St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-03
'KAH-PEE-KOG' CLUB.
BY WRIGHT 4. PATTERSON.


FIRE, that this is to be our last evening to-
sether in these woods for at least a year!
Tomorrow our vacation in the Muskoka lake
district ends, and by tomorrow evening, il
nothing unlocked for happens, we will have
nailed up the door of the clubhouse, reeled
in our lines for the last time this year, stored
our boats, and the night train on the Grand
Trunk viii be carrying us swiftly back to
the states and to our various vocations.
without going into particulars, OF mem
tioning names, it has seemed to me that this
would be an excellent time to confess our
prevarieations so that we may quit this beau
tiful spot with a clear conscience. ! would
suggest
'1tTo what do you refer, Brother Smith? y
asked the Pastor.
"To put it in plain English, said Smith.
III think we have all lied more or less, and
that new would be good time to, tell the
truth"
Il presume that you realize that there
are exceptions to that statement of all.
Brother Smith" said the Pastor. Now,
+" @
81 made no exceptions, and intended
none," said Smith. As for myself, j am here
to state now that / have lied; lied as BIG
as / knew how and still make it q lie that
might believed, and guess YOU fellows
swallowed it without much question.
"1 have not believed single thing YOU
have said about fish since you have been
here" said the Pastor.
''Nor /, echoed the others.
sThe biggest lie that have told since l
have been here was that one about the
number Of bass Yorker and / caught in
Healey lake. We were trying to Guido the
Pastor, and did SO far as the lie was con-
cerned, and if he did not believe our story,
It was because his own was not true. What
we"
"I shall have TO refer this matter to the
congregation when We reach home, Brother
Smith, Z put in the Pastor.
II would advise you not ia" replied
Smith, but as was going to say, what
we did catch that day was all IN the boat
when we returned, and, as several members
of this club counted them, it will not be dis
puted when | say there were ,38 bass Of
over the legal length.
It was only I28, for counted them tor
gether with Husky Bill, Z said Tice.
What is the matter of ten bass more or
less, anyway! replied Smith. But there,
gentlemen, in my confession, 1873 bass In
stead of the FIVE or six hundred that told
about, and believe that every one will feel
better IL they follow my example. =
II believe that the advice Smith gives ug
is good, J" said Yorker, "and realize now as
/ never did before the enormity of the lie 1
told in reference to the skellunge caught
in Crane lake
You don't need TO make any confession
&c
knew that it was a lie when you told it..
ly of your going to Crane lake to fish for
snuskellunge on the strength of that story,
replied Yorker, and it was not as bad as
your Crown island bass story at that
My yeracity is not in question at tho
present time, !" replied the Pastor.
mo, we will hear from you later, said
Yorker, provided, Of course, your con-
science is not too elastic. But to return to
my Crane lake story, / simply wish to say
that did catch muskellunge, and that L
did upset our boat, but that was due to our
awkwardness, rather than the size Of the
fish, for when we got it on shore, which We
finally did, it only weighed ~ pounds
You told me the truth Of that Crane
lake story the day we were at Healy lake
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weighed 81 pounds.
What is matter Of five pounds more or
less IN the size Of q muskeliunge Z" said York.
Smith did not reply.
u have told SO many different tales re.
garding the size and weight of fish that
have caught in these Ontario lakes and
rivers, said Iice, that i hardly know
no v,I-f ~ :, {ne
Why not straighten out The Moon river
story Of 38 muskellunge, 10 bass and l20
trout in ten hours 2, asked Husky Bill
That might be d good place to begin at,
as that story was exaggerated somewhat
The truth is that only caught IS muskel
lunge, 60 bass and no trout at all, for
did not fish for them. There are any mum
ber Of trout in that stream and its tribu.
would be quite possible for man to catch
as many fish as said j mad caught In ths
Moon river in the length Of time claimed
to have fshed. In reality only fshed nine
hours and three-quarters. As for the other
stories I have told about fishing in Kah.
pee-Kog and the surrounding lakes, can
cover all Of them with the single statement
that I never caught more than ITO -
in any one day in any Of these lakes.
that, imagine, is batter than anv q Il
rest Of you ever did, il the wholesss N
known. - - IL p
Gentlemen, began the - : s !. s.
Brother Smith started tn q z Ne
was to accomplish N ~