The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21
WHsk0ka Gnide's
Christmas Present
BY WRIGHT A. PATTERSON

.,rtrv ID certainly part, ut
g1h p,rsdise," said Yorker, as the
slw ., US sat around the evening camp
w y shores OF Kahpee-kog lake In
81 % ortario where can man and
wTia',' nat is pleasing as we have found
y nuS orr comparatively short Journey"
ion s.,sd. ''Think Of the gorgeousnesS
.,sen-eovered islands OF Georgian
us N the magnldcence of the rocks
Wy ,..es Of Crane lake. tell you there
~ .stns 10 beat that unless 1t is the
po.D no found over here on Healey
Wy" IN the Muskokas- But all these
.re included in the assertion that
riN' trv Isl part Of Paradise"
4 DIS wu.s beautiful summers evening ID
va cbere the summer evenings are
~. ,oo warm nor too cold. where the
. tflil.l sre among the most brilliant in
I'D. where the troublesome mosquito
4 ils W. disappears with the coming OF
/ tluiee rbsre man may commune with ma
/ hgas ~ most beautiful form. In short,
1 ne y 10 NIuskoka lake district OF Can
wa our little party Of six, including
ai - the guide, were camped IN the
fran .s ~ little kah-pee-kog that lies half
4 saqts .,a,een Georgian bay aud the MuskO-
go
.,,ons 10 almost half hundred other
hilRi snrcessful search for the gamey
NAs ve wete all quite as mucd IN love
~ ~ conntry as was Yorker aud none
,Dsned 10 dispute his statements, as,
4 ,,5 who could have done SO honestly
p 49, bad been a lull in the conversation
n GS lad lasted for perhaps i've minutes,
lubish was finally broken by Frazier.
4 INK lind o. nice country up here Just
no aid. but ] seen II once when II
nl.red even roster to me than 1t did to-
gani vet 'twan't quite such fne day
a Ms atter ALL y you 90 20 comparin'
vs WITS the story. Frazier?" I asked, for
,rsw there was something back OF that
4 aWsIi ibis story slnt about hshin' en-
AZ thoneh ia been sort OF anglin' for
Fl XXI I caught about three years, an the
,.rts was pretty slow comm. But you
rhsn n aid come ] knowed It heant
N s,.ip,Ss an wasn't slow about gettin'
n ,,iion on the line.
NJ ,,srsin saillc-that's my wife-tor some
n XXX Years, an she didn't seem to take
~ nm I had 10 offer Wasn't cause
n ,ss,, vas any other hook doatiu' round
"A al she liked the looks OF better, but she
II Ia naturally didn't want to be catched
"a e,sss vou'ye all seen them there kind ol
N AZ Makes q man nigh tightin' mad wher
NJ n sses em just a playing round his bait
n dawn there Ia the water an maxim no eff
u n 10 nab at 81. Just plain aggravatin
IE 4 tbe worst sort you know. Well, that :
AZ nd he way Salie was dom with me
N yep, foatln' round all the time, but
NJ roriint strike. ! tried her with all sorts
"A tackle from Just the plain homeSpur
M ge tale to the highfalutin love letters
'x ypled out Of a paper l took for the pur
"a vcss, an tell you the girl as wouldn
N AlHs 10 to them love letters was a hi
III ,hy. They was about the slickest wordec
I'd Ahgs ever see printed in a paper
III But didn't make no bit OF difference
III What kind Of tackle used. Ssllie wouldn't
~ ske a shine to It. ! stayed out o this
4 woods whole winter tryin' to land her
ri nn that Graveuhurst livery keeper a!
~ nrrA IS 81 and So week for sleighs
W akln her rld'u'; took In all the church 50
dahles with her; played Santa Claus a
~ the Christmas tree cause she asked ME 70
tent clear TO Toronto TO get her the yer.
frost valentine they had In that town
,9i tod The feller that was goin to bu.
that It didn't make no difference abou
n IIlee, an II cost morn SIS, including post
,sa But II didn't work, for when valentino
reat asked her to marry me, an 1t wa
isoci the three hundredth time ] had asked
lg she just said: What for.'
We'll, whole winter OF that was klnde