New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
COLONEL uORGAN'S UNRULY BAIT.
Az ARKANSAS FISHERMAN WHO BELIEVES
~ THE OLD FASHIONED WAYS.
From The chicago Tribune.

Ike" Morgan wbo lives down Tuliver,
ARK. doe. not believe IN amy new tangled ways OF
ward he good old way. with rod and line. is good
gH2Gsh ior him EsgpS a h9I"i o Gown , near ar
travelling mon ~ "a neW and improved way he had
An want to tel 20 gen'men that IN ole way
told me n cyah An got In hurry for good mess
of nsh thet tn only way 10 do would be to Jest
tek ar stick Of dinahmite an, throw It into me
river Hn bio" thr hsh up, s"h and have enough
fish Ter the hotel for a week. sah
not think much Of his scheme. They said the
dynamite might MAKE good deal Of noise aud al all
t t'' then tbey vS"ud Vim AVA II any fsh
rlodiuE dynamite the travelling men declared that
that particular fish would be blown so high he
Wouldn't come down Tor two weeks and when he
did he would bee 80 dead that he would not do for
mic" fry. Colonel Morgan became quite heated
hy tho argument. and declared he should expert
n. nniy 10 e'C conc down ann witch his ' triumph
That day Colonel Morgan drove over to mine
fridge which to be fired with fuse. The
next morning Colonel Morgan, with the dynamite
90 Tl,liiyer i've vent down 70 The river To- naKc the
and then. straining every muscle, threw the car
fridge win all his might into the river Unfortui
n@tely he threw TOO far and the car'rldge instead &
splash in the water. one OF Colonel Morgan's
,t1 500 r,frirv~r dog oT Vour'n and he's a-g9ing
To retrieve tibet ther ole cartridge,
river and bosought his faithful dog to return But
knew his business. He hard he could
for the sandbar and In spite OF the frantic calls
Of the colonel and the citizens of Tuliver grabbed
up the cartridge and swan back to lay IL at his
masters feet.
prop thct cartridge yo' heah met shriekcd the
colonel Drop th"t. Matah, yo' wuthless fool
daWg. drop thet Yer cartridge"
But the retriever only interpreted the colonels
impassioned language 10 mean that he to
hurry back with that peculiar sputtering bird he
carried In his mouth. and he only swan the harder
prop. yo' tool dawR," shrieked the colonel.
Drop the a'tridge Keep away. yo' heah met
Iut the dog did not hear At any rate he SWAN
straight for the colonel. The travelling men turned
and fed I'm wild dismay. followed by the citizens
of TullIvcT. The dog spranG out to the bank
and made his master. Colonel Morgan turned
and ran with all the speed that a 25O-pound
unused to running can muster. He went putting up
the hin like locomotive with his dog close at his
prop it, yelled the colonel Drop it, sab; keep
away; keep away; drop IL. sah!'
The colonel came 20 rail fence and went over
II I'm a manner that would have delighted profess
slonaI athlete. The dog gathered himself for
snring and just then the cartridge exploded.
Pieces OF that dog were picked up for a half mile
around.
sadv hut he cudn't discriminate between a burd
ana cartridge. sab and it cost him his life. An ne
cost "A hundred dollars. and there wasn't his beat
I'm the country. An t. any fool man tells me any
noah new ways to catch fish. sah am gOin to
XIII him; yes, sah kill him where he stands. sah"