The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-23

overhahging branches of tho trees TO the
/ place wLcro tho sound cane from He
? hal go. gone ..e-.y e.. Lor,vcl be-
fore = ciy 50 jubilant, so full Of triumph.
so instinct with tho passion of possession,
came TO him that he knew at once some.
thing imperfect had occurred LocL!nc
through the aisles Of Tie weed i.a s.yy
Mickey lying UPON the Crank OF = big troe
which Projected oHt over Ike c.wcn III
order 10 maintain his position lie lad TO
hang on with one Aa,.d a..G Wit l,- clLcr
lie held his rod. A~ci. Re cried j. ri.
tated tones:
'Golly, dad, ny dcbber's under"
Pull up ccnnyl Pull up.'
Mickey aid I'll IN, AID do.e'.lg from
the cad OF Lis Ike was q brook bass about
i've inches .c@~. B-t ,-ic.-cy was ia such
position tAat ne could not land his Cgh
Ard 50 he Rugged tie tree end palpl.A.cd
and pcrsprcd and managed TO lift The G5h F.
jcst 80 f. OFT OF the wGtcr that SIS tail
touched tAe swirlilg current.
The pic.-Ic VS. such pleasing one to
Mici,eys father that lie stood hidden bv
the foliage and watched his boys dilemma
for 1T least two minutes before he went
10 TIE rcsc.c. Then he slid down the
bank cnd EclA Mickey so tLct &c could
land tie fish himself, which We ac-om-
Pitched IL very careful mann lear
that it might escape. But VIC !: lay
upon the grass and gasped for is native
clement there was 10 touch Of pity in
Mickey heart; only look of triumph in
Lis eyes, only an itching of the fingers
until lie could clasp Ills prize. For fear
'A"i ID" fish night get AWAY Mickey pat
Il in his trousers pocket. where it re.
ainod securely for five hours
What day that was crammcd full Of
Joy. ia tAe titCrluo. when .ho sun
ihono down upon the meadow with its
ferycnt L,lt Mickey maze several oxlur-
'ions c.tcr ga shoppers for hc found
nat Tire i'-I refused 10 take worms and
DIS gru5s had long since been exhausted.
W.. inn did not fish himself. bat sat
ipOn the bank Of the stream smokiuv his
.lpc and contemplating the beauti,- o.
latu~e Tie also gave expression d.tiug
he day 90 several philosopnic reflections.
uch a.. "Musha, if had all Oh ground
colld see wild ne two eyes, divI d
hoyel wouid ! handle, an we'd kapc
owl
""'t 40 Ailt tNliSuL NdS COMING on
ttlc Nike landed an eel as large as q
.ad pencil. He insisted on taking it
ONE in spite of his fathers protests. Z
When they left the stream the total '
atch for the day amounted to one five
lch brook bass, one small eel and little
lud turtle, which Mickey intended 20 s
Id TO hIs menagerie. He said he had
opc6 Of 'iachin' tn mud turkle 10 do
tricks. s.
When they arrived at home the brook
ass was tascn from Mickey's pocket.
he scales were baked upon H. But
nder ms mothers skillful direction, and
18th the help of his fathers old razor,
&c scales were removed from the fish
pom the washstand in the back ward.
tier the head had been removed and the
IL cat off very little of the fish re-
aimed But Mrs. Finn said she didn't
re for fish, and so she prepared the fry
Z pan To receive what was left of the
ook bass for her son.
In the meantime the billy goat had been
around the back yard in an in
isitive way. As this animal had never
own any desire for fish, Mickey paid
attention to the goat. The fish lay
on plate near to the kitchen door.
d little Mike stepped inside to get some
t with which to sprinkle the tooth can
ne delicacy. When he came out with tel
, salt cellar i'll his hand the fish was
ne. Tie plate remained, however. and ebC
lie Mike looked under the bench and
red around the corner of the shantv.
Then he went inside and asked his I
Their if she had seen anything of the DOC
/. Mrs. Finn replied that she had not, ira
| her mothcrly soul yearned over the M,
= Us she saw the fears in his eyes. the
en- a thought suddenly came to Mrs pra
IN. Leading her son to the door she iat,
nted with the index finger OF her right telo
ID TO the billy goat who was quietly he
Initiating an imitation tomato from rs @
outside Of tomato can. Leaning Cen
r her boy She whispered in his ear: don
Ne darlint if yen git TIA AK an who
1 open that billy yen find your little -
inside iv him. Tn baster-Evenng The
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