Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-10-14
wuAY a oooo TlNr I'M HAD.

WHAT \ GOOD TIME jim hAU.
We had lust nnIshed our dinner when
Jim came across the lake In On old dug.
ont that knew had been condemned
years before, uslng piece OF hoard TOT
4 paddle. The cram Was half full OF
water. and every now aud then, a. he
drrw nearer, We could see Jim trying To
shovel some nj lt out With HE exiem-
porisc,i paddle. when be came within
speaking distance some one hailed him !:
swell, Jim, what Kind Of . time have
you hady'
"Just splendid"
"Get anythlngr'
1.-TWO bcauiIes and some little Ones"
Jim came ashore aud showed HE string
II hsh, two of about q pound aud half
each aud i've or slx Of about half .
pound.
~ tell you. fellows, ! have had grrat
sport. Wouldn't have mIs.ci II for any
thing"
"Yca look ~ u you had got vet"
"Well, you know that big boulder
down In the second rapid, ] Was just
trying Ia wade out Ia u, and ] stepped
on one IL those round slippery stones
aud down I went. swsshei me away
Into the pool. the current dbl. think ]
must have rolled over q dorm times.
Held on Ia my rod though"
The magenta ~ Jlm's necktIe had esl-
IDENTITY parted With q goci share of ".
coloring msiter In favor 81 his white
flannel tennis sult.
"Where's your hatr'
~ Loot Il In the rapids"
"IIow did yoa grt your trousers 90
touy'
.Got nv dies caught In q tree anil had
To .hln up Ca get '~m loose. Coming
down I slipp~i and tore my trousers and
scratched NV leg. ! .ay; have any III
you fellow. got any sticking plasiert'
"iIow DID you manage Ia break both
your tlp.S'
"Iiroke one ~ ihem when fell In the
rapids. ilrokr the other just beforr
came away. Hooked q big fellow IN
/ strong water aud siruck him too hari
Smashed my tip aud lo.i my nIe.."
"wbo.. rod IL u, snywsyr'
belongs Ia my brother Jack. W.
lent II Ia me. That IL. he siii mlghi
taxi II ~ would promise to b. csrrfll
of u. Jack'il H. mad q. halter SURE.
"io.- all vour hlesr'
"E,.ry blamed one"
about time YOU came away. IA. "
noty'
"Id have .ish longer ~ hsdn,
broken NV ro.i, ani 10 had had some
morr fIc.. .sy, cook, !. thcr- any
soup lefts Dick. old man, lend me
pair ~ trousers. will yous sni .hlr'
anil .om. klni ~ hat. How much
iIcking plaster oh, about slS lnche'
long aud tvo inchc. Vide. Illl.terc,
IN, hands, too. paddllng that confcuni
I .,i watsr-loggrd old dugout. Scarlet
fever In nv no.si Well, u was rsihri
hot In the .uu after Loot INV hat
| Brok. INV bo,il. 10 ~ fuli aud cut m,
finger Nth pIecc 10 th. glas.. E>pec'
| III look tomorrow ss II vss ut get
ting over th. small pox. Never Mind
H.. INV l.s, chance this season. Cook
come INV. hurry upihsi soup, sill you
Bcan.t Ye., bot. ~ EN- and plenty %
pork. rry couple % troatt Me-, can
walt. Haven't ,ou got some cold one
left over only ,hrr-f Well, bring 'eu
along. Holy smoke! I never had %
good Q time Ia nv life. s,y, Ton
lcnd me your rod thl. afternoon VII
,ouf know there must h. another bl.
fellow lust wb-r, hooked that last one
I'll Ike to- bring him home io.morrow
only to show the boys MA, fun there !
up here"
~ Jim, with the appetite accumul,,"'
from "a. n. Ia .. n. ate NJ all ih'
cooked provisions IN the camp, borrow
81 dry clothes anil q roi Tor nohod'
ever refused Ia lend jim snythlng) an'
went oui iu.t h-for. sunset and csugh
III. big trout ani went home Ia .hov
the other fellows what q good tune h
had had. n he forge, Ia oy that h
had tnmblci Into the rapids, lo.t hi. hat
.crapcd .lx square lnchc. ~ .kin of hi
leg. broken borrowed roi, lo., all hl
die, b.cn eaten up by mosquitoes, 60
HI. face burned 10 crisp, hls finger
cut aud his hand. blistsr-'i, " va. BE-
cau.. such triilng ml.hsp. deirsct -
little from the pleasure ~ an outlnI
among trout s,rcams.-for-.t an
4 StTram.