The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-28

meal the bass would dart at him and
drive him all around the pool Thcp
he would conc back agnin and sail
lazily about with his eyes turned up at
Mr.. Forson.
There is great deal o. expression ip
the bass eyes, Mr. Forson thinks, and
he Is quite convinced that he has lot
Of fun in his disposition. That IS
shown by the way he leases the sun
fish. When food Is thrown Id the bass
eats grecdily until he has filled his
stomach and then Hes down az the bot
tom Of the basin and appears 70 20 to
sleep. lie Is utterly motioi1less, and
the unfortunate snnfsh. who has been
lurking in the shadows, afraid to come
out while his savage companion Is
actively about, Is deceived He comes.
mp swiftly and gnlps at choice It'd
bit But before his mouth can close
over IL up comes the bass, with his big
jaws wide open, and gives the poor
sunfish bite that would make him
yell with agony II he Rad tie power.
Away goes the suniish as fast as ever
he can. Mr.. Forson believes that no
bass actually laughs on snch occasicSps,
for his jaws open and close and the
drollest Of cxpressisofSs lingcr about his
eyes After awhile he sinks down and
tries 70 fool the snnflsh again. He will
wait most patiently, btit the sunfsh
has learned wisdom by many painful
experiences and rarely falls into the
trap second time. How tile sunfish
manages to get enough to cat to keep
4. r -. n T.
stantly after him.
Nowadays the bass recognizes Mr..
Persons voice. II slr. Forson calls to
him mp he pops, lie viii also answer
to whistle or TO n peculiar snap ~ the
fingers, which he recognizes rs belong
ing exclusively to Mr.. Forson.
reporter for Tie New York sun
saw the bass recently. lie has grown
to be about eight inches long and is
very plump He was not in sight when
Mr.. Forson and The reporter entered
the greenhouse Mr. Forson stopped
down over ono 81 the pools and
splashed his hand In the water vigor-
ously. and followed this BY Swapping
OF his fingers Presently the bass APP
peared. His heal was near the SUR
face of the water. while his tail was
about five inches below t. He looked
up ut Mr.. Forson ia very funny way,
the whites o. his eyes showing very
promfnentY. Mr.. Forson held worm
above the water and called:
Conc. come, now.
The bass wriggled his tail for min
ute, and then seemed TO gather him
self for the jalnp. A moment later he
flew out Of tie water and picked the
worm ont ~ Mr. Forsoas fingers lie
fell back with 4 splash. and iinme-
dintely resumed his former pcrpcndicu-
lar position. lie smaelsed his jaws sew
erai times. showing IN enormous mouth,
and moved the little Fms tipped with
white under his jaws. lie watched-aI
Forson attcntivcly all the time and
seemed TO pay no attention TO the re-
porter
Mr.. Eorson held another wol1n over
the water The bass braced himself
again for jump, but just then he
caught sight Of the sunfish stealing
along as If looking for Inorsel that
the bass might drop Like fash the
bass darted at the sunfish, anger APP
/ parcptly being stronger than hunger.
! Both disappeared for minute Then
the bias came back alone, took up his
former position and waited till Mr.
Enrscn held ont the worm again Up
be few and snapped thewe out OF
Mr. F0rscn's fingers This he repeated
number Of times, until the sunfish
again pceped out 81 the shadows, when
a second chase ensued
AIr. Forson walked around to another
part " the basin where the water was
overcast ~ heavy shadows, This was
out of sight of the pool at which he had
been. He whistled in peculiar man
ncr and the bass came up there. Mr.
toraon put his hand in the water and.
began splashing and the bass came
right up to him.
Mr. Forson says the bass will allow
him 70 fopdle il and VIII play with him
as long as he wants to. In fact he il
very fond Of fooling and shows his APP
probation OF il in many ways He will
jump for worms even when he is not
hungry, just Tor the sport Of it, and will
drop them IN the water lie never fails
to keep 4 sharp lookout for the sun
Fish. however. He does not care very
much for worms, as rule, hut he is
very fond 81 grasshoppcrs and crickets..
/ lie cayorts in great glec when Mr.
Person comes to him with these tidbits
ana will do his highest jumping for,
them.
The fame 81 his performances has
spread al over Yonkers, Hastings,
and the netgh6oring villages and a
great many visitors come TO see him.
Very few ~ them are prepared for his
exhibitions and their surprise at his
intelligence has given rise to his title:
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