The sun., 1897-08-15
TOOK HIS WIFE FISHING.
RESULT, STRAINED RELATIONS AND
WRECKED TACKLE.

nre.hrnss--A Rtshcrnanr Plain Tnic OF tho
vnr,ea useertsinty Thas BeaonEu 10 Vienna.
The Amateur Fisherman had taken day and
his wife OF to 70 fishing. Before starting lie
had hintcd to various persons that he would
bring back large mees OF black bass and ihas
q FISH dinner would probably be the result 80
that evening his Particular Chum dropped In 10
ask what fuck had come his way. lie found rhs
Amateur Fisherman sitting in the parlor with
q tanEie Of nsbing tackle and resplendct
nose. looking worn. He didn't look nearly 90
worn as the fishing outfit, however. That wa
IN the last stages Of dilapidation.
"well. I see you went" observed the Particu-
lar Chum, elanclnE from the sun-ornamcntcd
nose 10 the mess on the floor. get any good
Ashinef'
"Dlhn.t hsh." growled the Amateur Fisher
man. "Roved the boat. Look at that mess
Rod broken at the tip. split at the second joirL
leader broken. rool out Of order. limo tangled.
and the biggest bass In wumpslkich Lake trHE
ing two Of my best flies around with him.
"what happened v asked tho chum.
Let my wife do the fishing
Tho Particular Chum made comment.
I'm that and great deal more" returned
the Amateur Fisherman. "Thcre arc some
things that q woman can't do pretty well. but
the thing she can't do thousand times better
than aho can't do anything else is fish, Then
he sworc.
where Is she r. asked the Particular Chu1n.
Upstairs bathing her eyes"
"Go ahead. then and tell your tale Of woe"
ats woe all right enough The first quarrel
Molly and have had in nearly year OF married
life You see I'd never taken her fishing before,
and didn't know what a-that is. how little
she knew about It To hear her talk you'd think
she knew It all: she did lore fishing 90. and all
that kind Of rot. SO said I'd row and she could
fish. We got a little. light boat. and put my
good s15 split bamboo rod together, rugged %
out with three salmon flies on Q nine-foot leader
on one end OF the rod and Molly on the other
and started in to troll. Well. my first suspicion
Of her came when observed her holding the tip
under water and watching the flies with an-ex.
preston OF interest.
"'why don't you let out I said.
"'Let out she said. oh. yes, OF course.
"Then she began carefully unwindng the
reel by turning It In the reverse direction That
was shock number two. After ia explained 10
her how to let out line. gave her little leo
ture about what to do when the sport began.
"'As soon as you get strike told he-.
you must jerk the rod forward to fx the hoVk
firmly In the fish's jaw.
ugh! she said. won't 1t hurt him awfullyr
"'So; he'll like it. l replied. Then you want
to reel him in as fast as you can. And I'll gee
him In the boat
won't he flop = asked Molly.
"'He will until you put your feet on him.
said. Then he'll be quiet
"'Oh! said Molly. and went on to explain
that fish strikes suddenly, but a long. stea,iy
pull means bottom or a snag. and in case OF Ia
difficulty she was TO let the line run and nou:y.
me at once so that l could stop rowing III :
being explained, we rowed around for an 10
she recled in with wild whoops Of excitemeuf.
Shortly after the line was let out again saw !
rSnlh hanAa all wit-a and afsrl1w hZr fhn
and bracins her feet. She was sasping like
- :. 81 I've got HIM: she painted
THE bottom! shouted Let go,
won't come, Hes pulling awfully.'
| 80 Let 90" 1yelled. backing water Let 90.
Maybe my tone frightened her. Anywar.
she did let go everything. and ths rod began %
slide gracefully over the stern INTO tae lake.
| got II by q quick movement But something
There: efied MoIi;. Indignantly. you've
a i that was lost was the end fly which hal
been left on the snaK where it caught This I
CURED great soli.eontroi. She was .nciinea o
| believe II was a fish until we caught two moro
OF OF stiii water aboys rock bottom an, and he stuSS
eo have mile st sway sst yell that
80 stop the boat, she whoeped. Push on tho
oars: Hack up: Go back. I'm on a snaf. >,
water, Ii was the bisses, b!sek bass you s ever
soo,hnsy SV9S dd iH1 yoa one do fF'''u'F oo0'
| " Did what every man would do under those
circumstances. Stood up in the boat and yelled
Hell! M That 4, amt sneF! It's bass! s;rtNs
eiielent Of the moment @ forSot ii s; wasn iS' M
on the near end Of the line and used languH 20
that that, l might better have kept under cover.
| "' It's a snag, she said for she hadn't seen
him cor, come mp; and. any way, you neens swcs- :
reel played the long roll about ten million TO ho
second She Erippcd the reel tight and looS,-l
skating over the surface 10 her. was almost
crazy {W,, vou s,r,k. .r1 ,ow,o, .vonm -,
him! Strike, tell you. SrRIKE.'
We'll. she did it. Talk about striking. She
S,rSGk 1oa her a. ai'ars 1 and her rSs struck for
iand. as the Fourth Reader puts 1t. and wheTe
IL The rod hi. on the ggnwals il .pintered right up
She Just grabbed the line and hauled in hand
over hand. and the first thing / knew that ha -
one look at him. said :ow W !! in kind p OF fainS
tone, and let go the line. The bass came up with
away with my flies. Oh. and he was a beauty.
Couldn't have weighed less than"
hG Rs thss oaasd The f"F'eu
Wish it had, took turn then. l sat down
| hard and said things"
Never mind. ID NJ NJ wife said that /. didn +,
TOW hcr ashore AZ once she d jump out and swim
rather than stay in the boat with me after that :"
can imagine part OF your eloQuence.
! you can you want to put ice your i'm.
| agination. ! rowed out TO the middle of tho
lake and told Molly that il she wanted TO swim
she could swim from there. Then she cried and
nhaily she said that IL Was only u miserable lit
Tie minnow anyway. That was the last straw.
| put her ashore at the nearest dock. Then
| put on new leader OF flies and trolled all tho
rest or the afternoon without getting u ti,a.
| ihat the kind OF days sport a fool gets when
| he takes his wife fishing
=. There was long silence. interrupted only by
| the remarks OF the Amateur Fisherman 10 4
| particularly elaborate snarl in his line THO
Particular Chun arose TO leave, remarkus
that he thought the job req uired peace and au.i.
| tudo, but had not reached the front door v hen 4
| feminine voice roated down fromabove
| know Jacks bcen telling you all about il,
except the last part. After he put me ashorc IN
| disgrace a compassionate smal boy lent me IN
| ordinary hook and line and got n gras shopper
| Tor me. and caught ak big bass right from Tho
shore. and one OF them was a three pounirr,
| Come around TO breakfast and help us cat him. ,
| wouldn't be in your shoes for something, :
| SAID the Particular Chum to the Amateur Fish