Arizona republican., 1899-09-15

story about there being just as good
 fish in the sea as had ever been caught
 was rank fable, and were willing to
 wager money that there were no fisa l left in the Pacific ocean, when MT. ! Stuhr happened to hook a little mack erel. This excited them all and there
 was great scIlrrying around till each ] of the three men got two big lines overheard. Then the sport began
 They had drifted into 6 regular fish settlement. There were all kinds of fish in sight. Big, little and of all in- termediate sizes. They seemed raven ously hungry and hardly was a line thrown over till it was taken. So fast did all this transpire that the fisher men hardly had time to pull one line in and remove the catch till big fish was laundering on another one. It was net long, however, till the real fun began. Every line had a fish on it and before it could be removed another large fish had swallowed the ones on the hooks. This was amusing and q new idea struck the men, They paid out the lines trying to get still larger fish to swallow those ot1 th5 second grade. They intended to keep this process up till they had all they want ed, then draw in. the lines and pull back to shore and place their catch on exhibition. They intended to explain that out here in Arizona when bulky goods are shipped like baskets, tubs, trunks, etc. for convenience and econ orny in freights, it was customary to nest" the goods and they just wanted to show that the same economic prin- ciple could be applied to fishing
 RI1f when their n1anS were m the point of success a big shark came along and swallowed all the fish cn all the lines.
 Then begGn a tlIg-of-war The shark was no longer hungry and wanted to get away. They thought the shark would be even q greater prize than the fish and arranged to tcW him into port. But it so happened that the two teams were about evenly matched. When they laid down their oars the shark gradually pulled them cut toI sea. When they bent their muscle they but it-e more than held their own. This haweyer could no last forever and the odds were against them. The shank was at home. or practically so, while the men had run out of provisio1E. Beside it was growing daGk AIr Rhodes suggested
 
 go for help. But he did not have 1t MT. St1hr did not want to give up the fish, for the reason that " hen he got hcrlDa the drinks would be on him. 1 Mir. Cunningham was getting hungry | and said he wished he had some canned salmon or sa1sdIiIDes, two boxes | for 25 cents in Phoenix. or five for | half a dollar. Night came on ipace. | The shark wenIt back two paces. Mr. Rhodes suggested that If the koat only | h1d pneumatic tires they could make better headW1y but bike his other SUE gesiionS it was iInrract:cable. AIr Cunningham suddenly remembered that he had a date that evening anal grew impatient. Mir. Stuhr said ila had no date and from the appearance of things he was about to have no fish. The shore gradually moved away. or rather it seemed to, though it was ill its proper place the neiNit Cliy Mr. Rhodes fancied he ccl1rd hear the rumble of the earthquake in Hawaii ard began to worry whether CT. not he had paid the last premium on his life insurance policy. StJhr wlsi still hanging on ito the Hines with his eve c'1 the shark. Cunnin gham suseested that if he had kn1lwn 9si was going to The Philippines he would have enlisted md gone on a government tl-anSno:.t The E'1cls;y wCu-1 possibly Lave )sen TO Better, but they would It least Have siomein:,is eo eat 2n board. Rhodes wondered wllxdlhsr in 1T craft .woUld touch at Man i Ia first CT whether they would all i-ito the hanCs of the na- lives. Stuhr was still watching ire iSil. He suggested that if the others would neither cut iBait or fish they had better go home. Rhodes dennHI11,efl. rsain signing for his wheel Finally 1unlllIghaun made up his mind he Youli fl his date if he had to walk ii,d AIr. Stuhr growing Gfsgusted with lis ccrng}dn1c-s cut the lines aDnb tcok p itE'9 oals, reiGarking as he did so. \ hat the next time he went fishing he would get some real sport=nfn to % with him.