Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-10-23
HIS BAD LUCK.
A Clergyman and His Son Who Loved
to Fish.

neighboring stump was nothing COM
pared with that of the piscatorial cler-
gyman As he hustled about the camp.
1t was easy to see that he was very
busy, for big drops Of perspiration
formed a coronet around his brow. He
was in his element for nothing pleased
him more than to fuss and hurry
around as though his life depended
upon his work. The object of his soil
citude lay on the dinner-tablc before
him. 1t was an immense loon that a
guide had brought down from one of
the little ponds that lie back of Lake
Molechunkamunk, and the minister
was about to skin it. He glanced ut it
frequently, and more than once he
stopped to stroke down the dull white
feathers on the breast.
.'It's not every day one gets Il LOOM
he said, as he threw the end of IL troll
ing line, short and thick, over the
bough Of a tree and fastened at the end
a big iish-hook that would have held II
tventy-pound dog-iish. The dominic
had been most de0irlous OF getting a
loon. and had himself worked hard with
his rihe out on the lake. For hours he
had chased them up and down, II
many - Sbnt Ia ha1 Snpt after them
but the looms had all dived just at the
right time and lodged the shot. The
loon that lay before him had become
disabled in enc Of the small ponds and
fallen an easy prey to the guide. The
locn. are heavy birds and DO not like
to get out Of the water into the air any
more than is absolutely necessary.
Therefore. when chased, they prefer
DIVING. and then invariably come up at
oroot distance No harder bird TO
shoot can no found in The northern
waters. The CLERGYMAN jmbeded the
fish hook in one Of fine lecs Of the bird
.a,.h Him; ,bo o;r Tl,. hov.
~
s'"'oio"
10 watch 'he operations oi 'ne
preacher.
81 am coinr TO take this fellows
AZ, hon,o ;, .,iJ tbo mini.tar who was
ho' "iS''rOe' os MS oo'o'''"G 'o'"
panions. II shall havc my son mount
il, and then it shall have "A place in my
s,ua, - remind mo of INA Maine
-, uh.t,i,r !,
'"Ao'' w y = ''T'' :,
jack KNIFE on an Oh stone me J"'h
knife had to do duty III place of scalpel.
His ex%er,ions in RIGGING an his appar-
aims had tired the minister and he sat
u, ..,.a ~. - , .n,olo from j.,
49,. l.fu. .nu u.;,L
wow" P'P' '0 7'"7 ~
his work.
$50 YOU have Il SOM said one OF the
vounr mon who did not live near the
.l ,l. h,l s,.,
WV S''''"
mace ms acquaintance Oh 'he S"ore oi
the lake.
"ies' responded 'ne minister "
got two Yes; both fish, both hunt,
and both have caused me considerable
trouble on account Of their propensi-
ties for out-of-door life" and the cler-
gvman gave a look that meant n good
deal more than he said.
Cant they beat you catching
trout" hazarded the young man.
mo; oh no. Not in a fair deal. It's
funny. though, bat when we get toseth-
err we do not have much success, or il
the one does the other does not. Both
have an Unsuitable desire, however, to
beat their father, and bring home the
largest and the most trout"
n tbc, don't alwovs do il. onl,
orco IN . While RESPONDED the clcr-
rvm,n 70 . question 81 remember m
occ,s;on however nm on the Adiron.
d,oLs wb.r 7 was cioar laid ont bl
NV ALIAS, con who had taken to front.
mr. ;nst ne n,tur,rlv ,s = mink. Eve,
wIcn in short dresses he used TO rur
va- fro,, home and oo down IN IN.
h;rL hr;Jr. over tbe river near wbcr,
we lived There we would sit on the