The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-08-31

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"Me, too?" begged Ollie. "Please
Jack"
'Oh, no!' said Jack, and "No, indeedr
laughed Ted. You would be sure tn
talk and scare all the fish. Besides,
we've only got one pole that's good for
anything, and We'll have to take turns
fishing ourselves"
So they rushed around like small
whirlwinds to dig a boxful OF earth.
worms, and be sure their one reel was
in working order, and hunt up the old
dip-net to use in case very large fish
should be hooked. Then away they
went, and Ollie was left lamenting. II
he hadn't had grandma to comfort him,
don't know what he would have done
She gave him jelly-tart and he
couldn't cry with his mouth full, YOU
know; and while he was eating it she
filed bit of wire and bent it in thr
shape of a hook, and fastened it to q
piece OF strong Irvine, and tied tho
Irvine to one of her round curtain-sticks.
There" said she, "now you can &c
over to the pasture brook and fish tc
your hearts content, dearie." She put
up lunch for him, too, just like the
one she had given Jack and Ted, only
not quite so much of it. Isn't grand.
ma worth having?
Ollie twinkled off the last tear in
hurry. sob, thank you, grammar he
cried. He never forgot that, | am glad
to say, no matter how full of delight he
was. He didn't dig earthworms foi
bait, because he could not bear to hurt
them; but grandma cut bit of salt
pork for him and put drop of anise.
oil on it, which she said would be sure
to catch fish if there was one in the
brook. Privately, think she was
afraid there wasn't, but she wouldn't
say so.
Ollie began to be afraid so, too, after
awhile. He went away up across the
| pasture to the woods, and followed the
brook down, just as grandma had tolc
him, fishing all the way and stopping
now and then to eat mite of his lunch
because he didn't want to take time tc
eat it all at once.
1t was very small brook, so marrow
in the places where the water was deep.
est that he could almost step across it.
Just above the road-bridge it broaden
out quite respectfully, and then dripped
with musical tinkle over "a great,
sunken log, and formed pool under
the edge of the bridge, which was made
of logs too, and covered with earth.
1t was exactly the place for trout, il
Ollie had but known it; as it was, he
went down on his knees at one end OF
the grassy log, and dropped his hook
without thought of what might hap
pen.
There was fash through the
shadowy water, and a sudden, SHARP
tug at his line that took Ollie's breath
away. He had never caught a fish il
all his life, but he new what it meant
His cap fell off and floated away under
the bridge and out on the other side
but he didn't mind that. He pulled
magfully at his end of the line unit
out upon the bank came big, tapping
trout. Such beauty, with silver,
potted sides flashing in the sunshine
Ollie pounced upon his prize and, for
getting his cap, away he scampered t.
J the house. almost beside himself will
excitement and joy.
80 grammar" he cried, 'I've got one
I've got one! 0 gramma, amt you gla'
J and 'stonished?"
1t is safe to say Grandma Lane wa
astonished, she had no more idea tina
Ollie would catch fish than that h
could fly. And she was glad enough
AS for Grandpa Lane, he said it wa
worth dollar, and got out the bi
steelyards.
"Thirteen ounces and almost a quar-
ter" he announced, presently. Il dc
clare, l didn't know there was such
fish in the brook. It'll be worth tellin
r the folks about when you go home"
1t was worth telling Jack and Te
about, Ollie thought, his heart brimfu
. of pride and joy. They came up tn
, lane pretty soon, with disappointe
faces and string of red-fins.
7 Jack hooked one trout" Ted en-
; claimed, but it got off before he coul
7 reel it in. I'm awful sorry we didn'
: get one for Mrs. jerks little CIR
5 grandma. But we had nice time, an
we wished we'd let Ollie-why, why
Two more surprised boys than JAG
! and Ted, at sight of that trout on tn
kitchen table, you never saw.
Ollie capered around the room like
wild thing. 81 caught it. Icaught it,,
2 he cried. I'm the brook, with gran
/ mas curtain-stick! And there's a lo
D more, l shouldn't wonder"
Y But though they all went down t
S find Ollie's cap together, and fisheG III
5 til almost dark, and though they wen
e fishing in the brook every day for tn
f next week. there was never 30 much a
e another nibble.
r 81 think" Ollie remarked confidential
ly to grandma, that my trout mus
- have come there 'spressly 50 | coul
4 catch it for Jenny jerks"
A And Grandma Lane had the very sam
e opinion. Carleton Stoddard, i
s Youths Companion.
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