The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15
THE rlMEs-KIcHMoND. VA. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER Is. 1885,

him gesticulate and could imagine what
he said / could not hear II. Whatever
II was DR.. Bryant laughed. Then foi-
lowed fully an hour OF languid. half-
hearted bites and bait stealing. Inc
Ruth was having the same luck ana
resolved that IL / were man. even III
were President. 1 would use language
that would be emphatic.
The trio on the Ruth then had hnch
and Mr. Abe Goddard and / did the
same. / could not see exactly what the
Ruth's passengers ate, but / did distin-
guIsh sandwiches and what / took 10 be
cucumber pickles. These | saw because
eaten In their entirety they are more
readily visible at a distance through
glass. jefferson himself could ask no
more Of the modern representative OF his
school Of simplicity.
Then after half an hour more or ex-
pcctant but fruitless fishing the Ruth's
anchor was got up by DR.. Bryant ana
Bud Wright and she set sail for Scraggy
Neck. The Hattie Tuthill gave her time
10 get well away, for 1t was not my In
tention to seem 20 be following. l want
ed 10 fiatter the President, simply by
seeming to yield to his better Judgment
of the best place to fish. The wind had
freshened considerably and Skipper Abe
thought that the Neck ought to yield
some good fish in such a wind. We
tackled across in short order and found
the Ruth already at anchor. lnadVer-
tently | ran IN too close TO the Ruth's
stern In seeking the anchorage suggest
ed by Capt Abe, and the President look
ed daggers at my skipper, upon whom
he apparently thought the responsibility
rested. although indeed | was at the
IT. .l.f. afel m
sisted on an anchorage further away
than before. though near enough so tnat
/ could see how many they caught.
Three hours steady fishing added four
fish. two of them big ones. TO Mr.. CleVe-
lands string Of three captured at Affairs
Ledge. As nearly as / counted Dr'
Bryant got four also. one OF when
seemed very large. probably five pounds
and a half. but he may have caught
more. for | did not watch him so closely
as | did the President, and besides was
occupied some Of the time with the TWO
fish that came to my own hook. one
Of them was a keen disappointment 10
me. for though he pulled harder IMAM
my first he turned out to be- judged by
the standard Of shoes, No. IL D..
estimated him that way, because though
small, he seemed broader than the other.
The Ruth's anchor was pulled up and
the beat to windward for home begun
at 3 O'Clock. Abe Goddard said that
it had not turned out morn en- or
d'n'ry day fer squeetague," which prob
ably accounted for the Ruth's passing
by Dry Ledge without try for the tsh
there. !.
The wind had increased TO half gale
when the Hattie Tuthill got under way
but the Ruth. though she Is SLOW,
stood up Ike a church" in the wind.
She is undoubtedly as safe as the Bank
Of England and if Mr.. Stevcnson's sole
chance of supreme executiveship rests
with some possible casualty to the Ruth
il is a very slim one.
had hoped that | would be IN time
10 see Mrs. Cleveland greet the return
Ing fishermen, but as the Hattie Tut
nill came by the Gray Gables landina
there was 10 one to see. The Rutl
MAS riding easily. moored to her buoy
and the flag on the tall pole on the lawn
proclaimed that the President was a
| home.
In response to my complaint abou
| Hattie Tuthills slowncss, MIR. Goddar'
| said. "Wall. she's seen Their day whci
she was jest IS good Is she ever was.
| have seen President Cleveland review
| biz professions, lay cOrner-stOnes, whel
addressing big crowds, riding in stat
| through crowded streets, and | saw
| Cleveland when he was being photograph
| cd for campaign purposes. but ! yalu
| most having seen him pulling in squee
! tague, for it is more like look at tn
real man.
LILLIAN WICKHANL