The morning times., 1896-05-31

holiday The soldiers had made him rub
out The name he had written with MS lat,
iewelied fingers, at which he was in Il
state oi wIld Jury, ana purple with ILL.,
dIguauon. We wondered at The patience
OF his captors a metropolitan cop
would have sIlenced him i'll an instant.
Say, these fcllers don't know who they
have got hold Of he said, confidentially, To
us. When get back TO New York, I'll
make ii hot for 'cm, you see if don't.
| am al American citizen and entitled to
all the privileges us such. Why, that for
nation belongs to me, and I've perfect
right To my name on 1t if | want TO.
Whe7 l get through with these felers,
they'H wish they'd never been born. I'm
as intimate with Hokc Smith as | am with
my own brother. and me and Grover was
boys together"
He continued to rant in this style UNTIL
much to our relief, they started Off on their
way to the Mammoth Hot Springs, where
Capt. Anderson VIII be both judge and Jury.
This official by the way, is an absolute
monarch, from whose decision there is no
appeal. Bat that he is very just and very
wise monarch, every one comedies.
PARADISE FOR FISHERMEN.
There may be in Switzerland or on the
Scandinavian peninsula more beautiful
drives than the one from the upper basin
J
scenery no one would admit it. The road
twice crosses the Continental Divide, and
lies over mountains covered from base to
summit with great, green fir trees. The
| solemn grandeur and majesty OF the scene
silenccd us all, except the Professional
Beauty, who sat with his Grace, the Grand
! Duke, on the back seat, and who, as usual
felt called upon TO rattle off a string of
adjectiYes.
The rest of US rode dow the dark slope,
| everyone busy with his thoughts, peopling
| the forest from his wn Imagination, when
suddenly bend in the road and an opening
| in the trees sho wed US Y clio wstone Lake.
| 1t lay like a great mirror, framed about
| with towering mountains, purple and gold
in the declining sunlight against a back
| ground of fleeCy cumulus clouds. Nothing
! can equal the surprise and pleasure over
| the unexpected view. We sat for a long
! time, silently enjoying it, when the Grand
! Duke said abruptly:
Il haf net 4 americans on re continent who
| never the Allegheny Mountains crossed haf,
| wholook always for Ze scenery. Why do zey
| not first learn to know Zeir own beautiful
country?" Aud those of US who have made
| many pigrimagesto O Europe, aud are making
I our first visit to the Park, felt personally
reproved.
At the Thumb we lunched in tents, afte
| the fashion at Larrys, but we missed that
| jolly Hiberniau's flow of language. The
ride across the la ke in the little steamer that
| plies bet ween the Thumb and the Fountain
Hotel is an agreeable experience. On our
trip the day was perfect, and everything
propitious. There was Just enough wind to
break the waves into shining ripples, the
mountains looked like great mounds of
softly -Coored mist in the distance, peli-
cans sported around, ducks skinned the
water nearby in the most friendly way,
and 1.-The sleepy sunshine mantled> all" 1t
was a ride to be remembered, and restful,
after our forty-two miles Of staging, but
none OF us were sorry when we landed in
front OF the hotel, which is picturesquely
| situated on the border of the lake.
Boats were waiting for us when werea ched
| the hotel, stored with tackle The fish
ing enthusiasts hardly waited to register,
| but trooped off to the wharf, headed by
Miss Chicago, who, since she joined us at
| the Fountain, has led everything and every
| body Her frank, unaffected good ma
| ture is contagious. and the foreigners
almost come to blows In her service
After her money" said the cackHng
| mamma knowingly. and the Professional
| Beauty sulked at being neglected.
PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY's CATCH.
| The Park is piscatorial paradise, the
possibilities of which will not be believed
government system Of preservation. Many
| choice yarleJles have been planted by the
| fish commission and the waters actually
| TEEN with fish.
Visitors are allowed to fish under GER
| tain restrictions, but they are so slight
| as not to interfere in any way with the
| sport. The true sportsman might OBJ
| ject to the facility with which it is
| possible to make big haul, but it is
| grateful experience to him who has sat for
| hours under the shade of tree, waiting
| for the bite that never came; who has
| trailed his line over the side of his boat
whole afternoon, without catching a
single fish, and who has never taken any
results of his boasted skill home, except
| when be stretched his conscience suffi-
ciently TO fill his creel at the nearest fish
| market.
Fishing in the Park means sport. 1t
| means hauling in your line every few mo-
ments, with a sparkling beauty on the
| hook 1t means boat with the bottom