The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-31
ONE DAYS FISHING.

Saturday, he came around with q fish
ing rod that gave him, and when got
into the cab blame me if he didn't have
q trunk. Got my things in that, said
he, and may I eternally fry if there
weren't things enough in that trunk to
stock pawnshop. By ged, he had every
thing from evening clothes to patent
bootjack. But he hasn't them any more"
,, and the major chuckled.
eve started for Mud Run, out in
Pennsylvania. I'd never been there be-
fore, but man told me there was good
fishing there. He was u liar, by the way.
about the time we got started the
colonel wanted to smoke, and by the
hind hobs of Gehenna if he hadn't
packed all the cigars in that bloody
trunk. When 1 cussed, he tried to get
up i'll the baggage car and was nearly
killed. Then he got some bad cigars
from the porter and growled for an hour
steady. Pretty soon he wanted drink,
and the whisky was In that COMPOUNDED
trunk.
THE woman at the hotel where we got
out said it was too late to get anything
to eat, and the colonel got mad and
called me burbling chump for drag
ging him out into the wilderness.
when the boy walked US in the morn
ing, the colonel kicked because he had to
get up so early He had the deuce of a
time finding his things in that Internal
trunk, and he kicked because 1 got i'm
patient.
1.-The woman ut the hotel looked queer
when we got down. Going fishing?' says
she. You'd better look out for the con-
stable. It's against the law to fish round
here Sundays
"Then the colonel got suspicious and
said he didn't want to be locked up. I
got him into the wagon, and the driver
says: Better look out for the constable.
It's against the law to fish round here
Sundays
Say says the colonel, I'm not going
to get locked up and bring eternal dis
grace upon my family l choked him
off finally, and we started. Then we met
n farmer, and he lowed that we'd get in
trouble if we fshed on Sunday. The
driver grinned and the colonel, like the
eternal galoot he is, says, 4 told you So
1t took me about 10 minutes to choke
him off, but he growled all the way to
the stream.
Say" continued the major, did You
ever see the colonel catch trout? No! Well.
neither did anybody else. He couldn't
catch trout in aweek of leap years. By
| ged, it was sight to see him whip
the stream. 1t was like driving balky
mules over broken bridge He banged
that river until half the fish in it were
scared to death, and guess he thought
he could catch trout by knocking them
stone dead with his rod. He lost about
two dozen flies trying to cast half the
length of his rod, and then he got his
| line all tangled up in the bushes Did
you ever hear the colonel swear? Well.
hodcarriers and river pirates aren't in it
with the colonel. Talk about breaking
the Sabbath! Why. the colonel swore
| enough to send an army to perdition for
eternity.
while the colonel was cussing every
thing i'll sight the driver came tearing
down the road waving his hands like a
windmill in full sail.
4" 'HiH he yelled. the constabIe's COM
! ing, and he's after you too. You'd bet
ter get. Cut up through the woods
there, and I'll meet you at the turn of
the pike
1--WE didn't know where the turn of
! the pike was, but the colonel grabbed
me by the arm and hustled up into the
woods. When we got under cover, he
was steaming like soap factory and
cussing me too.
"'What i'll the name of thunder did
you ever bring me out here for? You
want to get me arrested. do your
II was that speechless that couldn't
answer. just stood and looked at him.
Pretty soon recovered.
Brought you out hereT said I. You
blooming blot of idiocy, who brought
you out here? You came yourself
"Then the colonel got madden than
ever, and he wouldn't talk again. But
that was mercy.
1T was getting along toward dark
when we got to the hotel. The colonel
was prancing up to the front door when
the man who drove the team come out
of barn.
Hey says he, the constable's wait
ing for you fellows. He's over to the
hotel
Maybe and the colonel didn't run.
We just Lit out and hung around in the
brush until it was plum dark. Then we
crawled back to the hotel, but the con-
stable was still sitting there.
Then the colonel tried to make bolt
to the woods, and the constable saw him.
With whole pack In full cry after us,
the colonel and ran down the hill. l
guess we outdistanced the constable and
his crew. But after awhile they came
after US with lanterns, and we had to