Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-01
He Affords Much Amusement TO La o
Ancient Fishermen, But Finally Teaches
Them a Brand New Wrinkle
Nc,r Iork Times.

enced surfman on the sands, and that gem
tleman had shifted his quid from wind
ward to leeward, expectorated ylvaciousiy,
and remarked:
"'Tain't no use o'tryin' to git out to-
day. You'll git upset sure if you try II. "
;'But." the amateur fisherman had re-
Piled. "the waves are not large. l don't
see why man couldn't pull surf boat
through that surf: Surely, if you can get
q lifeboat out in this storm, you can gel
through that"
oval" the old and experienced surf
man had answered, II guess an eight
Dared seine or life boat could get through
all right, and reckon if there was a man
a drownin' out yonder / could scrape
through with q one-hoss surf boat. But
I'm burned if think you kin git out.
And the amateur fisherman had smiled
n broad and scornful smile as he gaZed at
the surf and vowed that he would tackle IL
in spite of all warnings from the ancient
seacoast mariner. He had pushed his boat
down. showed off and jumped in. lie had
proceeded happily until he was on the
outer, bar, when suddenly
FIyE-FOOT WAVE HADRIsEN sTRAIGHTUP,
apparently out of the depths of the sea,
without any warming whatever, and had
broken upon the bow of his little boat.
The small vessel was filled with water, one
of the oars was wrenched from the amateur
fishcrman's grasp, his skitf bnached to,
and i'll another moment he found himseil
immersed some six feet beneath the yeasty
waves, while the little craft went tum-
bling ungraceful somersaults toward the
beach. He remembered that day rs he
gazed at the whitecapS, and said TO NM
self:
"No, will not 90 through the surf to-
day, lest the surf 90 through me-"
And as he stood gazing ut the beach and
the milky seas that broke in subdued
thunder thereon, he said to himself:
"What is this l see?'
He beheld a number of ancient fisher
men, They had long lines, on the ends OF
which appeared to be cleaning pieces OF
silver. They whirled the lines around
their heads and then let 60 The glcam-
Ing pieces went sailing fur out over the
breaking waves and then sank into the
depths. Then the ancient fishermen haul
ed in rs fast rs they could. The cleaning
pieces were recovered and hurled out
again The amateur fishermen watched
and wondered. Finally he pat one foot
before the other and strobe down to the
beach.
"Ancient fishermen" he said TO one
nearest to him. what is this that you
do?"
oval, young feller," said the fisherman,
this is wot We call squiddin'."
"Why do you squid?''
"Why, to catch flesh"
"Ah, indeed, Well, why don't you
catch sOme?'
The ancient fisherman gazed upon the
amateur with an inquiring gaze, as who
should say, "What is it that you are giving
to us without charger" Then he replied
in mournful tones:
"Ain't had bite yet You see when
it's too rough to 20 out in the boats we
kin often catch good many blucteesh by
by a-Standin' on the beach and squiddln'.
This here thing on the end o. the main line
is wot we call squid. It's made out of
lead and has hook in the end ont. We
sling it ont Wonder and then haul in. IL
flies through the water and looks like a
small fccsh. The big bluefeeSh feeds on
ter small fecsh, and when he sees one o.
these he goes for it and swallows the hook
at one snap, Sometimes he
GOBBI rs DOWN THE HULL SQUID,
and we have to cut him open TO git it
out"
Then the old fisherman gathered up his
4 hAr a
wrapped the bulk of the line in series of
loose loops around his left wrist, leaving a
few feet free ut the end. He seized this
part with his right hand and swung it
around his head with great velocity sew
eral times, then he let 20. The squid
went flying out over the waves fully fifty
yards, and fell into big breaker. Then
the fisherman hauled in rapidly. There
was nothing on the line rs it came in. He
east again. This time the line straighten-
ed out with jerk as it was coming in.
Got one this time" said the ancient
fisherman: big one, too. kin tell by the
way he pulls"
He hauled away on his line, and present
w fine bIuefish came kicking and strug-
Cling rp the beach. The ancient fisher
man seized him firmly around the place
where his waist would have been if fishes
had waists, and proceeded to cxtricate the
hook from his jaws,
"Lct me try that" said the amateur
fisherman.
"Did you ever chuck squid line?' in-
quired the ancient scafafer.
'No; but it looks easy enough"
''Yas, 'tlOOks very easy" remarked the
Old-timer, "but if you're goin' to try it,
you won't mind if take walk up the
beach before you begin"
''Oh, not at ALL" responded the anna
teur, with great dignity, as he took the line
from the old man.
The ancient fisherman walked away with
some rapidity, and said:
"All right; sonny. Let 'er 60"
The young man rolled the line in grace
FIJI loops about his left wrist and seized the
loose end in his right hand. Then he be
gan to whirl it around his head Just rs
he was about to let 90 something hit him
with great force just above his right ear
his straw hat few into space. He looked
for the hat and found that it had been
caught by the flying squid.
"All right" called out the old fisher
man, don't mind that. Your head is on
yet Don't he worried. As long as you
don't knock your head off you're doing
bully for beginner"
The amateur fisherman tried to look
dipified, but found it somewhat difficult,
owing to the fact that he knew that all the
old anglers had laid down their lin, s and
were watching him with deep interest. He
resolved to do or die. Once more he hurled
the leaden squid around his head. This
time he was successful in the twirling and
EXULTANTLY LET IT co.
1t few of into space about four feet, came
back like q tabled boomerang, and hit him
on the nose. He had forgotten to let the
coil escape off his left wrist There was a
faint but decided smoker among the old
fishermen. The amateur gritted his teeth
and started in once more. This time he
was more successful The whirling was
correctly done, he let 90 Of the line and
allowed the coils 10 escape from his left
wrist. The squid went straight up toward
the zenith, and while the amateur was
watching to see it plunge Ear out in the
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