The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01

rurycr OF Dallas began Yelling about Crush
ha, as scon as that name WAS mentioned
Rice made gestures like a man with a bug
IN his ear. and exclaimed: That's enough
. u Crush Is in Dallas no wonder you left
Does he know your routeg"
I'm afraid he does. Where can we "a
10 throw him OF the track"
Foster remarked that somebody ought IA
throw Crush on a track and hold him there
while a freight train ran over him. 1t
seems Crush had once refused Foster a
, pass.
1t vas finally decided that TO &c, away
from Crush and the rest OF the Gr,en.
Grant Huston branch OF the Mark Hanna
Presidential Misunderstanding company the
trio should accompany Mayor Rice and a
party OF friends, who were TO start at 80
D. m, TO Captain sam Aliens hunting
snd fishing lodge on Clear lake. midway
between Houston and Galveston.
Are there any hat stores In the vi
entity asked the mayor OF Dallas anx-
lot sly
On being assured that there were no hat
stores, and no election returns hut plenty
OF hsh and water fowl. the mayer OF Dali
las consented 10 go along. 1t was so stIp-
uleied that nothing should he said about
democratic mistakes. or anything else cal
/ ctiatod TO hurt the feelings of tho mayor
! OF Dallas. There was to be no croXing
over the visiting statesman: in fact no
( reference was 10 be made OF crow. unless
! perhaps To odd Grow"
Three o'clock found the party at Sea.
h'ook station, one mile distant from tho
I lodge. The following named gentlemen
answered TO the o'clock roll call:
Inc mayor OF Dallgs. J. +. Farnsworth,
George W. Foster, Mayor Baldwin Rice,
/ Captain Sam Allen. with his sons. Percy
ara Haltis. g. F. Arnold, Tom Lucas and
Louis Gucrringcr.
The twin mayors, Foster. Farnsworth.
Arnold and Baltis accompanied Captain
sam Ailen on his yacht to try their luck
T al hshiug. The solemnity OF the occasion
was very much disturbed by the distr.bu.
ten OF frivolous chestnuts by Foster, who
proposed to offer chrome Tor every fish
that bit The proposition not to let him 10
along was being seriously discussed with
baited breath when 1t was discovered that
he was ballast ID with great flask in eacn
hip pocket THAT WIS all that saved him.
On reaching the fishing place dreadful
atcident came near occurring The wind
got behind FarnsWorlhs ears. He WIS
flown overheard and probably would have
been drowned had not Major Foster thrown
a line out and tclcrhoned him TO come
IN out OF the wet Captain sam Alien by
tins time got the boat anchored and every
ihing appeared in perfect condition FOR the
capture of fish.
At ;he end OF each line stood a man
who hut few DAYS before thought he
had political pull that could snatch tho |
teeth out OF any shccpshcad that dared |
nhblc Alas how disappointment tracks
the steps Of hope
The mayor Of Dallas silently sat by |
thinking about Crush and Watching Mr. |
Arrod pull out beautiful reddish while |
on the opposite side of tho boat Captain |
Allen was landing shecpshcad quicker than |
mule could kick. white his son Baths |
VAS Kept busy batting his hook for 1oundor
He baitod the hook and the founder hooked |
the hait right along
Mr. Farnsworh claimed that the biggest !
ediish ever hooked had got AWAY from |
him He Was not asked to make oath to It
as he swore enough oaths as II was whoi.
it got away
The poetic genius Of tho party. Baths
Alien. immortaizcd this incident In the
following lines:
Into the ardent anglers cup.
Harsh fate pours lots Of gall;
The hsh he hooks and brings to land
Is often very small
AS happy would tho angler be.
AS iowers In rosy May.
II lie could but bring home with him
The fish that got away
II occurred several times that Tom Lucas
complained that he telt like a FISH out
of water, Everybody knew precisely how
he felt--that he felt high and dry. His
sunerlnss were relieved by Foster with
some OF IS n gallon ballast
Mr. Haltis Allen was The best dressed
man IN the party He gave as an oxplnna-
ZION tina, it was his best girls doings, She
said Dear Baltis. you look so slovenly |
You must put on your other clothes What
an awful recollection it would be for me
II you were to get drowned looking so shah
by"
Mr. Arnold was rebuked for telling some
large fish stories He admitted that he
lied. but he didn't think a fisherman was
fchpGnaible when he told IA lie II was the
iault 81 the fSh II they did their duty
There would be no necessity for lying
The most conscientious man in the CROW
was Mayor Rice. lie had the other twin
brow snmc Of the iarscst fish to him,
vtich hr dcNtcrously caught. Talk about
aichng ushl can now truthlully toii
ny wife that | caught them. Gentlemen,
may be poor fisherman. but I am no
liar he remarked with great earncstnusi
- he caught by the tail a ten pound
ihcepshesd which the mayor OF Dallas
osscd him.
Gurrrinver caught an occasional trout
farnA~ogth could have caught fish If he
I'D at been busy hol lag Foster pass
rcnnd = tin cup. Messrs. Nrnold Gucr-
niger captain Alien and his son. BATHS.
ced,d TIE bont with nsh,
in the meantime Lucas and Percy |
'iicn had started or in 4 smaller boat
% runi lucks With Il small bore KUN AMI
airo-borc flask. They returned later on
.id the Impression Us that their raid was
.cfy much like Cantnin General VIEWERS
gmpasn after Cuhars However. they q
Maintained that they had good time .
rrcy snys h. Killed the ducks and Tom J
allied the boat. Percy agreed not % criu- ,
.ac Toms SIKH at a sailor, If Tom would /
ot tell what kind of ducks were shot !
eicy subsequently owned up that the only q
hing In tie shape Of bird hc ever shot
vas n squirrel. which he killed with a stone !
'hcn IL fell into the creek and got drowned
hcn he VAS u boy {
Major Foster asked the following conun. I
rum Why are some hunters like a ,
ioustcn or Dallas policeman" And when 4
9th mayors had given Il up. the answer Ii
80. because when they enter gambling Il
Establishment they seldom nud game. This !
as a mean dis 4, the twins and they
OH aulRcd and poutc1 for several hours
iterNards.
After several DAYS splendid Sport, N
opinF that Crush had lett town the mayor =,
liollas returned to Dallas, and the first "
IAN he met WAS Crush who with a bealn- p