The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1886-08-21

A SUDDEN CHANGE.
The Circumstances Which Made an An
gelic Man Become Hog.
Inever knew just how mean a man
could be until the ..Fat Contributor, !"
who used to be very, very funny man
on the Cincinnati press, came along and
asked me to go up North on a fishing
excursion. Iloved and reverenced that
man for years before 1 saw him. On
the way up to Petoskey I was willing to
die for him. He was so modesto
bland-so open-hearted and gentle! I
sat and looked st him and wondered if
Heaven had an angel to compare with
him, and when 1 thought that some
other man had been elected President
in place of the Fat Contributor, I won
,dered what the public could have been
thinking of to permit such 81 wrong.
The next morning after reaching
lPetoskey | was up betimes to inquire
!about the best fishing spot. soon dis
covered that the Fat Contributor had
lbeen on hour ahead OF me. He had
rented the only dock from which fish
could be caught and fenced ii i'll. He
mad engaged all the fsh-worns old
|Petoskey had On his land. and had
'bribed The only boy owning a minnow
,neJ not to catch any bait for any one
jelse. met him coming up to the hotel
through the sand, and I called him a
bully boy aud explained under what
obligations he had placed me.
tHow?' he asked.
''Why, Wen have the fishing all to
ourselves"
"We!"
stOf course.''
"There's no we about it. / have
made my arrangements, and you can
make yours"
''And I'm not to fish with you?''
"Not shat know OFF
/ had to submit. I sat On the bank
and saw him pub in bass and pickerel
by the dozen, and if ( moved down on
him he uttered the most awful threats
!you ever heard. On one occasion he
drew his revolver and nlenaced me
by firing over my head. The bland,
gentle, angelic Fat Contributor had be-
come 70 hog. When / remembered
how had reverenced his name and
praised his talents kicked myself
/. "You needn't look SO ugly about Il, -
he said to me as he came up to the hotel
with fourteen fine bass. :'}Vhen / go
fishing I permit no one 60 Interfere with
F, me. You can go over to Elk Rapids or
Traverse City and hire a dock for
yourself, aud you'<f do 1t il you weren't
$50 selfish, You seern to want I'll the:
fish in Lake Michigan. It's wonder
you didn't get up at midnight and hire
the whole lake front!''
I looked around for a way 10 geteven.
There was an indian up there named
MAN who-feli-in,' - and he had a dog
about 8 foot high and seven feet long.
The owner would tie this canine to a.
stake and let any person throw stones
at him for cent a throw, and every
time you hit the dog you got a. toy
basket full Of maple sugar. / Went
over to see the red man, and without
stopping to inquire how he fell in or
how he got out hired hilu and the dog
for three weeks, with The privilege Of
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ed in that evening" and it was the proud,
est moment Of my life when the Fat
Contributor wanted to pay for q nun-!
slred throws, and was blandly informed;
that it would cost him one thousand
dollars throw, I let everybody in Pc
toskey have shy. at the animal, and;
the press Of ST Louis, Louisville and!
Chicago We're presented season tickets:
We took the dog down on the Shore;
and the Fat Contributor had 10 give up
his fishing. He'd have given znore for:
ten throws at that lodging dog than to
catch g whale, but it was not for him.
''See here >: he said as he came 10 me
one afternoon, 'what have / ever done
tc you that you should use HE thus9''
s'Nothing," | answered, '|only, when
I charter Il dog permit no one to inter
fere with me. You can go over to
Chicago or Milwaukee and hire q dog
for yourself, and you'd do it ii You had
any manhood about you. y
We never spoke after that. We took
the same train home but did not sitin
the same car.--M. quad, Sas Detroit Free
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