The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1893-06-01
Go Be Continued
pAvY JONES, TwlNE FACTORY

1t Frightened the Old Fisherman ON
Whom the boys Played a Trick.
There is queer old party who has
been fishing on Z wharf nearly every
day lately, says the Boston Journal
He wears an old SLOUGH hat, and his
ancient habiliments are weighted down
with thick fade and real estate, with
perhaps little personal property
and nose, which are perhaps not wholly
due to the salubrious breezes and gen
eral healthfulness of Fish wharf. He
is evidently one of those kind or indi-
viduals that live to fish and not fish to
live. .......--r
Saturday afternoon some of the
''boys" thought they would play a lit
tie joke on him. They waited until he
had wound the end of his line around
the top of pile and started down the
wharf to get his hourly booze
They took big ball of twine which
they had soaked thoroughly in a bucket
| of dirty water to give it an old APP
pearance, and attached heavy sinker
to it from the center so as not to him
der its unWinding. Then they went
over to. the corner of the wharf and
pulled up the old fisherman's line, and,
taking off the hooks, tied the end of
the ball of Irvine neatly on to the end
of the fish line and threw it overheard.
In few minutes the worthy fisher
|
down on the string piece and took his
line again. 1t was some time before he
got sufficiently impatient in waiting
for bite to pull in his line. But he
did presently, and began to haul in.
He pulled in yard after yard, and, his
hooks not appearing, he paused and
looked around him. No one was APP
parently watching him. Several urch-
ms were fishing near him and from the
stern of schooner just at his right,
but they seemed intent upon their
lines. The stupid countenance of the
ancient individual had puzzled ex-
| preston as once more he grasped his
line and began to haul in vigorously.
The line came in just as vigorously as
he hauled on it, and when he had land
ed half mile Of string or so he stop
ped suddenly again, and his puzzled ex-
preston changed to one Of wonder, II
not alarm.
"Boyv' he called thickly to the lad
that. was nearest to him, ''do you see
meY'
"Of course ! sees yer-I amt blind. "
"Tm here on the wharf, fishin', amt
II"
''Wot yer givin' DISCOURSE you Is"
IT amt drunk, be I?'
"Naw-you're all right"
did have biteT'
Eyes, guess so. Why don't yer pull
up an see?'
"Pull up an see? Oh, certainly,
must pull up"
Again he tackled his line desperately
/ Yard after yard he pulled in until nc
had q little mountain of string beside
him, and then he paused for rest.
"Say, boy, come an fish for me, vii
J yer?"
J Nav; can't you see I'm fishing fol
: meselfw
Pull in yer line quick! dere's some
thing on yer hook, now" yelled another
urchin as he rose to his feet and raj
over to the old fisherman.
, Under the spur of this excitemen
= the now bewildered and befuddlet
angler seized his line with do-or-d1'
expression depicted upon his wonder
ing features, and, staggering to hi
= feet, began to pull in the line hand owe
: hand in most rapid and frantic man
J ner, as if his very life depended ppol
! the result
9 Still the endless yards came on Xix
. the march of the centuries, so to speak
until finally, in amazement and despair
o the dazed fisherman dropped the hn
y as he hoarsely muttered:
IF Davy Jones has started twin
4 factory he amt 'goin' to rope me In 10
p an agent. Some o you other feier
can have the job"