New-York tribune., 1901-12-15

"One sunfish and two spankings." He then
sent downstairs an order to compensate the
company for the loss OF Major Ponds songs
and Mr.. Thompson asked for the remainder OF
Mr. Mowrys interrupted story. Mr.. Mowry
proceeded follows:
Cowie and I got tremendous strikes, appar-
emily at the same instant. l paid out line ana
Cowie held taut. I've got him!" cried CoWle'
as he began to pay out. so have 1?' l replied
taking up my slack. There were two as pretty
fights as ever you saw and we both killed our
catches together. I began to reel up, and then
called to Cowie that he was afoul OF me. he
began reeling and asked me to slack away I'LL
he cleared me with his fish. We bet on the size
of our catches, and seemed to get in worse
tangle every moment At last we both landed
and found our hooks swallowed deep in one
bass about so long Indicating the length by
holding his hands about two feet apartD Each
took drink from his own bottle and we flshed
in silence the rest of the day without STRIKE
returning to Syracuse with half a Hsh apiece
Robert B. Lawrence, of Flushing, late candi-
date for Borough President of Queens, who is
the president of the league, and Ernest Gould,
the secretary of Seneca Falls who had been
waiting two hours for quorum in the assembly
room. came into No. 115 as Mr. Mowry finished
his story They were seated at the centre table
and,a story was demanded from each Mr. Law
renee told the following:
As many of you know, I'm enthusiastic
amateur photographer. The October scenery III
the Dix Hills on Long Island is particularly
charming to my eye, and TINS year l enjoyed II
to the full. l went out there one day when the
leaves showed every color of the RAINBOW, anu
tranoped until l tired. L chased up buck
and doe which stood looking at me wonderlngly
while 1 focused my camera, drew the slide ana
set the shutter, and scampered away before
couId make the exposure l had very long
huIh hose-about six feet-and my frantic ell
forts to gather in the hose and get the bulb INTO
nv hand cost me my picture of the prettest
Wild deer scene l ever beheld. My WEAKNESS IN
creased when I contemplated what l had lost,
and in disgust | tossed the slide to the roots OF
a nearby tree walked to it with the bulb tran
ing on the ground behind me and rackln6 my
camera bed forward almost to the closing point
Sat the box on the ground, rested my BACK
apainst tbs, tree and soon fell asleep When l
woke I surprised TO see RABBIT sIltlli5 ms
close to my camera. He hoped away al my
| first movement, and, seeing the drawn siue oli
the ground l picked it up and restored IL 10
the holder AS did so 1 noticed that the smut
ter was not set. Thinking l might nave aIs
charged it by accident and possibly photo-
| oranhed the deer after all. on reaching nome l
developed my plate. Imagine my astonisiinlenr
| at finding there a picture of a rabbit slttllis
holt upright on my bulb and looking ms pref.
tiest directly at the camera. He was in perfect
| focus and must have known
.That YOU were the high priest of the Ancient
| Order of Unbelevables, said Daddy Ihoiip-
SON amid a hush that showed how deeply the
COMPANY was impressed by the story.
orrbst reminds me-" said Secretary Gouid, OF
o o4 INV boyhood experiences in duck shoot
ine was about fifteen, and my father had an
| old fashioned double barrelled shotgun which
| ia +o he loaded at the muzzle and fired with
| ,ercusson caps on nipples at the breech saw
| q flock of wild ducks alight in a pond IN the
cow ma sture and stole out with the ola gun al
| vavs kept loaded, to kill brace. crept along
| n fanca until 1 was within fifty yards OF the
| flock and blazed away with both barrels Every
duck rose from that pond and a flock "hich