Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-15

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~An being ready. - sad naa -
aboard with the spsar, and tn1ss -
pl,ce in the how. The torch n 1ru14
= lirhfed. and with . ezaekls HIS ~
trying a grease the Aam0 l0R up5
ward, and with its yellow slnso HgA1
nm the bushea, the nearer tEoe-txunln
and the surface Of ths wster. ouickty
stepping IN also. the Sherman, with =
long pole in lien Of . paddle, gives
push or two, and the canoe g1ides oue
ON the surface Of the pool Bat Il =
too quickly done, for the pooa>
shallow there. II lighted 70 the
very bottom n with the light of
day. and several huge black objects
move away into the deep and somber
places With > splash the spear -
quickly thrust down into the water
after departing shadow, but il Is too
late Then the canoe il c4uti0usly
driven toward the deeper place st the
head Of the pool, and - il nears the
other end. one, two, six. ten, twenty
great shadowy forms dart. one after
the other, toward the foot of the pool,
past them
OOWA KOCS tAAG oHC0Ae sAOs VIM -
splash, hut with . steady thrust. Il
strikes the bottom. but the fiah Is al
ready several feet away, and it 10
drawn back empty. Several times this
happens. Has the old man lost his
former skill? Soon he suspects that
the new pole, like . bright streak NOV.
ing toward them, frightens them
"a new supply of bark Is needed, -
they return to the camp The spear II
held over the IRE until Il II blackened
from end to end and il no longer con-
spicuous. So confident II the old hunter
of getting fish that he makes ready 10
eat him 1t ones. He polres mp the IRE.
throws On some frssh wood and sets .
kettle of water to boil He peels sosne
potatoes, which he has brought along
(perhaps for the very purpose), and
puts them into the water.
Meanwhile the salmon have recov-
cred, doubles. from their first SCARE
So. with . fresh supply of torches. they
start again-this time with more DELHI
Grafton, for the long black pirogue has
not entered the length Of itself upon
the pool before down goes the speaS-
Hand over hand il II pushed. and, 10
seems, will never stop Il reaches tho
sandy bottom and sticks there It
SWAPS as If something 10 tug
ging at the end of It. Then,
as he would lift load Of
hay ON pitchfork. the old man gradu-
ally raises the end of the spear. Out
comes black nose, then there il .
tapping and splashing of fins and pow
erful tail. and the first salmon il.
caught Quickly the old man draws
the fish to the side of the canoe, lifts il
ON board caught and held firmly by
the stout jaws 1t is released and lies
upon the bottom of the canoe-only .
four-pounder. Only q four-pounder,
the smallest one of the whole crowd
when plenty of them looked as big ~
stove pipes. And there was one, much
bigger than any of the rest. which
looked fully four feet long. Some
times. when those big fellows do get
caught, the spearman lets go entirely,
and when the fish is exhausted with
the violence of its efforts, IL may be
easily drawn in It would be hard to
say which is more excited over the cap
ture-the stranger, who never ssw
such . thing done before, or the old
man, to whom all the enthusiasm Of
his younger days seems to have 10
turned--St Nicholas