Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-10-12

such an important responsibility rest
iEg on her delicate shoulders.
Most of the party were equipped
with poles and lines, and expected to
dip hook for the fun OF the thing,
but two men had come to fish in the
| literal meaning OF the term, and after
spending an hour in securing the
country in search OF bait, they secur-
ed limited supply, and. finding a
place where the sun could pour down
ON them without hindrance, they
spit ON their hooks and COM
menced business in scientific earn
est.
l took position ON my cot In the
thlckest shade could hnd. and pre-
pared to enjoy myself without unnec-
essary fatigue. In fifteen minutes the
camp was thrown into most intense
excitement. The red-headed man had
a bite! Every body held his breath
and stood on tlptoe to wait the result.
1t weighed three pounds, according to
a rumor that diffused itself through
the community next day. but if you
insist on scriptural accuracy in such
matters, divide by three and let 1t go
at that. OF course the lucky man was
not troubled with solitude for some
! time afterward. Everybody else
brought his pole and got as close to
him as possible. His society was in
demand from that moment, but he lost
his luck and his jaw dropped until the
solemn-faced mans cork began to bob,
The crowd then went over to him in a
body, and his hopes were blasted. The
man with the flaming rInglets pulled
out another bass, and the crowd STAN
peded back to him. The sad.
faced man readjusted his bait, spit
ON his hook, tossed il back into
hours.
just as was beginning to feel my
self borne by angel hands to the land
of dreams, new diversion aroused
me. 1t was female shrek of most
robust amplitude aud unmistakable
earnestness, followed by rush OF air
near me, and resembling splash in
the water that threw cloud Of spray
several feet above the rivers bank.
A female shrek is something to
which | generally pay more or
less attention, depending somewhat
as to whom the shriekist may
| happen to be. When il happens
to be the companion of nv woes,
rs it generally is. | never excite
myself with precipitate rashness.
take things cool and look
around for something on wien to base
conjecture before sweating myself
without urgent cause. When a man
| has had his blood brought 20 4 stand
4 still more times than six-vear old
can count, by wall from the wife Of
| his bosom over nothing more terrible
than the unexpected appearance Of
| spider. or at most mouse, he will
learn to keep his coat on and wait for
| developments OF more dreadful
nature. When the screamer is young
and fair, and has taffy-colored hair
banged in both hemispheres, it alters
, the case, and | go to the rescue at
once, without caring noodle for par
| ticulars. $50 -'E'~- '.s~- ------s
| When the aforesaid shrek struck me
my first impression was the partner
of my triumphs had made the awful
discovery that the cream jug was cork
less in spite of all my efforts in its be-
half, but a moment later | saw that /
was mistaken. The gusher from the
city had sat down on log and was
| irving to compose poem to nature
when she espied small snake. and at
once became so demoralized with fear
that she instantly become as crazy as
her own poetry, and jumped into the
| river for want of knowing what else to
do. Being the only man in the party
| at leisure at that moment. Of course /
had to jump in and pull her out. Tho
complexion of the poetess and my own
raIment were good deal the worse
| for the ,lucklng, but it took all the
| nonsense out OF her for the remainder
Of the day, and had reason TO feel
4 grateful to the serpent who had slaugh-
tered the muse, for the misguised wo.
man had somehow become impressed
with the delusion that the greatest
/ pleasure ! could know was in listen
ing to the reading of her own sad,
\ sweet melodies.
BY this time the solemn faced man
came into camp, looked ut a dinner
nal had been previously agreed upon
or not, don't know, but at all events
the women took the hint and began to
/ opIcdu Uut tHe uliiueT, having some
time before commenced the prepare
ton OF coffee on a small coal-oil stove
in very large boiler. The stove had
seemed discouraged from the start at
the size OF the job, and took its own
time to bring the water to the boiling
point. Every body stood around watch
ing the coffee and wondering why it
didn't boil. suggested that matters
might be hurried little by hanging
the boiler on the limb OF tree and yet !.
ting the red haired man to stand under
it, but he didn't seem to take kindly
to the proposition and it was not
adopted. When il was discovered that
the light in the stove had died out
probably an hour before and somebody
had put chunk of ice in the boiler,
the wisdom of my view was ut once
apparent 1t was also strengthened in
due course OF investigation by the reye-
lation that the stove was like the lamp
OF foolish virgin, and no one had
thought to bring cruise Of oil for its
encouragement. An old-fashioned fire
was then BET going by the sad-eyed