The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28
HICKY'S CHERUB1M CATCH.
ACATUGA FTsH sTORT WTTH WHICH
PROOF rs F~URNISUED.

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Be Stru.k something that Rose Up II
the Air Instcad Of shaking Tn the Water,
md Wound Up by Hitting Him II the Fnee.
The season Tor fish stories is now open in
Cayuga county. All tho fishermen are back
from their annual j1unts up into Canada and
down into Pennsylvania and through the Adj
rondack country. where they had captured hnny
monsters whose size is exceeded only by the
magnitude of the stories told about them. The
CITY Club of Auburn is the literary centre where
In the finest fish fiction Is TO be found, and the
members frequently sit up all night trying to
outdo one another. Generally they succeed. As
a rule the narrators OF these verncious accounts
do not furnish specimens OF their prowess a.
proof. but this season there has appeared in the
City Club a tale for which unusual veracity is
claimed, and the proof o. 1t Is nailed to the wall.
Late in September two OF the club members.
known as the Judge and the Colonel, took .
trip to the Adirondacks after black bass. On
the way they fell in with a Boston merchant,
known TO every member Of the Auburn organi-
zation, Of which he has often been a guest, a.
Old Hickory. or Hicky for short. Old Hick-
ory's talents, which have made him a successful
and prosperous business man, are combined
with n rich brogue, as unmistakable evidence Of
his Irish origin. For the rest, he lie short, sturdy,
an enthusiastic fisherman, and a lover of good
whlskey under all circumstances. To the sus-
gestion of the Auburnians that he Join them In
their trip he gave instant assent. As he was on
a fishing trip himself, he had all his tackle with
him, and the three proceeded without delay to .
certain small and out-of-the-way lake, where
they hoped to lure many monster bass.
For two days they fshed without much luck.
On the third Old Hickory got disheartened and
sought consolation in his flask. When he had
finished 1t, he borrowed the Judges flask and
drained that. The Colonel doesn't carry a flask;
he provides himself with an enormous jug-like
bottle of the finest of Kentucky whiskey. 1t was
half full when the Boston man tackled II, and
he stuck to it all the afternoon. Before dusk he
had emptied It and was discovered, trying to eat
the cork. This being denied him. he announced
about Old Hickory is that, no matter how much
speech and motion; but the motion lie OF amas-
ing eccentriclty. and his brogue becomes exceed
"asTm gain iisIin'.; - he announced to his COM
panions when they told him there was no more
some fish. Divil a fin that shwims kin eelood
yure uncle's newly when he goes out fer Z catch
It was useless for the others to attempt to dis
suade him; Hs was bound TO e: He was going
other kind OF bait, and not a fish could he raise;
but, n nov, 6 he mould iact Try St t!iss sai and I m he 5ec .sSosi
leaders Zen sls s Sisss at t Tine nls Th In his hs BBS Sss on wa fss
faction it looked like 4 disheyelled feather
buster without the handle. swinging IL over
his shoulder he started up the beach in .
following, partly from a desire to see the fun
SrS " Z Phlsiih i no ffe IN Tn, iHs'T lake. som On vent it CD
Hickory, stumbling and prancing. but always
there was "a little clearing in the road. which in
most places extended to the edge Of the water;
gone down behind a mountain. The fisherman
looked about him with satisfaction.
man wi via : s;hP SrSiI fer pt % :snsfie,s kko an.
nounced. I'm Just thry q casht in here"
wa RsSPp,hs and ni' c% aSsi Z nS ' deposited Ga nh them e2as on ana q
rock, after which he seized his rod with both
bscH Sa nrdan Snd d ahfs q f sssP fan nS5w sseps as .sT prep pssSs
ton. Then he whirled his rod up and cast. The
nrs. Judges GSis T" hat 4 G FROM his S sesSes scariiied S the sSS,
burned neck OF the Colonel, and concluded by
dSSi Iss1ds9 cl tse forty ODD asot no fsn m In shs S sna ,Es
sacrifice Of four hooks to extricate 1t. AT the re-
quest OF his companions he postponed his next
swarm Of dies as they landed IN the water with
here nss y Ba h'SEy II You Res SS" isat sv Up,S called aih fF sSs
said: DO be seemin' T. be mindin' me own
own biznizS An. il so, wy notS An, further
somemore, may I thrgbble yuze giRtlemen In
soombody eise's biSniz besides me ownY"
Having thus cffectually squelched his critic
olu hNkOTN mdut HlOtntT Cast anu II In1Tu. IL
was so dark now that all the freed Auburnians
could make out was an unsteady figure sur
wlizzing sound Varied by an occasional splash.
while ,gasps and ohjurgations AT short intervals
on 51i' old Hi tf"sr 'H s"ddealy st there was WAS ss' WiidS
howl from the angler. followed by the unmls-
felle Mhi'Ff Hs's p aiy ne like Iy siS Ses div, dI%ils Help 'O1'
by thunder, he's got s9mething," yelled the
ever see such bull.head fool luck ~
:. 1t must be an alligator" replied the Colonel.
They ran over 70 their companion. who, with
.b "sssrrry; rys got a ayin' Ash fer .urs"hs
hiyins; Yure time amt come yet"
commotion. such a tapping and fiuttsrinE the
amazed listeners had never before heard. Gu
line seemed 10 pull straight out. with an occa-
sionsl tendency 70 soar,
g Ref Ell Gll min a. IN YOU H ia idiot shouted the Colonel
~idjit yqrsssli." Teioried the angler, pr.no-
he d%Ssstefuiln haste Is tSryini to ry away w ssf
me tackle. Whoa Come down there. Is it
PsT sinEsrs On s me- line Is9 SSa. j, m An, Th Ss x didn't
all III laws Of lgravitation an maxim ashtro-
40 experiments yidqgt let or h!ndrapce, or
Up scared the line again 'distresstul
MAS cayOLting enlightened the Col mel and the
.Hdes, They lay down on the ground and
oiled with merriment which they yainly en-
ieayored to suppress, Old Hickory was too
much engaged TO notice them. Little by little
he line sIacGsnsd. and a IS soft M black lack t9 sagd Sady
truck the angler full, in the face. With a yen
nat woke every echo IN that part OF the
country Old Hickory dropped his rod.
"pw! Now! Holy saints pTesArye us!' he
lowied' I've gain an caught one o. them
Then he set OF at a tremendous gallop and
leyer stopped until he reached the tent The
Judge and the Colonel. weak with laughter, ex-
rieated the unfortunate bat from the labyrinth
u DaThs into which II had rown, and mercifully
,ilied IT, Then they returned 20 the tent, where
pa Hickory, was shiyering and moaning. They
nm To bed, saying nothing about the bat.
y men ne awoke IN the morning with a very
much enlarged head, he said 10 the others:
Boys, I'm done with the drink. / had the
evils own dream last night"
Then the Colonel and the. JudQe nroducsd tha