The sun., 1896-08-23
.on,t give me away while am engaged

sons. so don't give me away while am engaged
The two newcomers wanted to go right out
that first night and catch some trout, aud the
other one was Just as anxious to begin teaching
'wsll leave Charley here to ax up things
and we.ll go out on the pond and get a fine mess
Now there are some trout in Cooks Pond.
but you couldn't catch anything but, bull pout
hsfs he tirss fellow knew II. We'll those two Sfsene
horns rowed out into the pond, and they had the
those uss e SS pous s' rSey R"d Sard
that the trout was hand,me hsh and they
were disappointsd in those that they caught,
that thay had been fooled.
THAT fishing experience lasted them for q
while but when the deer season opened they
had a lesson in hunting that wasn't 30 cheap.
We had moved over int" the bkaauetts s9untTy ,b t
all by themselves. We told them 70 stick 70 the
over over on the other side Of the clearing; about
and had tanned IT. The deer wore bell and
got far from The
sight OF this deer. They dropped on their bel
lies and began wormng their way towSrd nIsd the ne
ward them intending to mako friends Then
Of sS1 1 s.
tOi but the % second brought him down. They were
in high feather over their success until thev
found that the deer wore bell: Then J they be,
mistake and they hurried back 10 camp; About
two hours later the man who owned the deer
them $50 TO settle for that deer. and after that
they were satisfied TO do their hunting in COM
Another thing that fools the new woodsman
is the as evsn by 'ns
the world over-excaptinR In the Adirondacks
Here 1t stretches according 20 the IDEAS Of the
ago 10 walk through the woods from the hotel
10 a well-known trout brook which nows INTO
the the waS, % SO there wasn't any danger Of getting
lost. II was a hot day. and tho fishermen
didn't propose TO do too much wal Walking Iney @
well" said he. II reckon II you walk right
along IT. y about two miles, an it's sh@oS all
The fishermen decided that a tramp Of two
MiIHs Rdng Tss ssis With ke
outfit, started OFF as brisk as you please, They
had walked close on 70 an hour when asst one d o1
milss he had ever tackled. They went on for
a quarter of an hour longer, keeping an eye
the bridge didn't turn up, They were hot.
dusty, and tired. but had 70 keep on for nearly
Then an shsy n%9i had dispute as to whether tsy
had walked five miles or ton. On returning
70 the @ ssS hsy ao %Ra Or thu guide
meant by lying to them in that outrageous
what was the trouble. When they tolo him
Its a good four miles to the Grasse," said
he but George didn't intend TO lie 10 you;
to his way OF figuring 1t Is a two-mie tramp.
After this Just bear in mi nd that an Adiron-
dack mile is fearfully and wonderfully made.
II VIII save you . good deal Of trouble You
the people up here reckon their cir, distances
and when they say a mile they want TO be sure
IL is a mile, so they throw in little extra by
way OF making a good measure; sometimes
the original"
One OF the p,w tourists said he wasn't GO
ing 10 have any one else fooled In that way.
Hs got q sheet of paper and drew up scale OF
miles that carried out tho Adtrondack idea;
To il ha added a second line a little longer than
the first over which he wrote: THE rest OF
the mile" This scale he pinned up IN the