The morning times., 1896-03-15

in this endeavOr he was aided by Come Of
the other EnElishmcn who were studying at
Srnaegar. The arguments used had no
other effect than to make Grass more ana
more determined To continue his fishing.
He said lie would teach the nigecrs that
AN Englishman could do rs lie liked
The next morning, as fishing was ont of
the question. owing to the weather. the
two friends determined TO take their boats
out tothc lake thatis close toSrrdEgar.
IT was a perfect Gay Tor the expedition. a
clear sky. 4 bright sun. not too hot. ana a
gentle breeze They driftcd rather than
rowed down the river, to where = stream
on their righi-hand side. coming from the
lake, Joined the river. As they turncC they
had Il good view Of the bridge. crowded even
then with people on the lookout for the
fisherman of the previous day. About mid
day the weather changed; clouds covered the
sky. a few drops OF rain fell, and Grass an
nounCed his intention To gObaCk To luncheon,
and then TO try bis luck fishing. Al gain he
was the sole occupant of the boat, as he
went down with his fishing-Tod othC bridge.
Again he successfully MoOred his boat 10
one of the piers. and then began Ia fish.
The occupants of the bridge again cursed
him: but as he did not know the language,
their abuse passed haTmlc Ssly over him. J or
some ten or welvc minutes the voices on the
bridge Wed with each other in cnumerating
fresh curses, when suddenly there was a
dead silence. No longer was the fisher
man working his rod backward and forward;
the rod was bent, the line was rushing ont
and the only sound that broke the silence
was the whiZz Of the reel as the line ran off.
Suddenly, Tar down the 81 treanI. 4 har as of
silver rose ont cf the wafer and fell back
with Il splash: il was evident that n fish, and
n big one, was booked. For some twenty
minutes The fish fought the fisherman. The
excitement amonGthe oniookcrs wasiGtense;
SO eager were they tha, they forgot toCUrSe,
ana only wdthCCd the struggle going on be-
low them as if their very existence de-
pended on the result. In the fishcrmau's
mind the thought was. How on earth shall
] ever get this fish out by myself? While he
was trying TO solve The problem he heard
lis friends voice: ''Halioa! what have YOU
got?' The friendly boat was soon alongside:
a dip OF the net and the crowd saw large
nlaHaSccr kicking and plGGgiug in the bottom
of Grass boat. He lGosened his moorings
and drfted down TO the lanGiBg-p:er, where
his boats crew were waiting: but the up
roar. which for a time had been Stiled
broke out with tenfuld fury. The waiting
crew heard it. and with one accord took TO
their heels and fled: and when Grass arrived
AT the landing-Stugc he was obliged TO make
his boat fast ana wait for his friend. His
proposal to transfer the fish 10 Cages boat
leave the boat: so Grass, finding that
the only way he could get his prize safely
home was TO carry il. got out OF the boat
Slung the fish by its tail over his shoulders,
and. accompanied by Gage, started off to
walk back TO their bunga low. Now. curious
to relate the captured fish had lost an eye.
and slung from Grass shoulders. rs il hung
head down ward. the one-eyed blindness was
plain TO see. 4 the friends went up the river
they encountered The mob from the bridge.
The two parties met face TO face; the street
was narrow, the mob was excited and an
CRY, and fora moment il looked uncommouly
nasty for the two Englshmen. FearlesSnesS,
however, was part of Grass nature, and say
ing 30 his friend, Come on. = he strobe boldly
forward into the angry crowd. This sudden
move probably saved their lives; for the
foremost men, not having made up their
minds what TO do, gave way, and Grass
found himself in the middle OF the people.
Here for a moment his progress was barred:
the people from behind were pressing for
ward To see what was going on in trout ,and