Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-09-10

WELL, SEE THAT you CATCH soaEPHIsfT
priateness about the name Of his boat,
the Alone. He never could convince
them that "AIone" should be pro-
nounced as a word Of three syllables,
and II he did convince any OF them
they Immediately began to hum fool
ish parody Of Yankee Doodle" which
ran:
Yankee Doodle came to town
All alone. oloney
After Leona had delivered her ulu-
matum there was nothing to do but
wait until her mother came out OF the
house. AS 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
make 10 -tl1t you -slo -uot get OF tho top
of the ocean" Then an the little boat
was swinging AWAY from the dock she
called after them. II wish you would
bring me home a nice, fresh bluehsh."
Anything to obllge." Leona called
back.
y
replied the mother. and laughed.
Marvin Rollins was too busy with
ropes and pulleys and the many little
attentions boat requires before she
will be entirely obedient to notice this
little bypiay OF dialogue, and while he
was moving about the boat he was
handing cushions TO Leona 80 that sho
could make herself entirely comforta-
BILE for the little cruise thnt he pro
posed. At last he had everything trim,
and they scudded out toward the open
sea where n feet OF boats was trolling
for bluefsh. 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
school OF fish all the other fellows rush
in TO get their share, and when they
lose the school they scatter TIL some
one else strikes one. and then they come
together again"
At this point Leona's attention was
attracted by something else.
"Oh, Marvlnr she exclaimed cnthu-
siastically. Look at TINT wide streak
OF oil we are crossing. Does that mean
that oil IN coming out OF the bottom or
the sen; that there IL Texas gusher
under the Great South bnyT
He looked at her curiously TO make
sure :hat she was not poking fun ut
him, but Leona was good actress and
looked entirely innocent
"Gusher nothing! That's simply
cumming streak"
And what may a cumming streak
rr'
why. when amateurs go after blue
nsh they do not use squid like profes-
sionals They cbum for them"
"wellr
"rhey chop up mummics and throw
them overheard 40 that they will font
down with the tide and make mn oily
streak that the bluefish will follow up
until they strike the baitcd hooks"
"IIow horrible! But always thought
TINT mummics were preserved in spices
and such things. and not In oil"
"Oh. pshawv said Rollins testify. II
am not speaking OF that kind Of NUM-
mics The mummics they hnve down
here nrc little fat fish that they catch
with nets to usc for cumming"
--vuf uut yu------y t.rrv prv,t7---Tuiiirr5
don't fish that way"
"of course not. unless they can't Kill
nsh In any other way"
"But II Il Isn't the best way TO flsh
why does any one fish that wayT
Because gentlemen fish for sport
and not for spoil. II IL more sport to
chum for fish and catch them with
rod and reel"
'"rhen II is rcnlly not good form 10
fsh for blucfish unless you cbum for
thcmT
"O1i. II is all right TO catch one or 30
for n meal, but II is not tho thing to
do II one is out for sport"
"Well, we are out for sport, aren't
we? At least think am" she added
mischlevously.
"Of course, but your mother wants
q fish, md this II the only way to get
ono nt present"
"But do wish that we could chum,
Marvin" she said as II entirely uncon.
scious Of n double meaning. The poor
fellow gnspcd. for he saw the chance
10 make the idcn OF cumming lead up
to u remnrk involving their cumming
together for life. But the very thought
OF being so dnring put him I'm funk.
Leona looked nt him inuoccntly. then
with n satisfied amtLs nt the struggle In
his mind that was making itself ao cv-
idcnt on his blushing face sank back