The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
HOW DAN'E'SlDEA WORKED
cor II TROY . cEiSE. AVID TEIED IT
ON ALDER ATILL MATERA
II Wac Working All Eight wb~a . wildcat
q IHterfered with u - Uisfufb~d Dan'rs
Mind About His Gun and Raced n 0n~s-
tSos of Verarsty Bet Him and Iii.

never '@lieved II Il bed Owed 20 10 6 hundred
Teart Old said the rntb 'ro- 7ha knes rruo-
t-J. IL he hatr'i ahsrpeuE5 - t-eI d d-sEEin
IL the tsud o the creek ;of a MAX t-sr bed
so- o )yNi the bezri1's ~. snd haul s1 the ear
esss Of the consumed uElr critter up It-r Il.
! wouldn't q believed u urssl'f hAlufa
teen mixed % with il. Jbbs tod re. a. ] uas
Es'tB ready ~ &c down ard caTrT v5tp y ioet.
that | was rnskIn q mistake and hadn't better
g. but the dee was q Ep,5 ore. 'corsinE 70 TIE
way ] fst about IL. and ! said ! guessed /
kDVvG what I usE doin, I'm a leetle sot in
nv EsTs- anyhow. ard wh-o ! git at I5eeI
GIT IL fT al IE wgrTh. and at acecr3in. /
never could So am , int 10 Ejttin al ide+ 1n-
)@ss you give the dee q ehtpr= 80 ] sara 70
JSbe
Tatez.' rsrs l.. don't worry. II tbe idea
oout work there uuu : t~ % harm done. Il il
do%s v0rt. SAYS. 'thereTl hs some joi
vojrp!n ;rog; bruoE il. / says. and that's
What wore !ooEiI for
Cause trout was Ettin' a-aziu Few sri
'ur between. AID tnsI. ptattrz az that I
know 1 there II ust te some cd speke-- left in
the creek ~ only they was smart AID was
kept themselves scare ~ hdiI IL the
alder stilI waters.
"Jsbe. / EaTt. there's where tbey he.
Plenty u en-. AID Old spckerz.
Yes. ssJs be. tut ron csr't git TO EN-
"G1r3 reason JAts had FER saTn that. tao.
II anything had ever shet itSslt IN ari dared
snybJ1r 70 get - I. that thinE was the alder
Sill vath-s TheT took W 3 good m.led o. the
creek. tut vas KhE. IL an6 hid ~ sEtrh an
stDaz L themes ~ aldcrs that rJho3r ha2r't
hare. p.uske3 co fe--dge enough % try su4
make their way through en- ~ SO whe;he-
there was ropu enough anywhere a-rpngs:
EN- 70 CT a hook 10 she water q whether
there wasn't
why. Erest,humps 70 Oh Cnrle Pete usAi
% ssr. 'muskra's cstt even get around
'mongst them sijsrs. and III be; II it"
~ nnt",3y hstrt u"ye- TIED 20 see what
them ,arElss and t~zistIu's % siders was hicia'
'"suAs ther said il uouyiIt t. II ute IL ,he
frat pls"e. ard. il the SECOND Iiare. Who
wants 20 ct Ee-ched fast snynEs, en-. they
says. ard founder arrunl il mebt4 ten .o2,
. waite, that he csn : see ard get d-owLt@j:
they says. Which Teer=d n D. god afEu'yir,.
lssstwaJs 80 everybody thought. Bu; ! got
This idee. and | WIS found 70 give the idee a
chance ] gr- 'he dee IRON a crane ! don't
MID owniu ~. Or maybe ] wouldn't teen %
81 nj ~csrryit Or out was S0r' = ha.g.r'
round On the FUR edge q them thick al
cers one daT. v!'h sLprhsr dee. and that
was that them tra"Es ! seen was tears
tracks. ana that the tear that made en-
would more than likely ue comm out o
lHS AHIST- .vIS yrLE. anu 4 UlpAI gu ms moe
and grease While / was hang!u round there
! seen a c-are come foppin ~ over the tops q
the trees and ss!! along home. and that crane
bad a sianmtn Big FISH IN his hL. / watched
him TIL he 20. out o sigh, and then the idee
began 20 hit me.
"'There ailht no shat in the Knob country. /
says. and there amt no pickerel within FIVE
niled . here. says 80 that crane must a
been trout fshin. but ] hain't seen a tro1, as
big as that IN In ten year. ! says. It's the
alder s'Ii waters. | says. There's whererha,
crane ketched that trout. and 50 there mus, be
water il sight 'monEst them alders. else he
couldn't 4 got in there 20 FISH says. and
then ] 50, down and thunE. and ! fggered my
ide. out % a dinEtun. and when went home
/ started in 10 git ready to carry it out. not say
in d word about the crane. and Jabe says | was
maxim a mistake and hadn't better go. but |
says:
"'Jabez. don't you worry. T. the idee don't
work there won't he no harm done. II il does
work 'herell he some dodwollopin' trout bruug
In. and that's whs, were !ookin' FOX. ! says
Yes. The bear come out o the alders Tore
! went home 70 carry ont that idee. Ard J got
his hide and grease. Yes.
"Th" frs, thing that idee aboU, the alder
still waters called for was q boat a narrow boa,
with a sharp pint. and made strong. Knocked
se'ch a boa' together. lacked her over TO the
creek whore the water begun 10 lose i,seit at
the head II the alder tangles. and put her in.
IN you git tied ny and drowned. says Jate
as ] left home with the GOAT. don't never say
/ didn't warn you And don't you 'org.t tha,
II you don't rome back. DsnI. thatdouble.barr
gun o your'n falls 70 me. he ssys.
This was in the mOrnin'. Long about
noontime | Was back home aRin. and Jate
came in a Little while a~tierward. thought he
lrJke cd Cop eide "a fie ii-,p ipfnd uhEr ba caa
me but MAYBE not.
well. Jabez. | says. the double-baEl gun
hain't fell TO you. | says. and | ketrhed durn
nigh a boat load o the biggest trout / ever SGT
my eyes on. ! saws.
No. says Jate. where be they
That's j.. l says. Where be they You
"'wildca's; = says he. 1890.
him how my id-e had worked. ana the way Il
had worked was tins:
daylight al all. and that was only an orenin' a
coup" . wards or 50 square, but know'd that
that the!" Wa bigger On"s yet. and | chopped
and grubted Oh through the aiders. by and
i ~ %sHy W. III RIFT I I" %rp-I" ont 1h' in GM'' q r'a %e
MORN nftyfoot wide. aud maybe a. long az ln. |
- Wei; says. That id-c j. go.n 10 work >
trenendous'
Il riGgea " anh begun !" nSh i didn't
max" no ElTnT"ncH "itrt. tIaf nook o nine
hit the water. an old seeker Of a trout would
graf 81 Il. and Il WASH I long fore | HAD that uUat
haii full. and ! wa tired u kc'chin' Of en-.
THE Idre il al right. -ry.. 50 ] guess
I'll fight my Why back our q these alder Atill
waters, ana go home and SI prise folks. ] saJE.
Just then a trout biggerE any on" | hal
ketched made a break for Il fy " sOmrthIn'
way over tO'rd the edge u the oTcnln'. and |
thought I'd try and see IL he'd take mine.
Where the alder c'osed In on the water az the
lower end o the np"nin' the creek got not
TnOre'n four loot Wide. and m" aIders locked |
and twisted themselves 50 tnng!y o'"r il there
that the water got out o sight 30 complete that
il seemed as IL II rad been ~gddnutly swa.leFei /
~ tEe earth. on the rIghthHnd side o the
wide SPACE Il big hcm'O"k tire" shot up ahoI"
the swamp. and some Of is branches reached
out over the water. | was standIH' up in
my boat. and had TO stand mighty /
Study. too. ] tell you. II was 80 narrow, !
and the boat WIS fifteen or twenty feet below !
the big hcmiock. | swisheI my rod 10 make
the long cast Tor the Dig trout. but my hook
quit comm Onward. II had stopped sOmc'rs /,
In the air hehind me aud made my reel hum.
What sort o su 'prlsel me III" most. though,
was an on'arthly vel! that rIz behind me. and
Iist in time to see a big wildcat sprlng from the
lower limb o. III" big hemlock. AMI she was
p'Inted straight Tor me. Shed been Scroochin'
there unbeEnOwnst TO me. and my hook
had ketched her through the ear. and
there's more tender fe"lin' in a wild
cats ear than there is In a ulRger's shin. So