The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-01

| III.
cut q piece off n twig beside the stream TO
| wedge in the hasp Of tho basket. so as
! not TO lose his FISH, and the tWls ~ Ger
tain 10 have been too large 80 tiat ene
boy cannot get II out and the man can
| not bulge it The proprietor or the no
tel whips out his knife and pushes me
| twig out with the knife handie. Ineh
| everybody looks at the nsn, when are
| ali mixed up I'm tamarack leaves or green
! weeds or grass. There proves TO be elev-
| en- trout In the catch, and at once a
| dieDute arises as 10 whether the biggest
one-the twelve-inch trout-is as big as or
! bigger than the one that somebody else
/ brought in the night before.
| me dispute RACES until the next man
! comes in Then all the interest centres in
! him. and the first man takes off his coat
| and cap and waistcoat-with the ladies all
! grouped IA the doorway. He next un~
buttons the straps Of his wading trOus-
crs. loosens them at the waistband, and
! takes OF his shoes Taking of his shoes
discloses the fact that his wading trous-
crs end In stockings OF cloth and rubber
that cover his feet Here. boy he says,
pull off my wadcrs. will your SO a boy
stops forward and pulls off the big iishins
trousers AS uncoDcernedly as II II were
a common every day thing 70 pun on
mems trousers with a lot Of ladies look
ing on. But at the second pun II Is seen
that other trousers are underneath, 30
that all is well When several fishermen
have come in and many disputes are nalS-
ed the men start for the dining room Ihey
are arrested and brought back by the qhrs-
ton what fly the man used who caught me
most trout In all probability ne VOWS
that II Is a secret he VIII not give up
even TO his wife
Tor. lie took out lot OF Seth Green's
You know great deal" says the hus-
band. but now III tell you ali that not a
blessed FISH would bite at the sem
Greens ana they sin't what l got my
All the less fortunate trout hunters ten
at length all the flies they tired ana
which kind got the most fish and proved
10 be- the kind to stick 20. The secfetlNe
fisherman, who would not tell what ne
used whispers the name Of MS ny 10 q
friend who whispers IL 10 his friend
who whispers II 10 some one else. men.
IN tho course of five minutes. every Ian
I'm the house has found ont what the masl-
cal fly was. they all go IN 20 a supper OF
buckets Of milk and utue bits OF beai-
steak and dishe Of fried sliced potato
and coffee and canned peaches and ohke.
N0t until after that are they wiling
10 hear what the Hon. John 8. storm mas
To saw about the great arrest cage Not
sven the prisoners want 70 Know VIM
the LAWYER says unit. they have strippe1
and argued and had supper ana llsnleI
their pipes ana are az seated "a rom ~
the lGg ire I'm the smoking room. InSy
an hear the letter. and all eNcIalin; 10y
gosh That settles the DuibleFa. . W
got en- cold" The trial day comes anu
a carryaI lOsd of fishermen 70 70 the
Mountain Home and 20 Esquire DUN
Lsr's bo"se II is "A plain frame dwelling
a private house. but all the men StaiIiY ~
with their muddy boots, win pipes IN
their mouths and their felt mats III uelt
hands The u ON has a picture or TWO
on the walls, A desk, nine chairs ana
q table. on which are seen report Or
the Interstate Railway Conf Mission, the
Pictorial History Of the w ORD,
hymn book. and novel The squire
says IF there's going = be smoking,
] want the window up. II not want 1t
al.HnH L Y
dants ana says: Heres that law !
spoke about ] knew ! was night and
there IL is. You can't 20 into no mans
private brook and fish without It's tres
pass, and even If it's public waterway
why, it's Ike a road. A man can't dig
up dirt oc stones I'm the road. Why, ]
daresn't even dig up a sod of grass i'm
I've got a letter here" says one Of
the prisoners
IF you mean the letter Mr. storm
wrote. says the Squire, why I've seen
him, and 10 make long matter snort. /
might a. well tell you you are dis
charged"
"Humphl ! thought so" says one Of
Of the Dmblers big, muscular Well
dressed. sharp-lookng. cOuntrymeu. and
says. II guess you amt SO satisfied with
Mr.. storm as you was the other day
col. this case amt settled yet by any
means. There's civil suit TO come yet
You amt heard the last Of this yet"
says the Duiblcr who is addressed.
Let me see" says the Squire. names
are Stark and Price, eh?"
Yes says the lawyer, stark land Mr.
Duibler, let me tell you there's six men
fishing your stream this minute You'd
better hurry home"
well take our time" says Duihler
land Wen arrest 'em and push the case,
no matter how many Of en- there is.
We're tired Of all this and are a-goln' to
stop it,"
Then Lawyer Stark calmly unfods to
the Justice that he made q very grave
mistake I'm holding himself and the other
defendant. that he made worse mistake
In issuing a warrant and that hereafter
lie must have his law with him or act
without il. Lawyer Stark says that both
the Squire and the plaintiffs are liable
IN large sums for false imprisonment,
and that he and the other defendant are
considering whether they Will go TO
court and collect those damages or not
When 10 is all over the COuutrymcn and
the city men meet IN the road beside the
teams, and the spokesman for the coun-
trymen says IN q CHEEKY voice. "Wen,
b'gOsh. gents that's the end OF all tr0ub-
ling Of city folks In this here part Of
the country. The Duiblels have got TO
pay the costs Of this here suit and
they've had enough The rest Of us is
convinced that the streams IS all Vir-
tually public property, and there'N be
no more trials for trespaSs here. Ne"
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