The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-07-04
To Him Who WaIts.

0 nsSAV w SdIieu du eApcFU uu,
around sportsman, says the Bath
correspondent Of the New York Sun
but he can flsh a little and hunt n lit.
tie. Whether he can do a little in
that other accomplishment which it
Is popularity believed all hunters and
fishers Possess to a greater or lowing
account which hegives of a recent ex-
plot leis the best test. He went
fishing taedt her day. He wasn't out
after any particular kind Of fish, but
simply wanted fish. He hooked a
big club after fishing until he was
getting tired, but lost it in raising it
from the water. He spit on his hook
and quickly threw it in again right
where he lost the club.
"From what l know about these
fool clubs, said the Judge, "that one
illtake hehook right away again"
The bait had hardly sunk when the
Judge got another bite. 1t gave Il
stiff tug and started away. The
Judge hooked his fish.
"Any club thatfools with my hook
twice." he remarked, lis us good rs
sizzling in my frying-pan."
Thejudge yanked the fish out OF the
water. 1t wasn't a club. 1t was u
two.pound eel.
You don't catch me fooling with
no leatherheaded clubs when can
get cells" said the Judge, as he pulled
his wriggling, squirting prize toward
him. He lifted the eel out of tho
water and made q grab for its neck
and got it. Before the Judge could
exactly figure out how it was done,
the eel had climbed uphis arm, twined
itself Il moment around his neck, and
then went down his left leg rs if the
leg were spiral stairs. The next thing
the Judge knew the eel had scootcd
back to the river and disappeared in
it, leaving the Judge with his pole and
part of his line, but no hook.
THAT settles it'll" he exclaimed.
"l'm inter fish, not eels. When l want
anything of that kind Ill go and
spear snakes"
Then. the Judge says, he started
home hot and Disguised. On his way
he discovered big, long-legged crane
standing in the water watching for
fish.
~ guess I'll go home and get my
gum" said the judge, "and kill that
crane"
He hurried home and got his gun.
When he came back the crane was
still on the watch for fish. The Judge
sneaked up to within easy range and
blazed away. The crane looked
around surprised, and then flew off
languid.y. The Judge looked after
thecrane until it disappeared. Then
he examined his gun.
"This doesn't seem to be my day
Tor SPORT" said he, and went home.
He wasn't entirely satisfied with the
way things had gone, though, and
thatnight lie thought lie might even
things up by putting out a set-line
in the stream, aud let it try its luck
for him during the dim and Silly
watches of the night. So he put out
his set-line and went home and to
bed. Brightand early next morning
lie went out to see what the set-line
had done for him. When he got to
the spot he saw IL crane standing in
the water, ri ht where his line was.
AS the Judge approached the crane
arose to fly away, but something
pulled it bnck again into the water
withajerk. Thejudge was too much
surprised to speak, and he hardly
knew what to do. Finally he made
up his mind to capture the crane,
which he did. Then he found that it
hud swallowed one OF his hooks and
more than half of the line it was tied
to. This naturally called for little
further investigation, which resulted
in the discovery that the reason the
crane had swallowed the hook was
because there was Il two-pound
eel fast to it. The Judge says
that his surprise was increased
when he saw in the cells jaw the hook
and piece OF line he had lost the dny
before, but when he found that the
reason the eel had taken the set-line
hook that subsequently led the crane
to take the eel was because one
pound club had gobbled the hook
first, he just sat down and famed
himself with his hat to keep from
fainting.
Because there was the fool club
that got away from me the day be-
fore, says the judge, land there was
the acrobaSic eel that had climbed
all over me, and then stolen my hook,
and there was the spindle-shanked
crane that jumped out of the way
of my gun, al! caught ON one hook!
If oil don't come to him who waits,
then Id like to know why"