Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-02
, colonel Il hears Of it ard he sends for me and
, says. Norm. what does this mean I saws

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says. Norm what does this mean / saws"
LANDED HIM THIS TINE.
just vhat his reply was never learned, for
Just az hat moment another telegram came
ever the lire from a four pound trou; who had
who thinks -four pounds when applied to a trout
Is small OF that such - fish cannot make il de
. cidr'llv lively for fisherman has not fished
nluca unless for whales. Slowly ne comes up.
soILetimcs stubbornly pulling, sometimes
making rush for the boat, til nj last he il
along, ,de and YOU seize him az directed and
and him in the hnai. Norm rises and with
d'-cGst says. You never will make a fisher
man..
why SO? Didn't / take him back OF the
gill and lift him into the boat
Yes. you did. and threw him into the lines.
and now ,OJs ~ them"
IL vas q sight certainly. The four ponnder
Wa IT tic vnid-t of the 300 feet of line making
t"eise hapr second. and with each jump
snarliua; and tieipg of the line until he lay in
tn midst IL robe of line. II took thirty min
uteS o. careful WORK 20 untangle that line. The
iIae again cut the fishing goes on.
} his time Norm starts in about the lake.
) - hem bIss not like any other fish. The
trout aEl picherel they lay their spawn and go
off and leave them. But the old mother bass
she gets her Young mp in n little corner Of
the bay. and she j1st patrols up and down in
'front.' Of them and there the STAYS till they are II
year old. ard woe he 10 the fish that ventures
near Size can whip the whole lot of them.
Curious, isn it. about these snakes and red
squirrels that SWIM across the lake tina they are
always going east. I see lots of rattlesnakes
and squirrels going most every week. bat /
never see one going west. And them red
squirrels they carry their tails over their
backs, and the minnie squirrel gets his tail
vet he gives al and browns now why IL that:
was obliged 20 admit that in all my reading
had never met with an explanation of that
curious fact. Nov another telegram comes.
not along the lire. but over the water from the
occupant o. a boat Norm had seen It in the
distance and proceeded 10 eH!ishien me with
reference 70 its occupant. ale Is the biggest
liar about these parts. You can't depend on
him for no hing. lie just lies naturally" By
this time the boat WIS near enough 20 hear the
occupants question: bad day for fishing.
Bad aud Fink have been fishing all morning
and b. int got nothing What haze yon go;?'
"Only riX trout" answers Norm. ''How big
are theT? Wei. about five pounds each. -
The single fOUr-pourd front tha' had been
taken hat morning was at that moment living
II he bottom OF the boat. Norm went on 10
say: ''Tts trouble with him is robody believes
hun re avs Bud and ! ink hahn got nothing.
Like as not they got dozen. great liar,
he
GREET PLACE yoR An APPETITE.
Of all the places for an appetite Lake George
takes the lead. The mitlday lunch eaten from
the rocks of Il little cove was ncimonIco bant
quct. in spite Of The FACE that the menu was
quite limited In searching for dainty dishes
Why has not some one discovered means TO pro-
dUce a Lake George appetite. which would
transform die cOarsesdfare into tho most ROYAL
d1inties> And what a dining room that ALI
ont-of-dOors' place was, II seemed almost uu-
fitting to eat Ill the presence of such WoEdrOus
beauty.
\ deep-water sailor would doubtless laugh at
the idea OF . storm worth mentioning Lake
George, neyarthclesS we had one on the after
noon of the 2G.h which will long he remembered
by our fishing party. The sky had looked
threatening FOR an hour. but the storm seemed
inclined TO part in the center and leave us and
the lake in sunshine. Suddenly it changed It's
mind and concluded to join forces and give
Lake George a thorough stirring up. BY he
time we could reach shore the water was in
rage and the wind was reaching the tornado
point. With the boats drawn up out of danger
took 20 the shelter of the veranda of ain I'M
occupied house. outbound the veraEda On the
storm side and the wind. rain and hail increas-
ing Even this partial shelter we were obliged
to abandon to save the boats which had been
reached bv the waves and were half filed with
water and pounding the rocks. As We were
AT least two miles from home. on an island, and
the boats cur only means of getting home these
must be saved. though we must be drenched in
the operation. As ii was one OF them had
a hole made in the bottom and the other made
a narrow Escape. A half hoar after the sun
was shining brightly. and before we could
gather up he fishing tackle. some of which WIS
never found. and bale out the boats. tie lake
was smooth "a glass. In storm or calm Lake
George Is a gem OF beauty and destined 70 long
continue a source of inspiration AID hc;.lthrul
recreation 70 the Ioiling millions of our over
crowded cities.
From a commercial standpoint Lake George
is almost worthless. producing nothing better
than rocks and st=nted trees. but from another
standpoint, equally important. it j. and ever
Will be of priceless worth. L. 5. 7.