The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-10
PAUL. PEPPERGEAsS. esq,
CHAPTER TIL.--Gontinued.

at his COn1paniun, and q smack Iroin
the pipe loud enough to be heard al
road below, ''no, but I was only JlSt
saving that if the gentleman tired you
out talkin, why, he ought TO be proud
iv it. for after taIkin six coVenanter
ministers, besides a dancin master and
two sailors out iy yer house
ssHould ye~ tongue now, I tell ye,
exclaimed Else; "hould yer tongue, OF
I'll slap yer in the face Yer niger alSy
but vhin yer OF sone divjlment. so, as
WAS tel]In yer, be wanted to know all
about the Iight-keeper hers and his
72atce. and the wreck Of the salaana,
though. bedad, he seems to kno" him"
aels more about il nor me. Why sure,
r,anty. he tells me that Mr. Lee had b
brother. o. cousin, Or some very near
frind lost in that same ship, for he n'7el
was heerd tell Of Twin or dead, since
the vessel sailed from Bristol; and more
than 5Dat, Lanty, he was high up o1-
Hcer. if YOU pIazo, end fine DARN boui1
gentleman TO boot"
t<FTa! see that now Bedad, and its
only what / always thought myself of
rns same Mr.. Lee since the first Day /
laid nv eyes on him; for he has the look
Of q gentleman in his very face, even II he
ia only & light keeper; and what's better
por all tnat, Elise 0urley, he has the
fee1ins Of Il gentleman in his heart -
'cHa. ha--Iookn exclaimed Else, lay
ING one hand suddenly on Lanty 8
shoulder, and pointing with the stock
ing in the other to the angler below:
s.hn. ha~-he's in Il mighty pucker, poor
man. "
80, tho bungIer, the oungler!" ex-
claimed Lanty; ''he's got his hooks
tangled in the weeds at the very trst
cast: took how ha pulls! Why, it's sin
and a shame to let him use such beautl-
ful tackling il that Ilbberly way, But
whist see! BY the powers " pewter, lt's
g trout he has, and FOUNDER into
bhe bargain --~ there he jumps Ike
salmon 0, meel-a- murther! did 1yer
mortal man see the like. He'll smash
eyervthlDg~~bad scran to him, the
cruedhawn, why don't he give the fish
fair play--ha pulls, for all the world, as
If he'd T. grampuB on q jack line" and
the speaker grew 80 indignant that he
threatened to run down and snatch the
rod from the strangers hands; but Elise
snrley counselled him 10 take it oisy,
and interfere in nobody's business until
he was asked: if the trout breaks the
mans gear, she added, she has money
enough to buy more
By this time the fish had run out q
greater part Of the line, md kept back
ing and tugging with all jts might, like
q fettered partridge making last Ell
fort 10 escape on the approach OF the
sDarer. The whole strength Of the trout
wag made to bear on the casting line;
for the rod, instead Of being held III 3
vertical position, allowing its supple
point to play up and down as the fish
plunged was, on the contrary, grasped
in both hands as horizontally as Il he
had caught q shark with a boat-hook,
aud was actually dragging it ashore by
main strength.
"I,he mans castin line cried Lanty,
ssif he has any on at all, must be made
Of dddlor's catgut OF it never could
stand that usage,
The trout after thus endeavorlng to
shake itself free Of the hook, now dived
and making q desperate sheer, ran out
the line apparently to It's last turn on
She wheel, and Lanty felt sure the trout
had broken loose ut last. and carried
flies ana casting line away with him into
the deep Bus he was mistaken; tor
hardly had the exhausted fish been down
n moment, when he arose again, and
sputtered On the surface like wounded
wet hen. Ab this instant an object came
suddenly into view which gave an en-
irely new feature to the scene. 4 little
boat. carrying a small, light sprit-sail as
white as snow, shot round the point, and
passed within two fathons' length q
tha angler before he preeelved it.
"Hilloa." cried Lanty; there goes
Mary Lee. There she Is N the stern
sheets, handling her coekle-sheli like d
water spirit And there goes Drake,
500, siftiu u she bows, with his cold
black nose over then gunwale.
Old Elsie laid by her knitting aud
wiped her bleared eyes to look down at
the scene. "Afusha, thin, may nivel
do harm but tha4's iist the darling her-
self. I.anty, she mrttered; there she
is IN her blue jacket and white straw
hat, the best and gentieat girl iTer sailed
on Ely water.
Hardly had Else spoken, aud raised
up her aeshless baud 70 support hel
pointed chin, that she might gaze down