The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-27
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his f-lin~ hat Warren ] Lyhrh - en-
'innait ssnsfsl pas-sngrt agrnt 81 N"
ng Pour lines. had 81 asay from ~" ~
thr~~ day. t-for~ General ia--sng"t
agent Hirrv1lh.in IT th" tln" and Western
~r-'uguiyrd The mu-Aallonse and curroo-
grated IES' Tavlor
Iher.upun the fish vas photo sraphcd.
and subsequently, cooked u weishei a
tribe he's than thirty-twu pounds. and was
IN" larg-s, mI,kallongr taken from Chau-
tauuua Lake In many a day,
The story Of Passenger Agent lvnchs
exploit with the hig mu-kallougc i liz"
hts The Rig -Four man had com" To Lake
wood ~ sprnd a Few days un the lake. III"
Eri, and Westerns hr-- ticket man came
on from indianapolis 10 do the same.
on, ,iav .gcut Lynch said ne believed he
! would e. uut and grt some muskalIonge
-Tlsse muskallonsr YOU hav" At the hotel
arr fine 10 said. bu u | feel Just like having
som. thu, arr IL nv own killing TN he
Kind e. Ii" pulling ,"g"tahl"s ou, Of your
own garden. YOU know. instead ~ getting
'em AZ the market.
80 10 went out His hoat was handled
hv old Gus. an old-tim. Chattanooga Lake
fisherman and guild" frie and Western
Agent Rhain went along IN another Oust az
convoy TO N" Lynch craft. A. IA" fleet
was rounding Cheney's Point, Passenger
man Lynch'- rob snagged onto something.
and he hnat came to and stopped A. II
they had cast an anchor.
What j. IL, \ stump" said Lynch. a
Irtlc uattl"d at the uh-' nOction.
You i-t IT a stump exclaimed Old
Gus And tn stump anybody on this
Iak. to lea, II. Il YOU land ~ stand up.
hold her rau' and haul IN
The heai ~ tho Big -Four passenger lines
stood up and hold taut. but tFfore he could
haul m ont uf n water something shot
up into 10. ar a. II dynamite had hscn set
of under n down somewhere IN the lake =
depths. IL ru~. six f.s,t clear 81 the water.
II vas about six feet long itself IL had
a hcai and Jav- that would -Carcely have
I-s,u a misft Tor an alligator The Jaws
were wide ot-u and had long rows Of bis,
white. teeth M them
All ,hi, startling array 81 things was only
twenty-five feet away And 1t was fast To
ia. end IT Bother l.yuch'- limo.
Il hung an instant thus ia the air Then.
with a threatening shake ~ it, head. II diy,d
into tho lake and disappeared. With some
show 81 aiNflN w" '"WNIHdl 'ali'aH
man said 60 his sutd'
What wa g.. anyhow
-WhA- was ~ exclaimed The guide
-Grcat izaak Wa.tous ghost, man. 1t vas
a mu-kalluugr' And a ~up->nor'in one.
tool Stand mp hold tau' and haul in
Agent Lyr,h ~'ouG up II was uo trouble
10 hold her 'aut. for th" ru~kallonge WAS
pulling on the line like a > So horse with IN"
tat IN IT, teeth But hauling In wa quit.
another PROPOSITION L. -.-tu,-i for awhile
that Il there was any hauling in TO L. done
b, would Ia donc by tho muskallongs him
self
The instant old GI- c,,a~ad to opTu-- his
oar- to the IN prts oi the iiSL he fish would
us, the line a. a towin- and start To run
away with the boat After the muskal-
long. hai don. this three or -four times b"
suddenly stopped dead ia his courSc The
iiu. slackeurd The Big -Four passenger
bu~- Sa' down with a -udd-nne-s that shook
the huAt from rt-in 10 stern
% rew hIlIkins' cred tho guide.
stand up Tak" M YOUR -'ack' Hold her
n ur ie'l SHAKE YOU looa"'-
Tho putting and fer-uinng railroad
man stood M and Won 70 hurrying up
With the taking In Of the slack Il his line.
"A. had = pr.tty well In when he muskal-
long. started ahead like a shot. and took
up The rest Of the slack himSelf. and -
Quickly hat the fisherman came near going
rsht along out II III" hSat with the slack
aud follow ing the mu.kallouse.
Al 'N's i'm. N. CONVOY ~ The Lynch
craf' Wa- cruising hard Nv Ticket hn~-
Rh-iu. had once t--n freed hv n mud puppy
While fishing for CroI pies IN 'he Wabash
River. and consequently knew himself
how 2 Wa- 10 ~ hafras-ed Nv ungraCiuus
pi-,a,orial things lie was for hearing
down on IA" musksllouge and re~cuiuR
Rruth.r Iyuch. head on hut he was pre-
vailed uTnn 20 lrt tho Big Four man fight II
OUT himself.
,f.r The mu~.kaIlonge had led the cha-a
for a long rimc. and Brother Lynch had
at down. aud 20, up. and hold tRut. and
haulai in. until he wRS getting limp and
weary. The obstinate FISH suddenly stopy"i
pulling and hauling and came right along
toward tha huat faster than Lynch could
take up The line.
synu'va Got him comm yelled old GINS.
Hold her taut' Haul him in St'sdy'-
Brother INnch stood fast and hauled In.
TIL. muskallonRe cam" along until he Wa
alongside M. boat hut before Old Gus's
gar hook could fall, ~" muskail"ngr gave
one shake 81 his bead. the hook that bid
hin went aying through tho unresisting
air. and tho freed dictator - rates on the
Big -Four wa- sitting painting IN tho stern
-hc@t~.
Tlen Erie and Western Passenger Man
tf flu lpNf 'tfllaHN W WV '''''N 80 "if
shouted
.Hcorav' Hooray' Warren, old man. I
congratulate YOU ! congra'ula'" YOU"
And nrnih-r Warren Lynch, mopplng his
par-pirins brow. Withdrew hs weary gaze
from the lake, on IN" surface ~ which
A foainv wake mRrle where 10" muSkal-
ionge had r--"ntlv l--n, and remarked -
Brother Rhsin. with u touch - bitterness. n
nu' wrath. In hts voice
Congratulate me- What In dog-gone-
alton for
WHY replied Brother Rhein. sur
pri-.d NJ .uch = question You gut away
from Il. didn't you' That's what for
But thsr~ was no evidence about Rig
Ticket man Lynch. when b" got back 10
The hotel. thai he thought congratulations
vors ~ order. and ha returned n Ciucin-
natl without dining OF muskallong" 81 his
own killing
Tn. news thai General Passenger Agent
Lynch 81 the Big -Four had been hookcd
onto. hut had got swsv from N" biggest
and most savage muskallong. that had
shown up IN Chaut augua lAk" In many a
day. -Oon travelled the length and bradth
81 the lake and made much talk among III.
f.h.rmrn. Then IN. ~ them. Doc Iaylor.
won't out. and when he got hi- hook fast
IN n musk allonge h-fop long and the fish
rose out of he water, b" held taut and
yelhsd
It, Ivnch's big me, ss SUR ns hull
heads bitin""
Jusi how he identified It. Taylor didn't