The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-09
BILL DROWNED THE BEAR
AND CAPTURED CUES, mr.
OAUGHT NO TROUT

The Next Day He Killed Twelve Rnttl..
snakes, but Returned Troutlesn- m.
Third Day He Caught n Hundred Iron,
and Formally Declared the Season opsn
Il went up into the Stony Valley coun,r,
last spring to see II 1 could get some Of N.
good early trout fishing 1 had heard so mnch
about" said John Gilbert. the travelling rn.
oeryman. and / was told that they alwnv.
waited for Bill Dlcky TO start the trout season
up there. Bill. they said. was the boss front
fisherman OF the Stony Valley waters. and until
he took to catching some everybody elsa
stayed home. Bill hadn't brought any in vet
30 II wasn't much use Of my going out. thsI
said. But Bill had gone out that day, and
would know % soon as he got in whether tAs
season had opened yet. Bill got in alonS
toward night, and 1t seemed to me that he
looked rumpled and skin broken.
We'll said /. did you get anyG'
"'only three said he.
"'Threel' said I. That is rather a slim la
Of trout for you to own up to. amt itT
Yes said Bill. but them three wasn't
trout. Them three was bear
Il wasn't expeoting him to say anything
about bear. and 30 / didn't have anything
ready to say back right AWAY. and before I
could think Of an ythinR Bill had begun about
the bears.
IT hadn't had no kin o. luck said he. and
I was feelin' ugly, but for oil that. l wouldn't
have pitched into the kenr that game along just
then II the blame thing hadn't made me lose n
two-pound trout. the first fish ! had hooked,
It was at Anvil Rock hole. The bite 1 got was
\ souzer. and the trout sprung out O. the water
more than two foot when put the hook in his
jaw. and ! see that he weighed two pounds.
/ was Rittin' the best OF him fast when over
my head. clear ct the top of the ledge. more
than sixty foot up. there come a crackin' like
q tree fallin'. / looked UP and what should I
see comm down and turnin' all sorts O. sum.
mersets but q great. big bear. and follerin' Il
close was the limb OF a'tree. The bear plunked
square into the pool. but the limb lodged half
way up the side Of the rock. The bear not
my pole and line gaiieywest and sot the biSS
III was so mad that I throwed my coat and
stone. It seemed to me as II It was more than
and by he come. pSfin' and II %snortinC.'S ~ IL IL
p !SSEtsdf ,s 8 t RSS!S a ] aldn !sf give : iER iml the sss eh snss
dIesdH him. MA and dacEed his head VI un der W water:
He, rid, me round in the pool like a circus hosi
Git a snifr or two o wind. but j. wouldn't lep
kRi%' deader than 2 pickled piss foot IRS{$nS
he spilled my nshin' an lost me q two-pounder.
Ny alshpS9le Eas broke to binders: too.
great scratchin' and whinin' and looEin' up
t TafFo w Il O DOWN ft ESe s / Zee .! tE ES. f Isdse T oa15,
me and. the dead bear. Then I inooWesd3 That
the dead bear wasn't entitled to be called he.
young uns. 1 tethered 'em up and they're
down At tn my o, sShfbn asyy P PSg LIVE lively tS as f tres Ds M I
ton ~ fha r00Ha and Uaa ont IN n limb RI 1t n
better look at me when It broke, and down she
come. / hope to goodness won't be both
want this, trout season to open. It's a little
behlndnand. as it is
the sg asIu MeR %jt fSs sdms P asTje dsy i6 Snf T ! STsitf d
60 after some myself. I went over to Bill'S
'':' ::$$9SSsss T liz; P 'saIS f &c! I.
:$ &s;,; I'D III PIT J. ,s$ $si sS sSSa sn sir ''9 Sc bad /,
ns. These twelve is Old seekers said Bill,
":.Y fa!'n said Bill. . sRatFlesnakes seemed to be
foSnd one f fayin' By the SID! SIDE o the the e SS,de' just
s way s sSd i1lf Z alssfesdp is 6 h isadi on /! T I fs 5hsat q II Plt Rs
s ses sRess s e e up st thslr br! Eassa and q s shs@fsf shsii
fure6sr d n1a of tSss seeef fha not / T II sRey f Fnow e2
i. The, consequence was that 1:had to fight
on meetin' with ~rattlers every little ways. and
after l had killed the twelfth one. and looked
90. as far as my eyes could foller. 1 concluded
to let 'em have their holiday out. whatever IL
think maybe III 60 9 and try the creek
J. found ont that Bill did 90 out next day.
and so ]. called to see him after supper.
Well. BILL said /. how did you come out
""iGot an even one.' said Bill.
Well said I. beginning to get disguised,
II y was one bear it was enough, III was one
tfo sslsf Il isn't " worth E6G speaking about. and I eusss
THAT one is o trout said Bill. But that
one is one hundred. And they're purifier than
peaeooksr
beauties: There was . two-poundeE amnpa
EN- and lots OF one-pounderS. The 10
weighed flfty-two pounds.
"'1The seasons open.' said Bill.
And 1t was. sure enough. 1hAd {. Woo6b
fishing such a. ! never saw the like OF"