The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-21

| stations ono forward and ono ait, ant
the torch was made ready. This is IN re
ality large iron cage run out from the
bow of the boat at a single angle, so al
to bring It little ON one side of TIT
prov and far enough out to preclude al
danger Of fire. A great wad Of cottor
batting was then fshed up from GOV
cred tank in the bow, where IL was soak
ing in kerosene oil, and thrown into the
cage, and the whole was touched Of
with a match. In an instant a brilliant
| glare spread out over the surface Of
the water, and the boat was made ready
for business. The man in the bow ad.
5usted a hugo dip net, three feet across
and about four feet deep, while the
other two placed planks across tn.
waist OF the boat leaving small space
| in tho bow for the man with the net ia
stand. All the rest of the boat back to
the engine room was covered with
planks for the other man to stand Oh.
leaving only q single hole to dump the
fish down through.
For q few minutes after the torch was
lighted the water along the sides of the
boat remained AZ black as ever, as she
slid along through 1t at about five OF sir
knots; then there was a few little
CLEANS Of silver, and a ripple and splash
near tho light, and the man with the
net dipped it quickly downward, close
70 the bow, and holding the hoop at
right angles with the side of the boat,
let 10 drop back along the side. Tha
other man in tho stern seized the hoop.
pulled 1t inboard, and then hauled the
net in through it, dumping a dozen o.
SO of the pretty shining fish down
through the hole into the space in the
bottom of the boat. By the time the
net was out again the silver splashes
along the side had changed to a broad
band Of white, and the next dip brought
up 20 or 30 fish.
Then Capt. Sargent, who had been
standing up in the little box, which
served as an engine-room, sang out:
Hero they come off the beach," and in
an instant there was . swish like q
heavy fall Of rain, and in another in.
slant the water on both eides Of the
boat WAS foaming with the rush OF the
fsh. surging up in the bow along the
sides jumping at tho Light. and fairly
forcing each other out OF the water
in their frenzy. Down went the net
into the thick of them. and as it dropped
back alongside the man in the stern
braced himself with all his strength
to hold the great weight of fish, and as
he pulled the net into the boat and
turned it through the hoop. q good two
bushels of fish were turned out upon
the planking with @ roar like small
cascade, and went Topping down into
the body Of the boat underneath. An
other dip, and up came another haul
Just as heavy. and the fun grew fast
and furious, the men working for all
they were worth, and the fish seeming
10 try their best to get into the boat as
they rushed up tot the light. The air was
full of water and fish scales as the sue.
cessive netfuls followed one another
Into the hold, and there was a steady
roar like a heavy fall Of rain from the
Hopping and struggling Of the fish as
they were hauled on board, and worked
their way down through the hole in the
planking. e.
The boat was headed up toward the
Penny Loaf Lodge, keeping close along
Bhore, and ail the time the fish were
coming into the boat two or three bush
els at q dip. and the craft was fast filing
up. By the time she was up with the
lNof "a hi I'll II
though it seemed as il the men had been
at work for but few minutes. Then
she was swung round again and headed
back through the great shoal Of fish, the
men keeping steadily at work hauling
in the Hopping. struggling masses until
her gunwales were but a few inches
from the surface of the water and the
men were wading knee-deep nherrings. |
A short rest had to be taken to letel |
out the fish so that they would not |
flop back into the water as fast as they |
were pulled in. end, then the work be-
gan again. BY the time that Bald |
rocks were reached on the return trip |
the boat was as full as she could be, |
with safety. Then the torch was ex- |
by dipping it into the water.
and the men pulled OF their oilskins for
q rest. for they were dripping with |
from their hard work, and |
from head to foot with fish |
scales. It was just 25 minutes from the
time at which the torch had been light
ed, and in that time IS barrels of fish
had been taken.-Boston Transcript
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