The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-29

. Ding itT says 1. TT amt safe to be in
this bailtwick no morer says l.
Course Il amt, says Jim, an he look
ed so durn down that gave him two good
snifters an half a pint to take home with
him.
"Jim want out arter picker'I nuther. He
was bass tishin Right down yonder by
Eagle Rock is where IL happened. Jim was
standin jist above his knees in the water.
playin' bass he had hooked. when plinki
came sumpin agin his stomach that
knocked the wind out of him an doubled
him up most like jackknife- Now, s'poss
you'd ben winded and doubled up by a
plunk in your stomach like thai. an when
you looked down an see that 1t was a
tremendous big pickerl that done It,. an
the picker'l had grabbed Your watch chain
an was tlggin an yankin' at IL like
mad, wouldn't you been s'prised? Funny
II you wouldn't! An o. course. Jim was
s'prised when he see that setch was just
what was happenin' to him. an fore ne
got all his wind back and could straighten
up, the pickerl had shipped the watch
out o. Jlm's pocket, yanked the chain
loose, an was dlvin back inter the water
with his plumber. An Jim said the pick
err was mean enough to stop when 1t was
half under water an wiggle its tail at
him the aggravatin'est kind! burned IL
Il don't make me bile to think of III
yoopin' an yeiiin. I thought T for FORE sure 1lrs
that the lostn' of his watch had druv him
crazy.
Z" Billy says he I've found my
Jim says I. thinkin' yit that he was
crazy, don't let Il work on We like that.
Why, ding II! I'll buy We another watch
" Buy me another UNI? says Jim. What
do / want with another un when I've got
my own watch back? says he an he pull
ed out the watch and chain the picker'l
stole.
"'Jem,' says l. 'miracles?r
Purity nigh to itp says he, an told
me all about It.
"Jim's cousin, Bob Boyden. lives three
miles below Eagle Rock 1t was two weeks
fO-dAV m nod l,xrf l1es
dacious pickerl Bob Boydens the uncom-
monest best picker'l ketcher on the river,
cause he hain't afeerd OF EN-. When a fell
ler. hooks one o. these AlIeghaney picker'I
an hauls 1t In an gifts sight of IL a-com-
ing, n he don't cut his line an let the
pickerl go, that's fellow that amt afeerd
TO tackle his weight In wildcats. Bob Boy
den,s Jist one O. them kind O. chaps, an
neil go right out all alone and tackle them
plckerl any time. Well, sir, day afore yis-
terday Bob thought he'd go out an hev
some run with pickerl and he went. An
! want a.! to tel YOU It's q good thing for
long afore he got strike that was
" 'Belshazzar's ghostY' says Bob. There
hain't no precedent for setch as thatP says
me-; Ihere's FISH on the end O. this line.
this trim says he.
AN Their was, you bet? sTain't worth
while for me to tell you how Bob had 20
light an tussle an sweat an swear fore
ne got his aieker'l ashore, but he landed
EN-. There was two of EN-. But only one
OF EN- had Bob's hook In its jaw. T'other
one had come along, just the same, cause
IL was fast to the hooked picker'i by a
watch cnan. Bob said this was the most
sprisin thing he ever see. One end o.
the chain was fast in one picker'is Jaw.
wedged there tightern wax and t'other
end was somers In tother picker'ls i'll
nards Bob felt as II he ought to 'vesti-
gate. He ripped tother picker'l open, an
what do We think? He found a watch fast
In its guletl
Bob began to dance for Joy over this
here prize he had took, but purity soon he
stopped an turned pale. He reco'nized the
watch an chain as Jim Morse's. Now
he hadn't heerd o. Jim havin' his watch
stole. so there want only one thing fer
him to think had happened.
g These picker'l has waylaid Jim an
gobbled him., says Bob. AN all that's left
is this here watch an chain, says he.
bob didn't lose no time, ] can tell We,
gettn' up to Eagle Rock to carry the oreui
news to Jim's folks. Well-but o. course
you know what the upshot must ben an
the lively time there. was to Jim's. The
one pickerl had tried to steal the watch
from the first piclSer'l, and that's the way
they both got In scrape. But 1t was
edgn' purity close on to miracles the way
Jim found his watch wasn't it2"