Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-10-21

Lar, Got 20 round .musky' That's What I
/ would call q nsh worth catching Il seetns /
sort az fu-ny 90 me thai some o. you fe.- |
lows never catch hsh Ike taat.
~Nhy DOME you make try a. y your
se,ft" aid smith ~O- % even s9Icunc
.musky' beneath your superior not4ce-
DID you lay that yOu uc-e over 10
Crane lakes" asked Norkcr.
No. / sa.d ! met guide com,ns out O.
there" replied Bal
4 WIS over there myself week or -
ago" sad Yorker, and don't oeAeFc 4
+ shall soon forget the mp OF the e1PeIl-
When were you at Crane -Gke'' asked
ice.
-Oh. about ten days ago" replied York.
en- Don't you remember the day / did
not So ulth the ret oi you. We. about
ar hour at.er you leit you-s ie..ow irctn
down here at tle Pittsburgh -.--l on he~
AXE came a.ou- and as--- me 3D. g. over 90
Crane Like ~ lh liw and v>1,. h.+
Reeves pas Gle only one 81 cr. % tle
TINS. ana I ss BL was sad enough %
zee ne g.. io- 10 saved L-m ge'tlls dinner
~Are there any fish over there worth
catcilirs," asked i-e Pastor.
Il am rrt mas. g judge O.. nsn. 90 60
know. hut s-l4 u Say th4t the t-a .l Dr-re
wei. tel Us the story, sad tLe F1stcr.
IL isr't much 20 tea, only az sad 1
went over 20 Crane lake. where my iiie-c
sid We could catch Iuuske.. trge. he; re
we storg-d paLLinE we were Gear a. tie
northern end. .n what they cal the oeef
} cut, and then we 30 out q trolling Ane.
s FOR awhile padded the canoe, and -
: Travelled around the b 81 rocky snorcs q
,hat ED IL tie lake without SETTING
ID -et hass. and they were hig ones 90 -a-t
some a. ,he bass We sot there must hav'
weighed a.. % sx pounds, and VAS ga'
We were fishing wl-h tgo.ins hnes instea'
,. q e rod and rec for I never would nav
= 70. one Of those fish on; q the water y ~
! a rod.
p jus. 10 try 10 change our luck v
changed positions. or rather ] tcck the In
= ard ms friend took the paddle. The TDs
:, was certainiy successful, for II less than
II minutes We got = strlke that nearly ups'
=. he canoe The FISH lerked 70 backward 5
- quickly that ny friend lost his paddle. AZ
then We began a pretty race around y
axe which lasted for nearly a. hour o
and OF. Never once during that time g
. We see What we Rad hooked. and e. the eu
q that time we thought we h-d lost h;n
because be went down 50 deep TIA; he too
OUT a. our Ire and we had 20 throw
overheard 20 keep from gong under Il.
a him- 4 few minutes later, however. y
G found the b.ock OF the eud Of the line aoa
ius on TOP q tie water and secured ii az
- Eith Il the line and feb. That time y
= were wiser and worked around until :
~, lad landed OF the shore Of the AXE. a.
Y after a hard iussls had our fish on sho
with u
- ii was the biggest fish / had ever see
A. fully seven fees lOng We simply cou.dI
III think Of leaving "a, and how to get 81 ba
10 camp was q propositoA that Tor IL
r. neither q Us could solve. Then my fr1e
tAossht q tying il 20 the canoe ard "a
- ding back with IL that way, and that
hat We tried TO do. We hadn't got
|, yards from shore before the fish objected
the proceedings, made . dive for the b
L tom. upset the canoe, dumped rs both n
the water. broke the line that held him q
{, esczped, While We got ont the beet We COZ
~ and dried our clothes in the sun."
ar Did you say the young man who '
= with you aad could youch for that 80
Al vas over al the Pittsburgh camp in He
u lake," asked the Pastor.
i. i am sorry 20 say that he II not, rep
Yorker. TIE we;ting be got that day
suited IN cod which caused bis retI
&c the states sid has since caused
death"
"Did I 20, tell you that YORKER wo
put 81 Of IA TO shame ~ day. ssl
/. emlth. a. We walked up % the elubho,
and 4 had nothirz 20 ssy IN reply,
WRIGHT A. pAT1xaso,