The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-16
OUR BIG SALMON.
A Happy Contamination Brought
About by It's Capture.

II was no ordinary salmon; not one
of us can speak of it even now but with
bated breath and n tendency To rctcll
ti ; story. Several of oar friends think
it time TO 90 the moment that grand
fish thrusts its nose into the converse
ton. Lord buffer even departed in a
huff yesterday afternoon because We
persisted in a final gossip upon the sub
Jet; but he is devoid OF ali sense of
either romance or sport. without which
incongruOus ingredients ON salmon
can not DC dishcd up for conversational
purposes; or perhaps AS l pause tho
Others accept the hypothesis with many
voiced acclamations he was in love
with Ethel himself! She who ought To
know best denies this. but her good
nature i'm shcltcring rejected lovers
from rdiculc is ~proverbial in the fam
lily
IL is perhaps the most perfect hour of
fhe wear. VIZ. six o'clock on \ July
evening. and especially perfect because
We are Just going To have tea. IN event
which aitains exceptional importance
owing to the fact that luncheon ut the
sizzling hour Of one was 4 farce. We
have been out s.ncc early morning. 4
state OF things which has obtained eve
since our arrival in Wales ten DAYS ago.
and are grouped in picturesque atti-
tude. sucn ~ girls naturally adopt
when in ~momcntary expectation of the
rcturn Of the gentlemen, round the head
al a rocky pool some miles up the
river.
This spot has. after an exhaustive cN-
animation of the entire neighborh"od.
hren pronounced 10y the family the bean
ideal of romantic perfection. The muir
mar of the fall sootheS II ears; Cap
tain Croft calls such music a ''ceaselesS
din" but men of his stamp have no
business outside London; in fact his
All crsc verd ct alone would he enough
to decide us in having afternoon tea
here. II is pleasant to lie on the rocks
s,aring down into the glittcring black
pcss of the d cp pool. while the pres
Sence Of the heavy salmon which lives
at its lower end. and occasionally
siar,lcs us with a loud splash. is fraLght
with ceaSclcsS excitement.
Dick ana Captain Croft have often
tired him with everything. from n
Jack Scott To a SILVER Doctor"
W thout getting the ghost of an offer
from his majesty. They will % re
turn. surlv. after the bootleSs fatigue OF
long wading. and. If We know anything
of a tisherman's nature. try him We,
aca;n.
Meantime. We light \ fire of dry
sticks and arrange everything in a way
calculated to cheer the eyes Of disap.
pointed anglers.
We are disguised to see Captain
Croft returning first and more still &c
see Ethel with him. for Dick has Ion.
been her slave. and We did hope to find
that he aud Ethel would be together
and that something would occur to pre-.
vent his threatened departure to-mor
row morning II this afternoon turn:
out blank. We give up hope. for Dick Is
due in India in October. and Will no.
get another chance with Ethel.
This morning Captain Croft killed
two SEWN. and Ethel Was the only on,
of us civil enough to congratulate him
Dick appeared At lunch with an empty
~CIcStV VkVokCu 1uu StICu. uut ~ V>uo
cheerful. This cheerfrlness of his. AL.
ded TO q curious habit-very curious
even unique. considering his seN-o
thinking Of every M else before himself
have helped to make us worship Dies
as an elder brother.
Il wish some of you Tonld be = shade
less sis,erly." | heard him mutter tn,
other night when Ethel said with /:
g~uileless smile: I'VE all look upon yc<
quite as a brother. you know. Dick"
Captain Croft and Ethel. whom We re
ceived with digni6ed stiffness. throw
ou strong hints upon the subject o
tea. but we request them not to b
greedy. which u uncivil. and deciar
that the kettle is not boiling. which j
untrue. Possibly we rather astonis'
Captain Croft with our rudeness. bu
ne are sure about Dick. and our enem
has often enough disavOwed all surpris
1t the vagsries of our Q !.
Vale % anger. finding US too dinl