The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-03-21
"a HINT TO
"A BOASTER
toririnal.l

Dick Spier was one of those men
who could jump higher, run faster,
dive deeper and come out drier than
anT other man in the wide world At
any rate. stories were never snapped
between him and his friends but Dicks
experiences ovcrt0pped those OF anyotl-
yer one OF the party. At a gathering one
evening he told how he had during the
previous summer taken more weakfish
on the New Jersey coast than any man
OF his party and during the autumn
i following had killed more deer In the
q AtiIrondacks than any OF his fellow
companions. E.
what can we do to stop this boast,
ing ?" said Stephen Burd to Phil Went
worth, n Cornell man who was fitting
himself TO he mechanical and cleo
trical engineer.
II think / have plan" replied
wentworth. "Leave him to me.
s,Dick.v he said. did you ever fish for
pickerel in Amber lake,
did 1. Last summer landed fifty
pounds in an hour and forty three mill
sutes'
.srhey're gamy You can't land all
you take.'
II can land i've out of every six get
On my hook
That's big average. think can
Z do pretty well at landinE pickerel but
u don't know that could average up
to that
Wentworth wlnked at Burd, who
plainly understood that he was 10 trap
+ Euier into n contest
Dick" said Burd. "I'll bet you Il
cent that Phil Wentworth can land
more pickerel on Amber lake III given
space OF time thanyou can
HNhy not make it champagne sup
per-" said Spier.
I'm opposed to betting for stakes OF
value
The next Saturday afternoon the par
ty were in Il fishing boat on Amber
lake. They began at . O'Clock, and the
match was to last ill 4. The man who
lost the most fish of his line was 10 be
the loser Spier caught three fish and
landed them all, Then he hooked
pickere and lost it Wentworth hooked
one and landed it. About this time the
pickerel came In such quantities that
throw in his line to hook fish. Spier
lost one out OF every three. while
Wentworth landed every fish he hook
ed. The fish fought molly for their
lives, but just rs those on Wentworths
hook seemed about TO get away they
would suddenly turn over and cease 10
struggle.
Whats the matter with you, Dck:"
cried Burd. Seems 10 ne you're not
handling them with your usual skill.
You're nor going 10 land fifty pounds
in an hour and forty-tlree minutes this
time
I'm landing one In six now. and amy
expert fisherman will tell you that's a
first rate average
But Phil is landing every one he
hooks. How 10 You do it. Phil
Science" replied Wentworth.
..Scienre:'' exclaimed his di>grunl-d
opponent. Il believe you have some
way OF bewiichinS he fish"
What Kind Of a reel Is HAT you're
using. Wentworth asked one OF the
party.
..One ut my own Invention
As lie spoke 4 pickcrt.I took his h"oS
and ram away with ii, bemtiin: the pole
10 ii letter L.
-''rhuts strong line of yours" Sail
Spier. disappointed that 1t did not
break.
The tsll struggled iercely and at lsst
broke The pol, tie only ~esS I'art al
the tackle. All expected t" SEE hin 81;
away. when >uddenls. ike his i.rvfher>.
he wNS landed
Give it up, l,ics said Eurd.
you've lost i've dsh. AID Wentworth,
HASN'T lost one.''
I've landed tie s.e,ass md Want
Wo.th has wurl-,t ;airac!- However.
I'm beaten. and | i,,.ss oo psyins FOR
the supper
You aa=eo't :os, sap.+-" pp, 10
Wentworth
..Ail | w.,r 70 knes" ssii Sri-g ~
whether y.,n iaRted hose p..>er-. ~
entifcally Or uhetler there ~ soit-
trick aia.uI g. -
Il give yor ny word ft WIS NJ rN--
science"
The party r.tired to IT, Rod AID GUN
club. where supper vas cr,i-r.d i
being agreed That wl,ieh "f the cpafrs.-
snis should pay for It was I" lie deria-
ri 10y vote ~ The party. Wien 'lIe fcs-
INVITES were III Their height. Emr'l rap
pea fer silence and asked Went worth