Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-09-06

sojourners. His good nature was charm
| ing, and he had frequent flashes OF wit and
humor that appeared strange In one sc
seemingly open to the sport of every one
He had plenty OF money, and used it. A
party OF four OF us arranged to go trout
| fishing for few days, back twenty miles
in the wilderness. and we induced Upton
| to join. He knew nothing about fishing
and the rare fun we expected to extract
out OF this simple sojourner in the woods
could not be expressed in words.
The first day we left camp to fish Upton
insisted on remaining to keep house," as
he called it. | fshed the west fork of the
stream we were on, and early in the after.
noon had filed my basket. / ran upon q
big rattlesnake just after leaving the
brook and killed it. As was looking at
the dead snake the idea occurred to me
that the reptile could be utilized in max
iLg OF Upton victim for the camps
amusement. Covering the trout in my
creel with layer of ferns and grass l
placed the rattlesnake on top of them,
twisting it into the coil the reptile assumes
when in belligerent mood, and the dead
serpent looked as natural and as hidcous
as If he were alive. Closing the lid of the
creel started for camp, chucklinp over
the effect my little joke would have on the
innocent Upton. When l got to camp /
found that the other fishermen had already
come in. quickly let them into my secret.
They gathered around as Upton came out
of the cabin.
What lucks" asked Upton, approach.
ing me.
Look and see." replied, handing him
the creel
He raised the lid eagerly. We expected
to see him drop the basket and run. and
were all ready to yell with laughter; but
he didn't drop it. His countenance never
changed, except that he seemed to gaze adj.
miringly on what he saw.
"This ones beauty and no mistaken
he exclaimed. 'I'lI dress it and cook II
for you, and not a person shall have a meal
from it save you. It's the largest trout
ever saw. Amt he beauty, thought"
Upton had pulled the snake out of the
basket by this time, and without noticing,
apparently, that we were all looking a tri-
fie sheepish, he walked with it to the creek
and actually began to dress it. From what
learned of him within the next few hours
believe he would not only have cooked
that snake, but he would have made me
eat 1t, If 1 hadn't gone and told him it
wasn't trout
"Oh, amt iti" he said innocently. 81
thought there were most too many scales
on it for trout; but didn't know"
knew afterward that wasn't mistaken
in thinking that saw peculiar twinkle
in his eye as he threw the snake away
Next day Upton said he would like to try
his hand at trout fishing, and we rugged
him up preposterous lot of tackle. Then
we told him that not infrequently fisher.
men were bothered by deer standing in the
creeks and making the water muddy.
That was especially the case, we said, on
the branch where he was to fish We
strapped heavy shot gun to his back, and
told him to shoot the first deer that got in
his way or annoyed him, and he said he
would. Then one of the party took him
three miles up the toughest brook there
was in the region and left him to fish down.
1t was nearly dark when the last one of
our party returned to camp that evening.
but There were no signs of Upton. Night
fell and we began to feel alarmed for his
safety, and were about starting out to
search for him when we heard him coming
through the brush, whistling a merry
strain from ia Grande Duchesse." He
strobe lightly into camp, and thrown across
his shoulders was as fat and sleek year
ling doe as hunter ever put ball in Up
ton tumbied the deer on the ground, un-
strapped his gun and laid aside his traps,
while astonishment made the rest of us
mute
81 was taking snooze under a laurel
bush by the creek" said Upton indiffer-
emily, and that deer woke ME up wading