The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-19

THEY WE'RE HAVING FIsH TALK.
"the isherman's twin kle, ," lin which there
is q trout named Abe When | say is
trout should say was a trout, for that
trout's skin is now stuffed and in my
dining room. he weighed eight pounds
one and one-third ounces, ard took him
on six ounce rod
For many years, gentlemen" he went
on, ABE had defied the proves OF the
mighty men with the fishing line, and
there were some that cast over him who
never knew defeat before. He used TO lie
alongside ledge Of rock which divided
the stream, and below there was a pool,
such pool, gentlemen, as we may see in
Professionally round, with a few hecks
Of foam floating over it, and below the
dark depth. The men who tried for Abe
cast into the pool and then drew the flies
up alongside the fish He would always
break and look at the flies, but nevez
strike, and as his brown back appearei for
q moment the fishers heart beat wildly.
So far Abe was a success, and he was the
most profanity provoking baast / ever
knew. Now, felt sure mat the capture
Of that trout was not an impossibility for
q man with good credit at his bank and a
fair reputation in horse trade, so spent
one day watching the other men fail. Then
hal an idea. There was little break in
che ledge, through which small current
ran, and after twenty casts | got my fly
/ only had one on--into this current and
let it sweep down on the ledge side of the
fish. He struck at once, but the leader
caught on point of rock and | lost him.
| said nothing. but sawed wood for two
days Then tried again, and this time
had him. 1t was a gallant fight, and after
an hours work he was on the grass. l
found out the reason of the failures"
What was ity" asked the gentleman
from Kentucky.
Abe had only one eye. and had taken
him on his blind side"
"A wall eyed trout amt bad, " began the
gentleman from Michigan, lighting fresh
cigar, but / knew a black bass once that
could count"
COUNT exclaimed the representative
from Kentucky.
Count" repeated the gentleman from
Michigan gravely "You know we have
the big and little mouthed bass. and this
was a big mouth. He wasn't very large,
only weighed six pounds
do | understand you to say that six
pound bass is sma.lf' asked the stout man
uneasily.
I'VE use 'em for bait, SIR" replied the
Michigan delegation firmly IL do not
know whether yo1 gentlemen have ever
noticed the powers of the number three.
The three big waves, the three days Of
rain, the three great accidents. In my
country we have grasshoppers, and If you
watch them jump into the water every
third grasshopper is larger than the other
two. Now this bass used TO be found 10 a
pond know OF near the fall of a stream.
You could recognize him by a white mark
on the nose. II you stood on the bank
and threw in grasshoppers he rose TO the
third every time | noticed this. and |
wanted TO catch that bass, not for his size,
but for his arithmetical attainments, being
myself partial TO mathematics. pitched
two grasshoppers and saw them taken by
other fish, and then threw a third, being
careful to so far follow nature and her
laws as to have this one OF good size. lie
took II and with il my hook"
Did this college graduate give you
much playi" asked the stout man cynIc-
ally.
mo" responded the gentleman from
Michigan. my line was strorg, and just
naturally lifted him out of the wet"
II don't know muck about fshin' " said
the long haired man from Arizona. I've