Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-07

WEnt 70 rriutc that statement e Bili's right
hsrc. and tc 30 o, I VII TELL - cf q nsl
! caught u this lake some NO or thrce yc1rs
49,.
Was there anyone With yoa a. The tine.
Brother Smith - Esked the Pastor.
There uerr two gentlemen fishing from
the same beat With me that 1ay. hut rpEre.
10 SAY thai both ~ them have since died.
bul. a. we have aErced 20 tel only the
truth tteir testimony VIII not he needed in
tkis case
Always dead. rrurruured the Pastor
II you reuscrltEr. tz-0 years aEo I couid
net set away 20 come up here az The regular
time. and 80 had 20 let the clubs annual pii-
Crimare pas. and see the r1emherx e. away
without me But soon after the rrst of you
had returned ] found a. opportunity %
-e1ve ms business for eouTlc Cf weeks and
wrote O. come trenis Gus ir Illinois 1sking
them o. accompany me They REPLIED that
they Wculc - cad - Go -. snd would meet
ne a. Tcrouio-
we met AZ s-rre1 upc-. ard iourrsyet
a. ] always a. ty uny ~ NusErkl Mari.
ard thence by steamer 90 Barnesiale. ard
Through the woods ! had previously ar
r1rsed for guiies ard boats and we found
t-eu waiting tcr - when we reached here.
The hrsf tuo cav- that We we're here Ne
lad sucb eHceg tiCrally good fishing that Ply
arms we're SIMPLY worn out handling rod
i = seldom thAt ] Ct more hsh than
want. but in that case I caught 80 many
thar ! had % quit for lack q strength 20
pCL them 81 Nv friends. however, were
strc-ger than ! we, and were not ready -
rest - so1n- When the morning e the
ttirt tay q cur stay came ! proposed that
re re- untl after dinner. but they would
rot bear q ., nor would they g snt leave
4
Vith then. but taking a traWlin- line Instead
a nd ard hns- vas 20 tel them where
20 nsh. ard 60 use the trEwling line a. Ne
moved about from pace 90 place
we pulled cat 20 the little bay back here
Ersi. and caught qlste stFlnx q has before
they CONCLUDED they would lac - move
suzeestet thar We 70 down towards the 20
runWsy, fishing along the west shore. through
the usrrows and around Grown island On The
uzy. Anything vas acceptable % thera. and
30 re started uls sitting On the stern q
The boat WITH ny trzriinE inc over the back
e. we pulled towards the narroEs
Jest a. We sos 70 the white rocks along
The shore before ycr reach he rzrrOws felt
su6der strike OF zny Inc. and knew that I
| had nockec fair-sixad fsh from the way be
ruiiet. The gsntiernsr who wa rouir z
stopped TIE boes, sld begz1 pulling ID ms
+ 6sh- sn1st hars gottex him within - Zee;
I q the boat when the l,e Vas jerked from
ny bad. and before ] eoClt catch i again
81 q il had disappeared ir the water with
7 the exception q ,ust the end 20 which the
q TX on V5ich i had been wound vas tied
Forfurzteiy the stick czrghi 81 the boat
aid ! grabbed T.
i srew ia ar Instant hat something
larger fhsr ny Grit catch lad he'd q that
hook. and tired q pun j towards the boat
TIT inF.eac q re conpirc towards the boa,
The boat followed the 6sb stern first. Fo'
more than tsf an hour tEat 6sh drzZget
ocr skiF around ths iake after him. H. tool
~ bari in.o the little bay. fher 1owr
throuSh the narTowx. ou. sround Crowu IL
iant. sraashed AZ ~ against the fo<ks al
the post, and IN fat gave Ga fids % al
naoet any Cd place il Ksb-pes koz lake.
1t was not UBtg he had taken us al
srount the lake and back seain thai BE- ra'
willing 70 wait ~ = hsdn'i have been thsi
was using an extra heavy frswl.ng lre--on'
thst ny I5nois frserts had been in th'
habit a catching h1ndrcd-poun5 catfish
18th r. the Nisssssirsn-we would 1cyel
have i2nced him. IUs - finally tired ont
ard We towsd hia ashore. and. gentlemen
that was nuskeilungs that weighed q
pour1s n ke weighed en- ourcs."
Il tr1s. that your good wife is yYayirg 81
you to-nisht, Brother smitb.S said the Pas
tcr.
"An1 n was HIN tbst s,'e Ne We rzus
cpit iyirs." ssi< Hnsh, BIZ. "a be kpeeks.
the sskss cot = bif PIPE ard s'srssi fer bs<
q Ehs1fff A. PATTERSON