New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15
SIMMER SPORTS FOR GIRLS.
THEY cAx co FROG SHOOTING AND he SURE OF
GETTING GAME.

THEY CAN co FROG SHOOTING AND BE 81 IKE of
GETTING GAME.
Whom summer heat IL in full power the men VINO
mr., able ~ run away from Il usually think OF TWO
things A gun AMI a fishing rod The young women
who 80 away az the same time usually thinK OF 'ne
mon they will meet. At the end OF the season 'hs
ho, Incl. "a liable to be with the women The men
they have. been looking for have been as scarce a.
the game the men have been in search or but the
,n.n IN the mean time have put on flesh and tough
.neI their bodies and their nerves. There are
women though. who believe that healthy sris
healthy physically and mentally -have. or ought 70
have IA mild longing for these same almost ~
cluslvely manly recreations. ana they are ueepN
.nv,ous when they see the gun and the rod carry
~ ,hs men from their Sides At least there are
,v,o girls this summer settled for the season In an
enhancing little town somewhere between Maine
and MARYLAND who feel in this way The town itseit
il charming and marvellously free from anything
that makes people ilin fact the inhabitants there
live 10 such "A great age that every one scenes 10
L.. NJ least seventy years old. No one ever dies.
hut on the other hand. one Is ever born Every
thing-the people and the houses ana the trees
soon, N he I'm a state Of suspended animation. not
one OF them ever seems 10 have been pusheu OUT
OF the way by new generation OF men or houses
mr. trees The old covered bridge OF wood spanning
tho so-colled river Is the bridge that the
mother OF one OF the young girls stopped In on her
wedding morning for shelter from the storm that
overlook the wedding party on the way TO the sta
ton and II this same young woman had been mar
rod I'm this town she might have been married by
The clergyman who married her mother -
one OF the young women had come from the West.
and after the oppressive newness OF the boom towns
,hs moss grown sleepiness OF the little town was
soothing AT FIRST but too lttle excitement IN me air
Incomes in time more trying than too much excite
ment and the girls almost wished for q cyclone.
flood or an epidemis rhen , their brothers came ne
love with their sisters or their sisters friend and
how heen
ought to have been trout They hunted or nshed in
and sorted and admired their flies in the afternoon
At night they turned in early In order TO be up
any,hins b but TT their enthusiasm did not diminish
The girl who had been West was the first to rouse
to work any longer: she had read novels until she
was ashamed OF herself. and she had slept 50 many
not sleep at night. One morning she was sitting on
the piazza with her work in her hands and dulness
In her heart, when she saw a small boy go by with
string OF fish, as she thought She liked small
'Good morning" she said. And where did you
THEY sn.t fish," replied the boy with scOrn
How do you catch them?" asked the young
Shoots EN-" said the boy.
. Where do you get them" b.. a.. ,,. thor.
down by the dam; over the hill-Oh. dozens of
Places and BIZ old ones too %. .so, ~. v,r,
on the porch. her eye showing keen anxiety.
Yes" said the hoy. ~ you've got a gun"
early and show me the places and will give you
more money than you get for those frogs
In the afternoon the girls talked ammunition IN
their corner. and the next morning they started
out armed with a small rifle. a fishing basket and
the small boy. They walked perhaps mile. and
then they a beautiful little stream, edged
with tai willows. The boy became cautious and
put a sort OF Indian-n-ambush air. He took q
hook out Of his pocket. and. cutting long pole
from OF the trees. fastened the hook TO the end
OF II.
That's 10 pull the frog out OF the water after
you've shot him." said the boy Come along, now;
III take the gun and you carry the hook poe.
Sneak along. and don't say word; when we como
TO q good shot III show you how 10 hit him.
They crept along the banks, not even thinking OF