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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01

may guess that she made an effort 70
bring about change of heart in him
and get OF fwith her money. She appealed
TO his sense Of honor. generosity and all
that but he couldn't be moved Then
she tried buster, but he only laughed at
her. He wouldn't even divide with her on
her solemn promise not to have him
pursued.
At 4 o'clock in tine afternoon the man
went out to scout around and probably
to meet his confederate. At that hour l
approached the shauty through the woods.
l was boy OF 1s and was out hunting a
COW which had strayed away. As
caught sight of the horse and wagon 1
advanced more cautiously. wondering
what strangers could have to do in that
place, and you can imagine my surprise
when ] at length peeped in and saw Aunt
Hannah a prisoner. She did not know
me- but no sooner had her eyes fallen up
on me than she ratified of fher story and
asked me to go to the nearest farmhouse
for help. 1 had turned TO hurry away
when she changed her mind and called
me to unite her. had the lashings off in
a minute, and then she said:
Now boy, II you will do as I tell you
will give you $500. You are big and strong
and needn't be afraid. Get two stout
clubs. and we will stand on each side of
the door When the man comes back we
must both strike as hard as we can. If
he falls you must jump on his head while
] tie his feet
If I had been given time to think 1t
over / might have run away in a funk.
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fast that hadn't time to get ratified.
looked about for the clubs, and We had
not been waiting more than ten minutes
when we heard the man approaching. He
was whistlng below his breath and UNI
suspicious. | saw Aunt Hannah draw
long breath and grip her club, and ] fol-
lowed suit, and as the fellow stepped in
we both dealt him fair blows. He went
down like a log, and there was no need
for me to sit on his head, We had him
dashed In a minute, and i took the pack
age of money from his breast pocket and
handed II to the woman. She sat down
and counted it over and then had crying
spell. She was wiping her tears away
when the robber recovered consciousness
and found the tables turned lie at once
began cursing and threatening and strug-
Cling, but was helpless. When l started
away for help Aunt Hannah stood over
him with a club, and she was still lon
guard when / returned with three or four
farmers During the interval as she some
what reluctantly admitted, she had been
compelled to whack the fellow dozen
times to improve his language.
The rest was all plain sailing The
money went back to the bank. and the
robber went to Jail, and in due time he
received a sentence of five years in state
prison. He took the matter very philosoph-
icaliy, and his tones were almost brother
ly as he told Aunt Hannah his one mis-
take in the whole affair was made at the
very beginning. He ought to have choked
her to death and hidden her body in the
roadside bushes instead of clipping with
her.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
ANGLING NOTES.

AS rule first class angler has first
class tackle and keeps it in the best of
order. One can always tell an old
hand at glance. His rods and reels
are in good shape. while he does not
carry a fishing tackle shop along with
him; he always has just what he needs.
and plenty OF it. 40 the angler would
only read the articles which appear
from time to time in this paper they
would pick up a great deal of useful
information that would tell when they
reached the ,ream, that is their tackle
would be more complete and in better
shape.
1t is folly to suppose that it is only
necessary to have fine tackle TO be able
10 catch fish. In fact, this has COM
paratively little to do with it. An ex-
pert is able to do very good fishing with
poor outfit. but it adds very much to
his pleasure and comfort to have every
thing right The best of tackle will,
through neglect, soon become no better
than the porest. A well-made rod,
whether split bamboo, wood or steel,
VIII last with proper care at least ten
seasons, but | hive seen the very best
that money could buy ruined in one
seasons careless handling.
One of the principal causes of rods
not keeping their proper shape
comes from the neglect to keep the
joints Strengthened. The joints should
always be Strengthened after using
same. The best of rods will be slight
~ been after hard days fishing, par
ticularly ii the fish run heavy.
Before putting the joints away. each
| joint should be carefully looked over
and bent back as straight as possible,
then wiped clean and dry and put back
into its case. If this is neglected the
set will be still greater after the next
! days fishing. and finally it will grow
so crooked as to become almost worth
| less neither should the rod be allow
ed to remain together too long. The
| Strengthening process should be con-
tinued every few days until the rod is
completely straight. II does not take
| five minutes to do this work and the
! angler will find himself amply repaid
! for il.
If sportsmen would give one-tenth
part of the care TO their rods that they
! bestow on their guns, they would have
far more pleasure and profit out OF
| them. 1t is a good plan to 60 over
the rod with an oily rag before going
out in the rain, and it is very import
ant not to leave me rod too long with
out revarnishing. Once in two years
| is about as often as it will be found
| necessary.
A we'll known American angler, Mr..
Hart, last month on the bank OF a
Gaspe river waged two-hour battle
! Nit fch h0 n
that the fish took his hy until he had
brought it to gaff, Mr.. Hart never for a
moment let the rod out of his hand for
rest, though he was thoroughly ex-
hausted with the fight, being novice
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XyIiI.


The ttsDtu teftEs
Long about This time o year sort o git
cd cut loose a spell an fish an nsh an
fish:
Wapt>to go where | can near the water
tSickln' down
Thru a medder summers an In under
meath p tree,
Where the OF sun kind peekS an snim~
mers down at me.
Set there bY pool an smoke an think
an fish, Wy. sir,
Long about this time o year that wuth
Twin fer.
One day saw little gal a dabblin' of her
feet
A gutter stream that made a puddle in
the street.
Sittin' there unon the curb an keepin
mighty still.
Had bent pin on line an hshin ut to
kill.
stood there achin' fer to hug that Kid
you're All right an this OF man is feel
IN jis that way
Long about this time o year fer workin
] amt Ht:
Got the hshin' fever on an CANT git
over It.
Want TO git out all alone an set dream
In dreams,
Want to smell The pine trees an to hear
tn mountain streams.
went to SIT on top tn range an waller
In ~ snow,
Then look down an see tn world a mile
er two below:
There Is something magic In a breath o
mountain air.
Makes q felcr feel somehow tibet God
Himself is there.
Long about this time o. year. wy, don't
you understand
Want TO go TO Nature and to grab her by
the hand.
Rocky Mountain News.
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PORTRAIT PUZZLE.
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the thoroughfare, and there was hardly a
chance of it being visited.
Aunt Hannah regained consciousness as
the shanty was reached, and she was
pushed inside and tied hand and foot with
the lines from the harness. The man was
a robber, but not a rufnan. He begged to
be excused for choking her and making
her prisoner ard lamented the fact that
she might have to remain there day or
two before being found. He intimated
that he had partner in the job and had
been posted as to when she was to draw
her money. He was for leaving the place
as soon as he had made here secure but
after an absence of ten minutes from the
shanty he returned to say that he would
wait until night. AS mad as the widow
was over the affair she always gave the
man due credit for certain things. He
brought her water to quench her thirst.
INDUCED in no threats and made the stu
alton as comfortable as possible. She said
that he was far more intelligent and en-
PERTAINING than the majority of men. You
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luscious The algeretta. sort OF a
berry. is also abundant in places, yield
ing a berry delightful for pies. and
think IL would also make good wine.
Throckmorton, east of Haskill. is re-
glon of rolling prairies, underlaid with
limestone of the Pcrnian or upper car
boniferous age. Haskell is triassic.
Stonewall has also much fine country
but there are parts which are fearfuily
rough and forbidding, ghoul-like,
witeh-like, terrific. and full OF snakes
and skunks. The air is often laden
with the odor of these walking rose
buds. the most impudent creatures that
exist.
A peculiar feature OF the country
west of Haskell is the mountainous
peaks that usually stand solitary,
sometimes two together. looking over
a vast eXpanse Of prairie, many miles
apart. Such as Double mountains.
Ki0wa peak. and Buzzard's peak.
These mountains, ga | am Informed,
are capped with massive limestone,
probably OF Jurassic age. They are
historians. venerable historians, In
forming us OF the elevation in which
the surface of this country once STOOD,
and the vast erasion that has been
wrought by water.
In the western part of haskell codn-
ty the Brazos river divides into Two
nearly equal streams, one coming from
the southwest sweeping by the base OF
Double mountains, and hence called
Double mountain fork; the other from
northwest, very salty, and hence called
Salt fork. The Double montain fork is
good water
AS | gazed en- the Double mountains.
which | had not seen for thirty years.
my mind filed up with "reminiscences
and comparisons
NEWTON A. THOMPSON.
Carbonate, Texas
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
WOLVES AND OTHER THINGS.

Have just returned from a trip into
Stonewall county. about seventy five
miles west There they nave the big
gest wolves in the world, think. And
their voices are very great and sonor
Gus, so that when a few Of them let fly
in concert. they seem to shake the hills
They make the atmosphere tremble
very distinctly. 1t is worth ones
while to go into that region and sleep
a few nights in the grizzly cannons to
hear the music In order that there
may be large number of chorus. it
would be well to hang up the skinned
carcass of deer or antelope near your
couch; then retire to rest and the sere
made will begin. The more savory the
carcass, so that it be not spoiled, the
more earnestly the musicians perform.
They Will usually end every song or
role with smart smacking of the jaws,
as il they were tasting in fancy the rich
meat. | dare say while thus perform
ing, with all eyes cleaning on the
savory carcass, their mouths are water
ing copiously. One who has not heard
>Elch serenade is ignorant of one of
most interesting things in nature.
is just enough of suspicion of
II attending these concerts to keep
Eention keenly alive There is
probability that one would
and so miss some of the
kough the performance be
ID dawn of day. Indeed
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01

John Carrere, of the Paris Matin, who
returned recently from South Africa
relates an encounter of Lord Kitchener
with a dandy officer who had unfor-
tunately effeminate tastes in trifles
The young man went to him one day
with a dainty silk handkerchief, upon
which, in accordance with a prevail
ing fashionable fad, he desired him to
inscribe his autograph. Lord Kitchener
took the handkerchief and remarked:
This is doubtless your sisters hand
kerchief?'
NO" replied the dandy, smiling
amiabiy, "it is mine"
Lord Kitchener handed it back with
out writing on it, only inquiring as he
did so, with an air of serious interest:
And what size hairpins do you wear?''
The Argonaut.
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NEW WAY OF FISHING.
Michigan Man Presses Into Service II
Big Trusty Pike.

The angler is again In his glory, ani
f'any picturesque stories are being
scattered abroad OF fine catches and
strange experiences with the fnny
treasurers of the deep. Perhaps the
prize yarn of all up-to-date has its
source IN Cass lake, which is a very
popular resort with anglers.
The story is told by Captain Frank
jerks, quaint old character, who has
the care of several summer cottages at
the lake, and who passes his spare
time in Turing the elusive and sporty
fish from their home. He tells of h S
latest catch in q sincere and sober man
ner that can hardly fail to carry con-
viction. In fact, he woulu probably
wax indignant were suspicion east
upon the truth of his statements.
Upon several occasions he noticed a
beautiful pike in the vicinity, and he
resolved upon his capture. The usual
rod and wheel method failing. he set
fish trap for the beauty, and succeeded
in combining him.
The pike d1 mt seem to be at all put
out. In fact he seemed to rather like
his new quarters. ard he formed the
habit of reporting regularly for his
meals, even becoming SO tame as to
feed off his eaptor's hanG.
Captain jerks was thinking of teach
ing him few circus tricks, but he has
found that he Is of more value in
other ways. The discovery was made
accidentally.
The captain thought he would test
the pixies love for his new home, so
one day he took him ashore, and, Dor
ing holes in his front fins, just back of
the gills, he attached 30 foot trolling
lines, with the customary spoons. Thea
he cast Mr.. Pike adrft, resolved to see
whether he would return.
Did he return? Well not only did
the pike come back within few hours.
but when he appeared in the trap he
was towing a four pound bass and a
three-pound pike on the trolling lines.
Captain jerks new and original
method of catching fish is attracting
great deal of attention in angling cir
cles.-Detroit Free Press.
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fresh track Of a bear going off to the
left, and thinking that we might get
Shot at him, the dogs would tree the
other on the right, the Indian and fol-
lowed his track. C. went after the
hounds and the Mexican made straight
for the top Of the mountain. Expecting
one OF them to run up as they nearly
always do, | walked slowly for half
mile or 50, crossing deep
ravine and sat down on tao OPP
opposite side in some brush to watch
the course OF events. The dogs had run
ont OF hearing. ard were coming back
towards US, though some distance off.
l should think We had been here about
fifteen minutes. yet it seemed hours.
when We saw the dogs on the top
Of a gulch not FAR distant,
and the baying became so audi
bic that l could not stay there any
longer; so leaving the milan behind TO
cut of bruins retreat in case | missed
him, proceeded down the steep side of
the guleh, steadily at first. TO prevent
falling or making a noise, but as the
baying came nearer increased my pace
till stumbled and rolled to the bot
tom. However, | was only slightly
scratched, not hurt. Struggling up the
opposite side, l waited a minute or so
for breath. On they came; l could hear
the laundering old bear smashing oak
brush and scrub in his eorse, and snap
ping his teeth at his tormentors, but
they were all aware Of the danger Of
too close proximity, and e.uded him
every time. He passed little above
me, and owing to the dense brush. did
catch a glimpse OF him, but as | ran for
ward l saw Rosey in the lead as usual,
and the rest OF the pack yard or so
behind. Letting them pass, | took 10
my neels in their rear. Here C. and the
Indian, who had heard the dogs alter
their course, came running up, and we
had a good race to see who
could get there first. However,
we had not far to go. for on
emerging from the brush we
found the dogs ascending a trail, at no
great pace. went up Just behind
them, and was somewhat disconnected
/ and puzzled 10 know why they did not
/ 90 faster, and where the bear had gone,
! when. suddenly, Rosey stopped dead
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! and commenced a series OF long, I'M
eartiy hogls, with muscles SCI, ana TAN
| erect. She was right under my nose,
| till the matter was explained by Spot.
| who dashed under large nat rock
close by, from beneath came a savage
| growl and a screaming dog.
Matters now became exciting around
! that rock. Three dogs simultaneously
| made a run for the hole, and the noise
| kept up by the rest was deafening. o.
course L was well prepared for the ad-
vent Of old bruin. so when he came
| foundering out after dog. | let him
have 1t between the eyes with my 50-95
The instant the shot was fired every dog
was on him pulling, hauling. tugging in
all directions, living, bowling mass,
that threatened to rol. down the hill
side and over the BLUM. below. When
they had worried him to their hearts
cotent, we tied them up to examine our
bear. He proved to be cinnamon,
with very long sandy coat, probably
a two-year-old. He was small, and /
should think vert about three hundred
pounds. We then went to look at the
rock, which had probably sheltered him
all winter. The hole underneath was
just big enough for him to squeeze in,
and must have fitted close all arounG
the body.
The rest was soon done. the bear
skinned, the dogs fed as much as they
could eat, and the remainder Of the
meat taken back to camp, which was
not far away. | do not know what be-
came of the bear that made the large
track; we never saw his footprints af-
forwards. I make it a RUE always to
go to camp after kill, in order to give
tie dogs good rest for the next day.
We found our Mexican in camp hav-
ing lost track of the hounds he went
home to cook up some dinner, which
was very acceptable just then. So end
ed our first run. A. p, +. COAPE,
New Mexico.
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q good wolf concert, with the perfor-
mers a few yards Oft, is one of the most
Wholesome things in the world There
are few people in Stonewall county, but
wolves are very numerous; gray
wolves, black wolves and coyotes.
secured the Skin me which meas
ures now feet 6 inches from tip to
tip, and 3 feet III width 1t has been
dry some months, and IS greatly
shrunken. Il was no doubt q foot
longer and half foot or more wider
when stripped from the animal ! shall
dress it for robe, and under tie treat
ment l expect it to reach its original
size. This wolf was gray one. At
the same time | obtained two beautiful
coyote skins. In fact all three of the
skins are very beautiful and rich.
met cowboy who had q couple of
skins Of the black wolf. which l vain
ly tried to persuaoe him to part with
They were not all black, but there were
streaks OF rich brown, and the hair was
very soft and silken. Their ears are
deep black; those Of the gray wolf and
coyote a yeller dog" ! wrote you
about a white wolf that had been seen
near this place. They tell me that he
has been lately seen again. | would
his skin were mine. But as this beau
tiful VOLTS life Is probably dear TO him
as mine is to me, / will not put price
upon him, lest some of the bad boys
about here be tempted to kill him.
On this trip l saw many blue quail.
After crossing the Tooth meridian they
became very numerous. On the east of
that line | saw but a single flock. and
they were not far from IT, About FIVE
years ago | observed this bird closely,
and never before saw one further east
than about twelve miles this side of the
1oist meridian. Thus It appears that
they are slowly advancing eastward
becoming civilized probably.
On this trip | saw beautiful coun-
try. wonderful for fertility and most
loveable climate Haskell county. w.
ing east of Stonewall, is for the most
part level like billiard table: stone
less and almost treeless, except buckle
berries. elms. eedars and pluns along
the streams. The latter grow in great
abundance. ano their fruit Is large and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-01
AUNT HANNAH'S MONEY.
BY NJ. QUAD.

Copyright, 1901, by C. +. Lewis.)
Aunt Hannah as everybody called the
widow Wray, was a woman about 80 when
the incidents / am about to relate hap
pened. and lived on a farm four miles
from the town of Rivington. 1t was pref
ty generally known that she had several
thousand dollars in the bank, and she was
always spoken of as level headed wom-
an Aunt Hannah had no fear of banks
until four such institutions in the county
went to smash one after the other They
had been dragged down by the failure Of
business firms and a lively panic fol-
lowed The bank in which the widow de-
posted was as sound as nut, but the
other failures frightened her, and she
started of one day to draw her money and
hide it about the house. She drove to
town alone in a one horse wagon, and her
check for $4,000 was promptly paid
All the bank officials knew Aunt Han
nah and were prone to give her friendly
advice. If she kept the money about the
house. she would sooner or later have a
call from robbers and might lose her life
as well. She was recommended to deposit
it in the safe of local merchant or Sc
cure it otherwise but she had made her
plans beforehand. That money was to
20 home with her and if robbers came
she would give them a hostile welcome.
At high noon. as the woman was return
ing home with her mind at rest. she en-
countered a stranger on the highway. He
was proceeding in her direction. and as
he walked with limp she promptly Of
fered him lift.
When he had taken Il seat beside her in
the wagon, he gave his name and ex-
planned that he was on his way to see
a certain farmer. At the end of a mile
the road forked, and it was just there,
| with no one in sight. and Aunt Hannah
never doubling the strangers story, that
! he suddenly turned and seized her by
| the throat He seemed to have fingers
| of iron, and she was soon done for. The
man then turned the horse into the right
! hand road, and as long hill had been
assembled the rig was driven into the
| woods until an old sugar bush shanty
! was reached. This place was 40 rods from
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at the sport Mr. Hart and the fish
played each other by turns for two long
hours, ana then, while the result of the
struggle was still uncertain, one OF the
dian guides waded some so feet out
into the river, in the swallows below
the pool where re fish was hooked, a d
cleverly gated it in two feet of water,
as soon as Mr.. Hart could lead it with
in his reach 1t weighed 81 pounds.
Joseph X. Lavoie, fishing in the
Grand river last month, killed a fish
of exactly the same weight in about Is
minutes. though it was also hooked
foul. but he had the advantage of hand
ling his fish on a heavier rod.
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WITH HOUNDS ON
BRUINsTRAIL.
Carbonate, Texas.


| hunt bears with pack of from five
to twelve black and tan hounds. OF Viz
ginia origin. | procured my first stock
from an old and enthusiastic hunter
and frontier man, now living in Menard
county. Texas.
On the 10th o. April LAST Pueblo In
dian. belonging to my od.lit, returned
toward dusk. after a general hunt for
fresh tracks OF bears and pGmas; and
not withou. some signs CT mental dis
turbanCe. He was yeung ana new
hand. He informed us that he had seen
the tracks OF large bear and a small
one; while watching the valley from the
mountain he had also seen a medium
sized black bear crossing an open space
below; he fred at it al long range and
missed. We asked him why he did not
follow ii. lie replied by admitting TO
Us that he Was afraid. Ii did net take
long to see that al the cOuSilng chains,
rifles, etc. were In thorough working
order and the next morning, shortly
after daybreak, we starred. c.. thu In
dian. Mexican and myself, with three
couple Of hounds. On arriving at the
foot OF the mountain We tied our horses
and proceeded on foot Tor ABOUT half
mile up the side of very steep hill, on
our way to where the Indian had seen
his bear. However, before getting there
we found a fresh track. 1t WIS the
work of minute to uncouple the dogs
and away went the hounds in full cry.
for we had some distance to toll up the
hill before reaching ground level enough
to put the pace on. When we arrived
at the first bench or fat the whole pack
could be plainly heard running to our
right, at the same time we observed the