Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-08-14

WE'LL, SEE THAT YOU CATCH SOMETHlNd!
priateness about the name Of his boat,
the Alone. He never could convince
them that "Alone" should be pro-
nounced as word of three syllables,
and If he did convince any of them
they Immediately began to hum a fool
ish parody of yankee Doodle" which
ran:
Yankee Doodle came to town
All alone, aloney.
After Leona had delivered her ulti-
matum there was nothing to Go but
wait until her mother came out of the
house AS a matter of course she was
invited, but was wise enough to de-
cline.
"I'll chaperon you from the veranda,"
she said, land the only stipulation l
make is that you do not get off the top
Of the ocean" Then as the little boat
was swinging away from the dock she
called after them, Il wish you would
bring me home a nice, fresh bluefish.'
Anything to oblige," Leona called
back.
"Well, see that you catch something"
replied the mother, and laughed.
Marvin Rollins was too busy with
ropes and pulleys and the many little
attentions a boat requires before she
will be entirely obedient to notice this
little byplay Of dialogue, and while he
was moving about the boat he was
handing cushions to Leona so that she
could make herself entirely comforta'
BILE for the little cruise that he pro-
posed. At last he had everything trim,
and they scudded out toward the open
sea where fleet of boats was trolling
for bluefish. Leona amused herself for
awhile in watching how rapidly they
huddled together and then scattered.
She inquired the cause of these maneu-
vers.
"When one of the boats strikes a
school of fish all the other fellows rush
in to get their share, and when they
lose the school they scatter till some
one else strikes one, and then they come
together again."
At this point Leona's attention was
attracted by something else.
ooh, Marvin!" she exclaimed enthu
siastically. Look at that wide streak
of oil we are crossing. Does that near
that oil is coming out of the bottom OF
the sea; that there is a Texas gushel
under the Great South bay"
He looked at her curiously to make
sure that she was not poking fun al
him, but Leona was good actress ant
looked entirely innocent.
''Gusher nothing! That's simply 6
cumming streak"
"And what may cumming streal
ber'
why, when amateurs go after blue
fish they do not use a squid like profes
sionals. They chum for them"
"Well?"
"They chop up mummies and throw
them overheard so that they will fioa
down with the tide and make an oil,
streak that the bluefish will follow VI
until they strike the baited hooks"
How horrible! But always though
that mummies were preserved in spice
and such things, and not in OIL"
"Oh, pshaww said Rollins testify. :"
am not speaking of that kind of mum
mics. The mummies they have dow
here are little fat fish that they catcl
with nets to use for cumming"
"Oh! But you say that professionals
don't fish that way"
"Of course not unless they can't kill
hsh In any other way"
But If 1t isn't the best way to fish
why does any one fish that wayT
Because gentlemen fish for sport
and not for spoil. 1t is more sport tC
chum for fish and catch them with u
rod and reel"
Then 1t is really not good form tC
~ for bluefsh unless you chum fol
themr'
''Oh, 1t is all right to catch one or 81
for meal, but it is not the thing tC
do II one is out for sport"
"Well, we are out for sport, aren't
WEI At least think | am" she added