The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-03-07

you want some moro bait stand uu
and / win be here On less than
iiny We are just going down
the creek a few steps 10 the biz
Hole The Big Hole was deep
place where the largest FISH were sup.
posed to stay Il went half way across
me creek and was deep enough 40
IL just covered the twins ears. be-
cause they both fell In one day. and
the tops of their curly heads was an
that showed and It was ;hat same
curly hair the big boys grabbed and
pulled them out by.
For a while after the BOYS left Leila
nshed very attentively. watching the
line closely for a nibble. and pulling
her hook out every few minutes to
see II fish didn't happen to be ON IL.
but was keeping so stlll she couldn't
reel II. but there was never anything
more than just the hook. sometimes
pare and sometimes with q piece of
oait dangling to it, and finally grow
ing tired of fish that "just ate things
and didn't bite" as she explained to
her brothers, she began feeding the
lttle minnows that swan around the
stones bits of her lunch. She was 40
busy playing with them that she bad
cutie forgotten her pole, when sud.
denly 1t gave a jerk. That was cure.
ly bite, Leila thought. and she
tried to remember some of tae Things
the twins had said to do. but She
scrambled to her feet to manage it
better She w0nted to get the line
OUT but something was pulling IT hard
the other way, and, half frightened.
She leaned back with Der whole
weight toward the shore. Then the
pulling stopped. and thea-
Wen, when Roy saw Leila stand
he started for her at once. and it was
a good thing he did, for when he
reached the stone there was no little
girl on it, but she lay fiat on her back
in the shallow water of the creek.
still tightly clutching the pole in both
hands, and the first thing she said
when she could get the water out Of
her mouth was: MY fish. Roy; my
fish," Now, what the biggest sunfsh
OF the creek-a regular giant sunfsh
should have been doing in that shall
low water and why he wanted to take
hook that it could be plainly seen
had a little girl with a blue dress and
white sunbonnet fastened to the 9TH
er end Of the pole, nobody knows, but
10 yHrho ho
they had landing that fish (of course
they landed Leila too) you could new
er believe unless you heard the twins
tell it. They can give you the exact
weight of the fish too. down to half
ounces. Each of them weighed it
alone, and then they weighed it to-
gether, and when Johnny Porter
and Tommy Barnes came it was
weighed all over again, and every sin
gle boy said it was the biggest fish
that had been caught that summer.
You can imagine that Leila was
pretty wet and happy running home
from the creek, while the twins proud
ly carried the fish in front OF her,
stopping every now and then to show
it to admiring children they met. The
dust stuck to her, and her clothes felt
chilly, but of course she did not mind
little things like that Part way home
a jolly neighbor with horse and wa
gon overlook the children and gave
them ride to the door, and there
mamma met them and brought Leila
dry clothes and hot milk to drink,
and put her on the sofa with an af-
ghan over her to rest and get warm,
while all four Of the children talked
at once, telling of the adventure
Leila was up at supper time and sat
near the fish that had been cooked a
most beautiful brown and given the
place Of honor on the table.
OF course pap had to hear the story
all over again when he came, and the
jolly neighbor, who dropped in to
sec how Leila stood her ducking, had
to so out to the dining room and see
how large the fish was even after it
was dressed, and how much Of the
platter it covered. while Leila beamed
and dimpled, and the twins explained
and told how to make the best sink
ers."
Well Mr.. Davis, what do you
think of tho fish that Leila caught?"
asked her mother, smiling.
'The fish that Leila caught" said
the jolly neighbor, from all I can
hear it is the fish that caught Leila,
and I think he caught a pretty fine
little girl. "-Karrie King, in Chicago
/ Record-Herald.