yards of line
was something on her arms: " here take
! the handkerchief from this breast
pocket, and wave it back to them-stund
up beside me-they won't see the differ
ence-"
lie did as he was bid: apparently she
paid little attention; she seemed wholly
| bent on getting this fish, after her recent
IN sfortune. And clearly the salmon had
somewhat exhausted himself with his
first escapades he now lay deep down,
not stirring an inch so that she got in
her line until there was not more than
! twenty yards out; then they waited.
And meanwhile this strange thing that
was oVeItaking mem Inc rlSht.wlndy'
! chahSeahie day.wlth us cleaning snow
slopes and sunlit strains and woods dark
eheu oy passing SHADOWS seemed 10 ne
soMI! ltceuinS from tIeIli' ana AROUND
mem CAM q k ti oL hush9u ana stealthy
| Eio"''' Ana theli the WIhd stirred again;
the gusts came sharper and colder here
ana there wei part lcle SUING the cheek
oi Ile paCk OIL the manu-. ~ course She
was III yea. WIN a salmon:
she coulu nou need Ana presently the
gatherlhg oAackhess an around seemed to
ple"h NO Soii pe"huerHlent Oh snow
iai-esot "oo.iS iiahes came uIiNlhS a.ohg
peioIe the "lhu all lhe Worlu was Snut
ouc rom 'heHl' tneH c0l,ld see nothlng
! out slorI space oi HNlu DARK water ana
ieei nothing pnt ms chokihg silent thing
| IN re an; Ana theh' again, win mag
zeal rapldlty, the heavens and the earth
seemed 10 open above ana around them ;
the CLOUDS swept on there was great
ueeP VI uaAHilhS plue Sutuehl! TeNttleu III
.le shy oNtihea' ana ail 'ne uahclng wa
ters OF tue lake from the boat 10 the lar
| lneSl SHORES, were one HaShlnS ana zap
ping mass OF Keen, pure cobalt, absolutely
DeWlluerlhg 10 the eyes Inc JOY OF mat
Tadiaht coiof' aiter 'he mystery ana the
darkness ana theh me sun iSht broke
oul anu olepr!S hau touch OF gold
aiont ms Hll9nlS shoulders ana zen
tiio!al sno" Slopes were whlte against
we s pI.i't't pl'te anu 1t seemed as II
,Ie lalleSI vi aott suili u, SKIES was shln-
ing over 13ohhle olral h-NaVer.
!, o her 1t meant tiiat she could see lit
ne more cleariy. ohe SHOOK the snow
makes IRON her mar -,
hohald, you are sure u Is NOT a kelt p
indeed ! am, lnere nothing OF the
| heit ABOUT Ihat one ~
49,, II II is, Saia she, II go home and
teli my ma. doll want TO be gwen away
twice III one morning
she was clearly feeling little more Sc,
cure ABOUT TINS one, thouGh he could
make hothih9 OF her reconcile sayings.
Aha she oiu capture the creature IN the
ehd, thouSh II was aIter Il long ana ardu-
Gus struggle FOR he was a strong fish
fresh run up from the sea, and heavy for
ms SIZE ana again ana again ana doz-
en- tlmes repeated, ne would make PUSHES
away IRON the LOAF Just as they thought