Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-09-22
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III s'pose Q trout vas about tha
first thing to take . picture" aaid
an old fisherman. "You didn's know
that Q trout could take Q picture,
did ys' Wall. they can. You zee .
trout 10 able 10 change the color OF
his skin you know they don't have
scales) TO whatever he 10 undsr OF
over, On he can do 10 pretty quick.
too IL you don't believe 10 some
time when you are nshing down be.
low the dam jest scare q trout out
OF . hole under the bsnK where 10 10
dark and watch him 40 he COOS into
the SMALLER water. where the bottom
10 white and the san shinea You'll
see him for halt . minute looking -
black a. . horn pout but bsiors
he's goos Tar his black color will all
b goas aud he'll look just the color
Of the watsn Nov keep quiet aud
hell come back 20 his old hole .nos
straight back. for they're - oily a. .
bird on her nest But soon you'il
SEQ him 60 up stream and slowly
fall back TO his place under the
bank He's . ounning old Teller and
don't want you 70 know where his
homo 10. You cant zee she soidsa
yellow OF his sides whom no fust gets
thers, but he'll soon b 90 dark that
yoa'll have " have sharp syes II you
keep watch OF him long
.Now. just sit dows there and
wsit I'LL tho sun gets so 10 will shine
down there where he L. Perhaps 10
will shine through s6ms leaves, and
como Of him will Be In she sunshine
and some In che shade, and II you
drop . hook down There with little
piece Of worm On the pint most
likely you'll get him II you do.
rep him on the head wish q stick
snd lay him away 10 dry. sad yoa'Ll
nnd the color 10 set. and where no
WAS In the shade no 10 Llsck and
whsre the sun shons on him he 10
light"
Ibid you ever see anything
pictured on them that looked
nsturai."
.Oh. yss. lots Of timos. Only the
other day ] wss dressing come nsh,
and ] see one that had the perfect
image Of leaf on bis eide and sack.
You have 70 take them out and Let
them dry TO preserve the picture. 1
didut ever zee u picture on . trout
that vssn't dried In but oaos. ami
that Vas . good while ago
you say that old wstsrin' trough
out back n the shed dowa to tne
hoass. didn't YEP Well. years ego
We had Q trout In thsrN Ny brother
ssm put him In thst when he vas Q
youngster. and he'd grown tail no
wss . big one and weigh - much
- ave o. six pouada ] guess
Mother used 70 feed him. and hoe
come whsa che called aim. aud we
all thoaghs . eight on him
my jim was Q little shaver then.
and he used 10 sail boats In the old
trough. He had Q little ono that I
made him. all rugged out with
mssts and sails. and one aftornoon
he'd bsss plsyin' with IL I'LL 10 be.
gas 70 rain. and his ms made him
come In the house aud he last bis
boats CUT there
"wAll. byme.by the heaviest part
OF the shower vent over and che sun
came one 10 the vest aud shons onto
she milk pane piled up beside the
shed door and was rahected down
ieto the wstsr just then came On
awful nash and clap OF thund auG
The wimsa folks thought they was
killed ! run out 10 see what Il had
done and found things pretty much
apsot The Lightning had struck
the big tree aad run down rntll 10
HE the shed and then struck the
trough II hadn't hurt tho trough
much. but there on top Of the water
vas the big trout - dead 40 a her.
ring and on his side was the por.
feet picture Of . ship with the ssils
al sst"-ChioSso Timsa