The sun., 1902-03-09

Of the editorial baby, Of which there was
always one in the house. the editorial COW,
ard the editorial horse I also made the
editorial garden in the spring, weeded il
and hoed it during the summer, and dug
the potatoes cut the cabbage and pulled
the beets and turnips in the fall. besides
incidentally seeing that the hired girl had
plenty Of water on wash days, which said
water lifted from well eighty feet deep
with the help OF an old oaken bucket and a
windlass
'The edit or also had small farm a couple
Of miles from town where dropped corn
and covered II in the planting season. helped
put in the potatoes, and during harvest
carried the jug for the harvest hands. I
likewise gathered the apples In tho fall
and helped through the buckwheat. Even
lngs by the light OF two tallow candles I
distributed ri and washed off and put avav
the wood type they had been using during
the day al he Office printing vendue bills
These daily and evening pastmes OF
mine the editor and his family held were
recreation quite sufficient for me- having
due regard and solicitude for my health :
and 30 II ever got into 'e woods or on The
rabbit barrens or along the trout brook I
had simply TO defy all consequences and
got there Cainst orders.
No matter how fine string 81 trout I
brought In. or whatever 81 n bag Of pheasa M .
pigeons or rabbits turned up az home with
] invariably got my jacket well warmed
by the no means light editorial hand or
by the hand Of Mrs. Editor, which was
quite "a energetic as her lords. But they
ALWAYS ate tho trout and the game.
There was ono thing loved that editorial
farm for and that was because the bes,
trout streams that ever Law out doors ran
through IT, am keeping far within bonds
when ! say that ! never went drag
home in those boyhood days, after a daY
OF stolen pleasure on that stream. with n
string Of trout that had not two-pounde,s
more than one, upon il. and pound trout
was no more for that brook in those days
than a quarter pound one would be now
IN the best streams | know Of
But one spring got hold Of a trout tb..
was bigger yet than any trout hod e,.nr
caught or seen even in that rara brooL
lie got awny. but I knew where he uyoS
! Knew that he would not forsake tha, doo,,
hole N the shadow Of the old log bridge
INTO which the brook brought constantIv
from above the most Of dainties for thai bia
trou', and plenty Of them. SO | kent mus
and campaigncd for that boss Of The brn'L
a. Weeks went by and had passed under |
the chasteninS rod at home many times
Tor being absent on errands conpec,oS
with the possible undoing OF thai ,ro,,,
but still he dcfied mo. had tried o,.or,,'
thlng IN the way Of bats known, and bsd |
essayed 70 tempt the old fellow Inv nov,
ahu ~ unheard-of lures But he laughed me
ihe log bridge crossed the creek in n
meadow, and the deep hole in which the bic
,,rout lived was al the upper aide az !,
large rock breaking the current az ,ba
brook just above and forcing the wstap
aIouho u IN swirl that left an ever-preseni
sres, or roam on the pool. cream-colored
rs The water eddied or whirled. INV
one day, after long siege OF the trou,
was walking away heartsore and do
'pondent, and had stepped upon the bridaa
y men little green snake. 40 little. In fac,
hai " was not much larger than snma
y tne ish worms had in my mustard boI
Fent wriggling along the guard log of H.
'rldge. An idea came TO me, ~ WIG
Here was morsel for the mos, enI-
'urean trout; would try Il on the yeaa.
lous and obstinate big fellow thai iay
beneath there in that foam-rres,ed nooI
captured the little snake, went hack
o The bank Of the creek and plaoed D.