The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-24
TAR. BROWNS LOST CREEL


Tsrdy Revelation Of the Facts About the !
Loss of Fourteen Pounds of Trout.
Il lest borrowed trout oreel once"
said Banana Bob Brown, the cigar man, |
land was 80 mad at myself for not fol- |
lowing it up sad recovering it that /
never told tho owner how | came to lose
it, but bought him another and never
said word. This happened up in Sui
livan county.
'The creel was / } pound one, and
the morning l strapped it on, ready to
start out after the ! 8 pounds of trout
necessary to fill it the landlord of the
house where l was stopping said:
Where are you going, Mr.. Brown
"'Where am goirg?' replied, lit
tie Iuffled After trout of course Do
l look as if was going after whales?'
Il asked you where you were 60
ing said the landlord. Il didn't ask
you what you were going after.
"'Oh, said l, I'm going to jump
ing creek. Trout there, amt there?'
"Ought to be, said the landlord,
If the bears haven't fished 'em all out.
Z" 'Bearsl' | said. and | had to laugh.
"'That's right" said the landlord.
'Surel Bears can beat water snakes
catching trout. Water snakes can beat
coons, and coons can beat the best trout
fisherman that ever went out carrying
| his fly hook where every one can see 1t
and his bait box hid in his pocket.
"'FudgeP | said and went my way.
II had great luck that day The creel
/ carried belonged to man who lived
in the village. | borrowed it because
was afraid my own creel was too small.
1t held only ten pounds had almost
filed the 5 pound creel l only lacked
two pounds. | came TO pool where
knew | could get the needed two pounds
of trout, and at first thought | would
make short work Of il by killing two
FOUNDER, but afterward made mp my
mind that it would be more sport to
kill two one Founders So prepared &c
do that had to Chamber down steep,
rocky place to get TO the pool, and
took off my creel and left it at the top
fearing that | might slip and fall anC
spill the trout and lose EN- III The
!, creek. | got down all right, and sooi
had pound trout hooked Away III
went with rush down the stream, anC
gave him line. He went 100 feet be
fore he stopped, and then stopped RICH
where q tremendous big bear stood II
I the creek, doing, as sure as you live
little fishing for himself Before coul'
reel my trout away from that spot tn
bear reached out and put the hooks
his big claw in my trout and yanked |
: out of the water, grabbing my leader
i the same time and breaking it. The
u that aggravating and impudent bea
y held up the trout for me to look al
snapped his jaws at me in way tina
made my dander raise right up an
D. waddled out of the creek into IN
. bushes, taking my trout along can
II remember when | had been so mad
Q | was to see that bear walk away wit
y = my prize.
IS "'Not if / know it, you don't g
l. away with that fish! l hollered al
% Skinned up that rock to head the BET
% off and make him stand and deliver
y that trout or take the consequence
y When got back to the top of the roc
Il | discovered that my creel OF tro'
III wasn't where had left it, looked
es around, but it was nowhere to be see
70 hurried to the bushes, pushed the
10 aside, and there, making for the wood
saw two bear cubs walking of WI
~ nv basket of fish, carrying 1T betwe'
n them. was simply dumfounded, al
lg while | gazed after those audacio
at young thieves they were joined by {
ve old bear that had caught my big tro
at down the creek, and away the Il
as went. showing every evidence OF hill;
Dit ity over the way they had tricked n
W, Instead of bounding after that robt
II bear family, recovering the proper
're thew had looted me of and administ
ID ing them such punishment as they I'll
m " deserved, | was so taken aback tina
de stood there like chump and let tn
er- escape. When came to some degree
OIL reason, was so mad at myself tina
In went home ashamed to tell how rea
had lost the creel and faxed up SO
story about its having tumbled INTO
creek and been washed away. This
alb the first time ever gave away the tr
Dr.. about losing that creel, and l feel
W. ter for it, New York Sun.