The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-19
Thrco afysterious Bass.


ssAnofher funny thing happened to
me tho other day. this time up at
Laekaw axen, said John Gilbert. the
travelling greceryman.s 81 was watt
ing there for train. and, as BY no Wsy
that I conld figure il could it get there
under three hours, walked over to
gaze on the Delaware. skroiIed up
and down the river bank Q while, and
then noticed canal that crossed the
river by q bigsyiaduct. walked up
the canal bank and watched the boats
90 by. They were loaded with coal
Thirsting for information. finally said
to boy who came along on q mule.
wearing his fathers trousers rolled mp
to his knees:
!. Where is this coal going to, my
little man7's
To market. popi' he replied.
Then / watched more boats, and
not being able to still my longing for
knowledge. by and by said to man
who was working the tiller Of one OF
the boats:
e How many tons do you carTye'
" AS NANNY, begorra, as any other
boat that rooms this detchih
ssSurfeited with information re-
turned to the river. l walked up and
down, and presently saw pine peg,
which was driven in the sand near the
water. There was string TO it.
" Wonder what that is?' said to
myself
Not being able to answer the ques-
ton went and pulled the peg out Of
| tho sand. The string came out Of the
water pretty hard, and found that
three big black bass had got fast on it
in some way through the gills. There
was no mistake about if. There was
the peg, there was the string, and there
/ were the bass. alive and kicking.
Well says, that's certainly the
funniest thing ever did see.
Il had heard of eels travelling over
| land from one pond to another; perch
that climb trees were old acquaintance
| of mine; catfish that swear at you like
troopers when you take them from the
hook had seen and heard. But bass
| that could come out of the water, string
themselves like these, shove the peg il
the sand, and get back in the water
again. was mora than could explain,
when 90 back home and tell this,
saws, people won't believe me, auC
then I'll feel bad
$50 looked around to see if there
was any one that could enlighten ms
on this curious circumstance. / saw
no one but pious-looking old gentle
man, who was fishing along the rive
quite way below. As he was SO in
tent on his sport that he seemed obi
yious to all around him, didn't Xix
to disturb him in his gentle recreation
and so walked back to the hotel ant
told the landlord that he might cool
: the bass for my supper. He did, ant
they were good. After supper l wen
down to get the train. There was
pious-looking. white haired old gentle
man there, with a fshpole on hi
shoulder. He seemed to be very mad
As got on the train heard him say:
+" Yes, sir, by the jumping jimminy
Three old seekers. and I'll give SO t
know what in became of 'emp
't'That man amt as pious as b
looks [ said as the train pulled on
And then the thing struck me all of
sudden, and l said I'd bet anythin
that the white-haired old man ha
found some bass that had strung then
selves Just as mine had, and then he
gone and lost 'em some way or other.
Say, don't it beat the Old HarT
how these funny things viii keep haI
; aning TO meP"-M 7. San.