Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-06
liE0RGE'S SECRET

saw George Ia the FUN noassss,on >,
AIS secret for two. long June DAYS
tlat secret which set him on a nina.
eie higher than the kings Of the earth
ana as Tom can never hear il alluded
70 much less allude 10 ii himself. with.
out becoming blasphemous. il ia lef,
Tor me to recount its Manifestations
y was on this wise:
Tom Is fOnder of fishing thu, -
one else ! have ever seen ana ~,
much. more devoted 10 nshins ,ban
ON Therefore, II happened that one
.ens vacation We rushed away from
auipflns" A. soon as term was over
% . stream which I shall can Euph.
i g. because Il Is river OF Paradise
lsVh' TIE hfst river Of paradise, Is IN
h.'ss-shlre and the salmon u plson ara
a. slfoh as bullocks and as pink as lie
I'hs fingered morn tiih0n is In Nor.
way. ana The salmon there are A.
strong a. the four year old bulls and
IS h"bly born AS the Lady clara We're
de we're. and the salmon trout are ~
Tie sand Of the sea Tor number.
lillhrhfi i ~ Hampshire. aud the
trout ~ iiiddekel are as shy as the
f~d dreF on the mountains over al
hon yet II you 20 like Agag. deilcataly
I ihf} viii Yield themselves over Ia me
dfs ~ That gireh IN whose hands even
ystss would have b,pn as way
ha1 Ehphrains Ia DeYOnshire. aud
~" man who has not yei finished IN,
/ phfais's "a june knows NOT the inrs Of
NE rivers % Paradise Bra wiling down
pti rsh ihe kncss aud elbows ~ IA.
moor u goes and IL knows not drought
nor dearih Here It burrows between
walls of good bed ruCk chatting for tbe
sea and here II lies with a stretch IN
meadow land on zach side aud oyer.
hung With ald~fs and slim poplar trees
lettering along from shallow 10 wier
70 tAe DIST meadoWy land and MI
down 70 the pool aud IL Is below the
Wet ln The nat meadUWy land. and an
doan ihs pools "a where they begin
70 BREAK Into foam and ripble again
that The biz trout lie
FAR Or u from me % speak against
The DRY hF Tor have ! not nslied In
iludrkei yet 10 many moods. wet
~ nshiug pieasre ms more With The
ar ~, you sly your trout as II he
HFrn stag and then proceed 10 IN,
friEic him. WHIST you gain IN fiplo.
macy you lose IN mystery But In the
Ennhrsics you may cast your ~ upon
the waters biindiy and Al random.
IAerr are mhny trout Ia all the pools.
aud big onws Ia each. and who knows
but that each east may not be- inst over
the Enout % soms giant intent on feed.
inKf Bul though the trout of Eupb.
rates win take the vet ny well aud
eagerly they are 20 fools
The o. must 10 cast 10 their liking:
u must touch The water with lass
noise thAn The echo o. A dream i,s
tsurh must hs as HIGHT Hs TitAnia's
Hiss % Aey viii have none 81 II. and
the gut must be- a. line as gut rsn be
Tor there i nothing inner than gut
hurh az least we're the demands ~
EaphrAtDs Trout. before Georges 80
crei rsrulutinnlEs-i their habits. and
such arr their demands now that
GcnrEr haH lost his secret Rut Tor
two dsyn the laws 81 the Mesles aud
Fers'auh were rrps sled George r..
pe2lcd them. and the annoying thing
about u & that he has not the least
Idea what laws be- substituted rur
them
George had never fshcd before. h.
told ia and when va SAW him hr.
rin we aw no reason io doubt his
word The Arvt evening We were there
Nc rushed ont for an hour or two.
hn' George said D. would only come
ard watch rs he attached himself
~ me Hnd hardis tolk Tho trouble IL
his contempt when I caught
nothing fut ton miruis ic also he.
raa pitching pebbles into the wntar
Ig'il 10 WIS stopped However. In the
-nurar - an hour I caught six. aud
George said he thought II looked pretty
Easy Next morning after breakfast
~ al went down 90 The stream
vas n few minutes behind the others.
Ind when ! got down George hqd nut
N his wadora aud WAS lust stepping
ntp tho water asked him what
He's nc had on. and be said he didn't
,npw their names Ny horror was In.
ensiied. when | saw attached "a Il
ore " gut blue bottle thing like
hornet. and sort 81 tortoise she'll
butterfly, At the same time | excused
lin FOR not knowing their names. for
hey were unnHmablr lie said he had
'ourht them IN Manchester
] told him he might ~ well fish with
couple ~ kittens and retriever :
uppy: hut he laughed scornfully Next !
moment the tort lse she'll butterfly !.
yhlskei by my nose aud e. the blue. !,
,ni'le md the hornet fell sonorouslv on /,
be water took or my boots IN order !,
y get into my waders Then ] heard
George calling 10 mo.
"1ye Just caught something he
aid what am ] 90 dny'
TITS snag" ! cllied out 10 your :,
les won't come loose. Won must wade
Ut aud disentanglc them"
heard him sp'ashing about In the
irram and thank my stars was
ding to fish above him, AMI, having :
az mv wndcrs on. I went into the :
-atcr 10 cross over 10 the other side,
Icotra was lust pokinR about with y
,pding net few yards below me and
waited
Something splashed on the top OF the
,ater and George swonpcd nj 1t as u
. were catching butterflies. ] STUN ~
led down 10 him sciznd the landing m
Of from him. and landed his FISH, II h,
90 onn ~ the finest fish | Ind ever a.
,kan IN Euphratcs and It's upper up "
M armly impaled on the tortoise y
lell butterfly. -, "
GLOW dld this get hereT ] asked II
Gorge stprnly. a., or