Telegram-herald., 1890-09-23

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TIE stream leads iDso AlAnoosook
pond. a besatifal sheet Of wsses 81 slrely
sarrounaed by saw-uaAils, all Of whisA
are financial failures. l could Gig that
ous q the indian n21se. too. II Lad
time.
sam said that there were several good
places 70 fish in the pond, and We visited
them ali They were good PLACES Il al
VOC want is . chanos 20 ST IN the sun
and bake the back of your neck, which
is about what nshiug has always @aoszt-
ed 10 with ne.
From AlsmooSook we padded op
Dead river which IS q COED enough
name in plain Eaglish) I'LL we came 10
another saw-mill owned by = man
named Jones. He won IL IN a lottery
that is, he won the money which enabled
him % purchase IL
Il tell We, boys" said Jones, IN
speaking 90 Us Of this acquisition. u
ought 20 have stuck % the lottery. The
chances there aia't morc'n million 70
one Agin ye, but this ssw-nin business
IA Maine is a SURE thing"
Then We branched of and talked
about fishing. and Jones said that right
in front Of the mill man could catch
''all the black bass he wanted" We
fshed there for day and half, and
decided that Mr.. Jones idea Of the
wants Of humanity must be exceedingly
moderate. we didn't catch any thing,
but we bo2ght some which native had
caught somewhere else.
After that We went 70 look for a trout
stream. Sam knew just where It Was.
lie had caught moro than be could carry
away there on the occasion OF that IA
nous trip six years before. Ne followed
him over hillside where there had
not been q stream since the glacial
epoch, and eventnSAy found our way
back to the mill, so tired that the Kid
went 20 slsep on the saw-carriage whilo
the machinery wes in motion, and would
have been made into slabs If something
had not broken down jnst in time TO
save him.
Tho noxt day we padded four miles
Up the stream, at Jones' instieation, and
discovered the brook for which Sam had
been searching IN another part OF the
county. 1t was here that / caught my
first and only trout IL anybody doubts
that caught him he has only TO visit
the spot and be will find the fish hang
ing in tree.
middle Of the brook when the trout took
hold. ''struck" for all / was worth
both feet slipped OF the stones, and as
sat down violently IN a deep hole Just
behind me l caught a glimpse OF the
trout and my rod slighting gracefully
on branch which projected over the
merry, babbling stream. They are there
yet, SO far as / know.
As for me, am at present drying my
clothing in log cabin mile from
Jones mill and forty from civilization.
learn that Jones is going to drive over
10 some town where there is post
Office, so this letter may get out of the
woods. l shall remain here till have
invented a way TO make Sam do his
share of the work on the way down the
river. The difficulty of the task leeds
me TO believe that | may be here when
the snow flies. Howard FIELDISo.