The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-08-18
,le Caught A sucker.
The Experience Of a Man Who Forth
fed His Pocket With Fishhooks.


al man--that is, If he was out of q
job he'd devise some way of his
own to procure the wherewithal
to keep fire in the CRATE and pro-
visions in the pantry" said man
in a Main street cigar store the
other night. "Bill was also fond of
fishing. On winter evenings at
home, If he had nothing better to
do, he. would haul out his fishing
tackle and inspect it thoroughly,
and then, after making two or three
new tangled fly hooks, he'd place
the outfit back in its box, at the
same time knowing that he'd be
unable to use his tackle for pro-
badly six months.
"Bill lived in Boston when ] first
knew him. That was eighteen or
twenty years ago. He was u tin
smith by trade. / went up one
night to see him concerning some
work he had been engaged on for
several days. Bill was in the din
ing room examining his fishing
tackle when | entered After set
Ting our tin smithing business he
began explaining the different
methods used to catch the various
species of the finny tribe. This
hook was fine for trout in the early
morning, that brown tackle was
immense at noon when the sun
was shining, and that white moth
fly hook was simply perfection in
the evening, just about the time
the sun was setting.
zone huge batch ofhooks attract
ed my attention. There were pro-
badly thirty very small eyehooks,
all sewed securely to Il jagged piece
of cloth-strong drilling-about the
size of your hand.
''Bill," said |, taking the hook
covered cloth in my hand, did you
ever catch any fish with this ar
rangementv
ayes, SIR he answered with a
laugh, & caught IL sucker on that
collection last fall that weighed
100 pounds
"'Where and how?' / asked,
hardly knowing what Bill meant,
as | had never seen Il sucker that
weighed more than three or four
pounds.
"'Just this way replied Bill
'One night my wife and | decided
to go the theatre. When we reach
ed the box Office there was q per-
feet jam of people. ] left my wife
near the door while L struggled
bravely to reach the ticket window.
| asked for two dress circle tickets,
and when 1 put my hand in my
pocket to get the money to pay for
them l discovered that pocket
book was gone. "Stolen!" exclaim-
ed |, and retreated.'
"'Mrs. Charters and I walked
home. She felt disappointed; sho
wanted to see that play. A thought
struck me instantly, and just as
quickly us possible 1 put my plan
into exncution. Turning my money
pocket inside out | hastily sewed
all the small fish hooks / had to
the inside of that pocket in such a
manner that when my pocket was
showed kack to its proper position
the barbs of the hooks stood out
and'pointed downward.
took some more money with
me-but | placed it in another
pocket-and again we started for
the theatre. There was still con-
siderable of crowd in the neigh
borhood of the box office, and once
more began edging my way
through for the purpose of procur-
ing tickets. / allowed my fish
hook money pocket to take care of
itself.
"'Just as ! was being handed my
tickets / felt Il bite. / attempted to
turn round, when l found / had
hooked very fine looking sucker
in the shape of well dressed man
who wore Il shiny tile. | paid no
attention to his tugging at my
pocket, as knew after one or two
tugs he'd quit. When I reached
my wife she said: "William, who
is this gentleman with you?1 I
told her he was avery particular
friend of mine.
"'An officer standing at the door
accompanied my friend and me, al
my request, into an adjoining room
where / explained matters. re-
covered my lost pocketbook and
greenbacks. 1t was keeping COM
pany with seven other similarly
situated purses. had to cut the
pocket out to have the thief hand
ed over to the officer, but it was re-
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