Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-22

water white, and blew them down on tho
itsh in spite of their hardest efforts
shorter and shorter grew the line as it
was rapidly got in, and still the fish did
not show 1t was now so near to the boat
that any sudden movement on its part
was almost certain to produce a Catastro-
phe. Nor could they drive the boat
ashore: the beach was here a mass of
sharp stones and rocks in three minutes
the coble would have been stove in With
faces set hard, the two men pulled and
pulled against the storm of wind and
rain: and MIR Hodson-seated now, for he
dared not attempt to stand up, the boat
was being thrown about so by the heavy
waves could only get in little more line
when he had the chance, and look help
iesSly on and wait.
Then all Of a sudden there was a long
shriil shrek, heard loud above the din of
wind and water, continued and continued,
and in vain he tried to arrest this wild
rush and then, some seventy or eighty
yards away, there was n great white
splash among the rushing black waves
ard another--and another-and then a
further whirling out Of some fifteen yards
of line, until he glanced with alarm ut the
SENDER quantity left on the reel But
presently he began to get some in again /;
the men were glad to let the boat drift
down slowly; harder and harder he
worked at the big reel. and at last he came
to fighting terms with the animal-kelt or
salmon. "a it might be-with some five
and,twenty yards out, and the squall
moderating little, so that the men could
keep the boat as they wanted. Nay, he
ventured to stand up now, wedgng his
legs AMI feet so that he should not be sud
denly thrown overheard and IL was quite
evident. from the serious purpose Of his
face. that all possibility of this being a
Sei ha ee g s ernWsn3 we're we're wiring 70
give up for a time, but not until they had
got TO the sheltered side SO he was coun-
seized 70 put out the lines again slowly,
and they began anew their fight against
the gaze Wei, he was actually paying
out the first o. the lines with his hand,
when suddenly-and without any OF the
preliminary warnings that usually tell OF
salmon being after minnow-the line
was snatched from his fingers and on.
went the reel with that sharp long shrek
that send. the whole boat S crew into an
excitement OF expectation But there was
no spring INTO the a.E away along there In
the darkeued and p,ung:ng waters as he
rapidly got N his line, he knew only o.
dUii and heavy strain; and the mer had
to keep on with Their hard pulling against
the wind, :or the FISH seemed following the
boat in this su!ky and heavy fashion
"Wha: DO YOU think'' Mr Hodson
said . la: turning round, and not giving
pa ner voice 20 his anN:eties
TIN afraid It's a ke,t, sir" the dlsma!
g.Mie answered
l.coN, ike It, don't It the fisherman
said. satAe. dolefully FOR the fish showed
DC sign ot ..:e whatever
"We'l, see by and.by,' was Ronald S
prudent answer but even he was DOUBT
fui: the ouly good feature being that, If
the FISH showed no hgh., at east he kept
heavy strain OF the rod.
But 1t seemed as if everything was con-
spring against them. The black heavens
above them burst into torrent OF rain ;
aud with that came a squat that tore the
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