The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-16
AN ADIRONDACK YARN.

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Iass Saturday night For sheir usual weekly
ezchanse oe opinins and eossip, says q
Nogwood N. NJ letter 10 the New York
SuA, the conversation turned on DUCKS
anA dsck-shoosing. II seems mot . little
cnrSous that che lakes and streams OF the
A~diroudacks, or Mt least the west side OF
The Adirondack, should be welfnieh bar-
ron Of ducks. There IN plenty OF them ON
The Champlain side. A they q To
talk Uncle Jimmy Keys came in. bringin
. nne tame mallard with hun. He listened
20 what was said about Inc ducks atten-
tivciy, but failed Ia nod approvinely, M
he usually does under such circumstances.
Tho boys were Of the opinion that ducks
were scarce because there Is nothing in
the country for them 10 eat, and that .
t~rAnsplantin0 of wild celery Ia the lakes
hcreabous would change the condition of
Then Uncle Jimmy showed his tame
mallard, and Gus Odit said he calculated
he'd swap a pound of prime Government
shsr Did. Uncle Jimmy Closed with the
offer. rs II he feared IL m'gh lbs with
drsyn. a..
price in cash" aid the New Yorker.
ssSho I'm sorry, 40 I be-" said Jimmy,
isSs a. . h i lad f "i. Il" ducks %ass' last afs SPRING sss " YS%
won't believe me when ! tell u. hut ,ts the
gospel truth, every word of T., Them
Jest what happened, an then maybe you'll
know why there amt no ducks Ina the
Adirondacks.
helping clean house ut Ed wilks', and
got the dozen. of ducks eggs mon9st the
othsr truck Tor pay. ! told her u Was was
creek, where no wild ones hut shelldrakes
and helldivers ever stop; hut she wouidnt
spcckled hen-the fussiest and wust thing
"Arter two weeks, when nothin' hadn't
happened. the old woman lowed l always
knowed more'n them that was wiser; but
! jest kept still. and long when they were
5 tsSs sssd ri. Il s hatch s. CONF The S S;S Som ana
eaid IL was q mink, and she see IL, but i
knowed better.
and put for the still water down behind
tho garden Quicker'n scat, and old speckle
tcsrin' round and raisin' thunder about
down and drive 'em hack. bus I'm the arter-
noon one of 'em got out the pickcts she
me assa LII III , sss. end n, sS sss. ne s. re, .. :e; .Saos Sn
and then what dye s'pose happened? He
:%nk rieht. thar afors my eye.. now
sS. I'm noel ssii,n, s ss he 70 gospel . . ruth 4s''i I .s =;
That evenin' the old woman said the
'em loose about sunset, and they plunks
into b water, and arser swimmin' around
about tsn minutes another ON 'em sunk.
when I reminded her Of what I'D told her
would cosne of settin' ducks eggs she
vorldn't speak. which it's u bisssin' I
.Next day one of them TELLER. from
Utica. or some'eres. In q velvet jacket am
along hshin' in the creek down from Ed.
Wilks': 1 see him whippin' the water, an
achin' to go out with my old water
how 20 do Il, when lie gits feminist our
garden, and then ! see him stop and give
q .ni. ss ia "a, w II he s.s sHar ,bs syer seen co" sJ:nin,
the matter a bit, and then ! says he's seen
one of thc old woman's ducks sink; an
eoes on whippin' an DONE catch nothin'
..That evenin' he comes down the road
as could he, an gives me n cigar
as didnt have no turnip tops into Il, an.
.Sys; food evenin,' n~eighbor. Gurus
SURE, .w
Two says I.
".Ill give you 10 cents for one.' said hc. |
"sI1l take it, says the old oman
md with a bit n thread he ties IL fast to n
couple ~ fish hooks as was at the cend ~
tho line and that 'ere split bamboo ~
and then he takes the duck to water
and let's it swiszlc.
~ see then what he was up tn, and held
breath. The duck IL was jest tickiei
for the other side. The city Teller he let
the slack ~ the line care
u wv stie tick Was naII way aCrpSS, |
md then h. let's the reel stop. The duck /
u bit, and the next minute the |
water billed up around IL, and il went down |
I'm the bile, and the reel began to
scream an the line Strengthened out
the heinlock. on Cother side
and the split bamboo bent just about dou-
Holy Moses! .Suthin' had " give.
/ reckoned that ere pole 'ud go, but il
didn't. He'd got n trout on his hook as
WAS game. IL jest turned and came
plump for him for nigh on five rod lille
he stood hero and worked the reel till the
sweat began To drip. Then the dummed
brute turned square OF to one side with a
Jerk that made the pole howl an him. too.
an the next minute up comes that ere
fish clean out u the water an back ayiu
as u nam saw.
"Then IL bumped itself for the old hem
lock aRin, an ] jest had to stand ON one
loot an snort, IL came SO close to gcttin'
Thar afore his measly little pole could
top IL. Then how il did go, char9in' up
stream an char9in' down. an how he
kept Workin' at his reel am lcttin' her
hum aRini declare I was most sick
rom watchin' him, when as last he
essay. neighbour, git yer landin' net fer
me an thar I'D lent il To Bill Hopkins
".Siat her OUT says 1; the nets lent
"'I cant says he; and jest then l see
Bill COMM down the back yard with the
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