The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-28
HOODO0 WAS BUSY
Wheaton's Party Bring Home Prize
Hard Luck Story.
FIELD MOUSE CAUSES TROUBLE
Ed Krenler Loses n Giant Bass and
q Big Muskie, All in One
Day.

men in his heart, and knowledge of where
the left hind foot OF graveyard rabbit
can be procured, who will send the latter
to me, he will be doing most meritorious
act, and at the same time enabling me to
bring "surcease of SORROW to several
bowed-down hearts in this vicinity. We
are in the chosen land of the black bass,
the lOrdly muskie and the monster pike
of many species, but for some reason the
catch Of either has been small and scant'
as was the Welsh princes bag Of game
when he went a hunting and ''Gelert was
not there every time we have wet a
line this season.
Just to show how the hoodoO has got
in its baneful work, take the last trip OF
Bert Powers, Ed and Arthur Kremer and
Cal Gilman to Deer Lake last Sunday. The
party agreed to start at 8 o'clock In the
morning, and were all on hand at that
ghostly hour. the first time on record
the two first named gentlemen have been
known to fix an early hour for the start,
and fail to get off about seven; an evil
omen in itself, and one fulfilled to the
letter.
the man who could take the drive through
! the balmy pine wood that lay before them
On the way to the lake, and not thank
the giver Of all good gifts for that OF
being alive and going fishing, ought not
to be trusted further than man can
sling bull elephant by the tall cine
bit Of elegance at the conclusion OF the
preceding sentence is Mr.. Wheaton S, not
mine, as is needless to say to admirers
Of the former gentleman.) This party
could, and did, but it took all their
philosophy to do it, as will be seen. Like
good fishermen who know that proper
bait Is half the angling battle, Bert and
Ed had taken half Of Saturday afternoon
from business. and devoted it to catching
about hundred Of the finest sinners that
ever tempted willy old bass to his un-
doing The which sinners they put in two
minnow pals and carefully deposited In
a small brook running into lake on the
outskirts of town.
The Bail Was Not.
And when Mr. Wheaton drew rein at
the brook, and Bert sprang out to get the
pals, they were not, and only the imprint
of small, naked feet in the sand or the
brook edge was left to SHOW that tnels
minnows, pals and all, had been required
of them by kids. Only the man who has
found himself ten miles from anywhere,
/ with plenty of tobacco, raging desire
to smoke, and no matches, OF the d1hdent
youth who has escorted his best girl into
"a strange ice cream parlor, ordered the
Snam, and then made the awful discov-
syy that his money is in his other trou-
,irs, can come within gunshot OF knowing
ibw our fishermen felt when they made
ihe awful discovery But they reorsan-
led as rapidly as possible, and sped on
heir way hoping that they could eaten
y.ogs enough for bait at the lake, and that
tailing them someone in the crowd would
get a muskie; by the way ga solace meet
Tor the weariest woe that ever befell good
fishermen. Mr. Wheaton sped the team
along at their best pace, and they reached
I "Bill" Clark's place on the lake IN good
time to enjoy a hearty breakfast, after
INV n
and went after frogs with all the en-
thusiasm of a blue heron after three
days fast.
But the batrachians were few and far
between, and long hunt only furnished
half a dozen of them for the frog boxes,
and suit of mud for Bert VINO stumbled
over a root measured his length In the
hog and of course fell face downward
After which he insisted that further bait
hunting was a sinful waste Of time, and
beat rapid retreat for Clark's, where
Mr.. Wheaton scraped him off with hoe,
and otherwise made him as presenLaDie
as there was any necessity of being: Then
the impedimenta Of all kinds was loaded
Into two boats, both G4Stened to Clark s
easolene launch, and off went the party
for a little pug hole near the lower end
of the big lake, and about eight miles
away.
the party set to work, Ed and Bert in one
boat and Roy, Arthur and Cal in the
other. And well and thoroughly did they
do their work, casting. trolling and still
fishing. But for all their pains, if. as
the old proverb has It, the sight OF a
good man struggling with adversity,
to the limit, and bound to get 'all in
before he quits, is delight to the gods
said deities must have contracted 9
stitche in each celestial side at the sight
of the performance on that pughole that
morning.
AS there are some griefs too deep for
tears, so there are some woes too acute
for description, so to cut it short noon
came, and the four rods had but four bass
and one man had taken three of them
Hover, they were Of fair size and Roy
set to work to fry them for dinner, while
the other boys unpacked the lunch bas-
ket, and made other preparations for tho
MONDAY meal, for which they were all
pretty sharp set.
Mouse Causes Trouble.
Now. things had not gone so we'll SC
far that they might not have gone bet
= ter, and with a view to betterment &c
set about search for field mouse OF
two, knowing that the biggest bass is very
partial to that tidbit and will take it wher
he won't look at anything else. And he
captured one, clapped 1t into small
paSteboard box and brought IL up to the
dining place just as Roy had finished fry.
ing the fish, and was heaping them into {
birch bark platter he had fashioned.
Now as all great men have their weak
nesses; as Napoleon could not bear the
sight of cat; even so Mr.. Wheaton alb
hors that of a mouse. much more con
tact Herewith; so when Ed in exhibit
ing his prize allowed it to meet its teetf
in his finger and shook it off at Roy:
feet, whence 1t promptly scrambled III
Mr.. Wheaton's trousers leg, there was do
ings right off.
Roy went into the air with a yell tina
might have been heard mile away
the platter of fish went right into th
fire; and in the attempt Of all hands t
relieve Roy of his assailant, the who'll
bunch fell upon the spread-out eatable
bodily. After things quieted down j
discovered that what was left of tn
solid part of the feast was but lfttl
more than one good, healthy man coul
dispose of handily, but the boys neve
minded. There was balm In Gilead-o
Milwaukee = some of which they ha
brought along, and they made the best Q
matters, sure that luck must change dur
ing the afternoon, and If 1t didn't
couldn't be any worse.
The boys took good, long smoke an
lounge after dinner, and didn't get on tn
water till about 8 o'clock Bert and e
taking to the big lake, and the other boa
remaining in the pug-ho1e. And SO ia
as the former boat was concerned, lue
did change, but only one OF its occupant