The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-24
SPeARlNG a SALMON.
Il Night With the Foar her. and a Glimpse
of Their life.

OF Their Life
''AlI being ready. the old man steps
aboard with the spear. and takes his
place in the bow. The torch in froat
j. lighted, and with craclle like the.
frying Of grease the flames leap up
ward, and with its yellow glare lights.
up the bushes, the nearer trec-truni<s.
and the surface OF the water. Qaickly
stepping in also. the steruInan. with a
long pole in lieu Of "A paddle. gives a
push or two. and the canoe giides ouD
on the surface of the pool. Bat IL il.
TOO quickly done. for the pool.
shallow there. is GIFTED 20 tin.
very bottom as with The light %
day. and several huge black Objects
move away into the deep and sombcr
places With n splash the spear j.
quickly thrust down into the water
after departing shadow but IL is too
late. Then the canoe ~ cautiously
driven toward the deeper place az th,
head of the pool, and as IL nears the
other end. one, two. six ten. tweutg
great shadowy forms dart. one sfie,
the other. toward the foot Of the pool. :.
past them.
Down goes the spear not with n
splash. hut with steady thrust ~
strikes the bottom. bat the FISH is al
ready several feet away. and IL 81,
drawn back empty. Several times ihis
happens. Has the old man lost he
former skill? soon he suspects THAI
the new pole. like a bright streak mov-.
ing toward them frightena them.
a Il - q.
they return 20 the camp. The spear -
held over the FIRE until IL i hlaelencd
from end 20 end and il no longer con-
spicuous. 30 confident i the old hunter
of getting fsh that he makes ready %
eat him at once lie poItes M the FIRE.
throws on some fresh wood and sets
kettle ~ water 20 boil lie peels some
potatoes. which he has brought along
(pcrhaps FOR the very perposeI. ami
puts them into the water
Meanwhile the salmon have recov-
cred, doubtless. from ,hslr frst scare.
So with fresh supply 81 torches they
start again this time with more delhi
Grafton. for the long black plrogue has
not entered the length - ltself upon
the pool before down goes the spear
Hand over maud il = pushed. and ~
seems. VIII never stop - reaches the
sandy bottom and STICKS there -
sway. "A = something Is tug
ging at the end Of Il Then.
as ne would lift load -
hay on 4 pitchfork. t}is Oh man yraSn-
ais raises the end 81 the spear ost
comes BLACK nose. then their - =
tapping and spiashlug - lus and rors-
erfui tail. and the first salmon is
csugh'. Quickly the did man dr2-ss
the r-b 20 ne side - TIE cane. Its 2
on board. caught and aeit FIRMLY r.
the stout sssz n T. released and 80
upon the bottom - he canoe only n
four FOUNDER only four poandcr
the smallest one - the whole rrop.e
xbsn plenty q fHero looked a. ~ 81
s:ovc pipes. Ana there sezs one rrneA
bigger than saT q seF Fsat. -hea
3r-oxed fuIfY fou~ f~st long ~1ur-
tl-ses. . hen those bsz fcliges IN gst.
c&nght. f1se sp~arr1aa lets 70 entire
and - ne . be ass q exhausted selta
the violence a - Efforts Sc szlav ~
easily draws n. r. uouif - bard -
AAv which - more erected eT~r m an-
tur..-fhs strangs~ afse acTer sa-v
saeh thing aoar BEFORE o. ths old
man. - Hhosa az TIE s5tb ns.sssn q
his y0anFer Gays s<esas - hare re-.
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