Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-26
A FISH STORY.

81 tropt that one of them had just brought
q IN and after the savory fish. in the gar
niebiuo of ferns had been sufficiently ad
,n;red and commented upon. and their
frogrance somewhat modified BY the
aroma of several samples of assorted
goods the Old Settler sat down and said
The bes trout fisher | ever knowd
,vere Hank Yelrack o Sugar Swamp
An the bigges trout ! ever know'd we're
nj RedtaiI the Ripper o the same dees
& trie' An he want only the bigges
front but he were the KNOWN est He
lived in McGongle's Run an even wen
q the fust settler in the Sugar Swamp dees
Il tric' which were Honey McGonigle his
self shuckee his fust wolf on the banks
o that run Redtal the Ripper want no
yearlin not by es much ez thirty years
i ez nigh e7 Honey Mctionigle could figure
1 an be could figure ye mp the age O: the
Oldest crow TO WITHIN an hour its
Il hatchin if d uniy jis give him one of
its tail feat hers to git his bearn's from
4 an ye know crows is hundred years old
fore they We hardly begun TO cut their
VI milk teeth sit
Honey McGonigle lived in Sugar
Swamp deestrc nine year fore he were
crowded by Le!ghbors much the nearest
ones bein Riar Snort bores family ez
lived zen ullIeu III iohey caDln an OIL
an on fer them nine year Honey 6shed
an tshed an hshed lei kedtali the Ripper
'thout ever gittin e2 much satisfaction
Il outen the sly oil moss back ez the iosin of
hook in his jaw The trout were bout
the size of a nice fat baby even in Honey
McGonigles day an the name O Redtail
the Ripper were give to him cause his
i tail were bout the color o robin $ chst
an cause he were a ripper. an no mis-
take An SC Honey hshed an fshed till
the day he were gethered to his fathers
4 an the Ripper KEEP on GROWN bigger
Il an knowiner an waxin fatter an
fatter Then new gin rations o fishers
tried their hans or him, an hshed high
an low an '!''l IN smaller fer him,
trailln dles an slhkin bugs. an coaNIn
OF him with all sorts o traps an contnv
ances an snares fer the wary an the on
wary but oil Redtail the Ripper unly laid
back an larted III his sleeve. an showed
hisselt here an thar an now an then in
McGonlgle Kun Ilst to Keep the ball
rouln
Fifty year arter the days o Honey Nc
Gonigle ! fust see the Ripper an folks
was a'hshln Ter MN ylt 1in ratious had
kim an GIN ratlons had gone, b'gosh
an stu oil kedtail the Ripper were on
deck, tat an sassy but shown of his
years a leetle Then Hank Yellrack
peared on the scene Hank could ketch
trout wuther the water were high OF IL
were low, or wuther it were muddier tn II
a gutter OF clearer TIM jar strained
honey But OF Redtail the Ripper laried
at HANK, an dared MN to ketch him jist
the same ez he had the heaps an heaps o
ordin ry trout fishers, wich had kim up
Ike flower IN the mornin SO to speak
az al. oeen cut down In the evenln bgosh
hke UNISON weed and had left the gid
IN waters McGonigles Kun, fer the
roHlh tlueS Jurdan he impotence
the ripper an the way he had o euchrein
hahk. nc matter no" cute an cunnin be
played ms hand, tore Hank all up. but he
KEEP follerln that trout up an down the
nun year IN an year out, fer dfteen year
cause ne q took oath tc capture oil Red
tti the upper OF perish In the tempt
AT the end that time hank were shrunk
shosI TO a shauder his eyes were sot
oacK IN his head SOS they looked like
green marbles Id holes IN the ground, an
ne nadh no more appetite TIM dead
call
=. but never mlnd, Hank usety say
I'm list saVln my appetite fei the
uay III J. yahR OF hedtall outen his hole
Hps ! KIN new Al all IN one heap an list
Set IL 10 WorRAh on MS contrary carcase
oileG fIieu an or led, an fatten up on
n'in ''Ne goose ID a cellar crammed with
e eieal: an come out sassy al clipper e. a
ngntln COCK G1
~ 1n hauk KEEP on hshln
re mowt nat rally s'pose tht durin
Tue nuhuerd year err SO IN the Ripper
Iau knocked around in McGouigle's run
ne orler De glttln leetle old hisselt
al yea pose right lime tht Hank
&c iei n luSt begun to try an sarcumvent
Vi neutall, ez tol ye, the fish had begun
70 70 snow ms age consid able, an at the end
ilahk hlteen year hight agin him he d
laiieu most ez Dad 81 Hank he'd One eye
H nao Vooh 10 iooKin e2 II 1t d been changed
t iei Que IN ionged to dead mack raj 5
ms shoulder blades begun to h list then
9e's up inter unpleasant iookin ridges
an III was couple boilers behind en-
Se Could ia sot teacups in The
neGtaH hlppers ribs showed up tol'able
paul LOO, an us GIN raj build o carcass
were setch tht il didnt ho out much in
uueeuleht Ter Hank 5 saved up appetite
"h 'u,uei uade folks think th II Hank
s.u9 happen to hook ontef the Ripper
u oe DAD thing fer him arteI all ez
s'arVe TO death, sure, W lie he were
lo un'In lel the RIPPER meat Hank nor
ooHuy else coulun understan wat
ai"ue tue cuhhln oi hsh fall away so an
g. 30 lahK tlli one day Hank see the
dam m aha u,,m Up SIieaIn orus p'iel
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