The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-05-08
Assay N rnG sicar.


ssd shsn ,oa hsss bsss loltsa over 2O'
Gilss or more OF ibsi richs,y road, yof
are pat Cd 10 . siidsrEess ef pine srd isr
lsisd undssbresb in The dusk of fefssi
%, sLosiiy place -i..rieiiy silent shss
TIE tr.is bss pnesd osi of hesriss
Thsnes 700 so by canoe dosns to''ooa'
fassy htls stream -dodsips booidss
piesint tbe ~.y ibiopsh loisy rspids,
psadlins lsboriously ihroosb Ions stretch
20 Of slou, back sstsr uUiil you ssstp
on. Into the head wstsrs Of The X srichou.
Ia ths Twilight 100 mske tbs lover end
OF ths Iske, vbsre you ned bard sroubd
aud . clear spscs TO pitch yoor camp. II
you love ihis ps'eh Of ouspeiied slider
psss - some men DO. yon look back over
the qnist vstsr, aud upoo the soodsd
sbors shicb riss to the sky. rou oil
~ OF. spd ,ou inos that you are hsppJ
10 have escsped Tor . time from the life
you have lett 10 ibs cilies.
| ] have heard you say, Elleriop. said j.
ope evening. ~h,p the ds,'s 8shins bad
been we'll dors snd 20 we're iosiins biiss
faliy 90 The shore. that you bed % sdvsn
tore here
Aboa, 60 seeoads long. .ii he.
No, long enough 10 torn . mans hair
gray. said |, with lsosh.
dol't knov about that. ls responded.
sobs,ly. I dost know sboat thst Bse
on6s seem TO be very long sometimes A
minute 10 not like 3 minu.e when death
stsres Jon 10 The lace.
Bat you escaped. ssid l.
Tasl's the ridiculous part Of il, ssii 81
lsrtou.
Well. ssid l, you've time TO tell the
story bsfore We t,ks swim.
Ssiml ssid he with . shuddsr. think
IN not go 10 tonight I've slresdy recall
cd vividiy enough the minute OF horror
had OIL the point thtre.
And that Is the siory9 ssid |.
Yss, said he. yon'p right. II vss my
Ars, summer on The X ,michou when |
vas 10 happy ignorance Of now dense .
real X 'miobou ios may be. was here
with jack Black. oil our company, who
nd made this bis fsbius ground Tor
years. wss bis guest, ip fact. and there
fore bound 10 polissness to follow where
be d. We bad spent the early part Of
the afternoon whipping tho stresms above
Moose brook, aud We bad come slowly
down the lake. casting from the bost,
turn sbont, until We we're . mile above the
point, and we'll out over deep water. Then
We lot the boa, driis. and both took 10
lshing.
II had been lowering oil day. Dull
clouds hung 10 the sky from the hills 10
the bills. and turned the waters Of the lake
black. II was hot. gray. dsmp -oppres
sisely 'mussy. indeed, - Jack bad said.
II was not long before . roll OF thunder
sounded from The northeast Then on the
instant . constant nervous depression,
which invariably falls upon me With the
spprosch Of storm. strongly asserted 1t
self. and looked about 10 some spprshen
sion.
Jack, said /. i.'s gong to blow hard.
probably; it's going to rain hard. anyway.
/ think we'd better pull 10.
Oh, pshswl said jack. Rain won't hurt
u.s.
Back clouds we're crowding up from the
northeast l conld readily distinguish
them from the unbroken gray Of the sky
overhead. and 1t seemed TO me that . viad
had torn their edges to tstters. The rain
had hidden the bills. and ! could see 1t
swsspisg over the lake toward us.
We caught only the edge OF the storm.
however. II wss no,hine more, after oil.
than heavy summer shovsr. II cleared
the sky for tins and left the wster unruf
Asd. We we're drsnohed, TO be sure, and
bsd the bo.t to bail out, BIT We we're we'll
content; snd 90 We bed on until the even
ing came down, aud / caught sight Of the
frst etsr.
Nov, Jack, said l. We hsd better get in.
Jack 10 81 this monet somewhere 10 the
interior OF Newfoundland where the mos
quitoes sre % big ~ horse6ies, and gather,
20 the visitors say, 10 elouds which dark
60 the Sun. The salmon ere proportion
..sIy large and plentiful. Thst man 10 si
ter them. Neither distance, hardship nor
eIpsnss can dsmpen ,be ardor With which
be punues the game 6sh. You will not
sender. then, when / ssy tbst oil the po
lite penussion l could bring to bear upop
him on this ocsssion vas Of no eject.
Yoor vife viii be growing spxious, ssid
I. ~ Last.
Oh. DO, ssid he, plscidly, she won't o.
poet ne for 30 honr YET
We we're then half . mile ofishore- jast
bsy oud the edge Of the ssnd-bsrs. The
loser en- OF the lsks. here. for something
lees than halt . nils from the ontIst, 10 not
Il any place more than four feet deep. end
10 many spo,s II 10 much less than that.
rhs yshslloss are many scfes 10 extent.
thoush 10 sIi sppesrsnos. when the vstsr
4, tnrbid. the depth might be unfsthoms
BILE. Beyond. through oil The twelve
milss Of lake. Il 10 deep -svsn to within .
iss yards OF ths shore.
W.. ses. ivins. - / ssv, Just bsvond