The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-09
Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WAWASEE, Ind, Aug S.-The moon is
again shining on beautiful Wawasee, and
that means the evenings are now being
spent on the lake, rowing, sailing, or, per-
haps, speeding through the water in one of
the pretty little lauches that dart here and
there and everywhere. The yachtsman,
however, is compelled to keep his weather
eye open for a calm. and sometimes a calm
is a very necessary part of an evenings en-
joyment- When mamma tells her daughter
to be home at 10, and she does not reach the
cottage or hotel till midnight, a calm is the
only thing that keeps the young woman
from being in disgrace the next morning,
and it also is the only thing that gives the
young man one more chance to see If he can
bring Phyllis. Mary Ann. or whatever her
name. home at the proper hour. But the
yacht is not the only craft that causes
such trouble, for sometimes the engine in
the launch gets cranky and cannot be
started for a long time. and generally it
takes these cranky spells far out in the
lake when there is nobody around to tow
you in.
Despite the little difficulties which some
times attend an evenings trip. the moon
light nights are hailed with pleasure by
young and old, small or large. for ii is little
pleasure the fat man gets from his summer
outing when the sun is so hot he feels as if
he would melt every time a stray ray hits
him and the evenings are so dark he is
afraid to get more than ten feet from shore
in a skif, for fear one of the larger boats
will not see him If he should be tumbled
into the water. In that case there would be
none to rescue him and he might lose his
last chance of seeing another winter and
getting cooled off.
For the people who do not care to be on
the water there are the wide yerandas
with their and rattan chairs
where one can spend a most pleasant even
ing watching the moon as il is first seen-a
great red ball-above the tree tops. AS IL
rises a little higher on calm nights, the lake
resembles a sheet of silver, with little rip
pies sometimes breaking its CLASSY smooth
Ness. Now and then a boat hurries by, max
ing one think of a phantom ship as it glides
over the water in the moonlight and then
Is lost sight of in the darkness and shadows.
AS your eye wanders from the water to
the trees, which. in the daytime, seem TO
hover around, protecting you from the
suns hot rays, but at night seem like great
gaunt arms reaching out TO grasp the un-
wary, as If envious of the pleasure the
beautiful lake gives the people. you shudder
If you are a bit nervous. Again. as your
glance falls on the ripping water these
wierd feelings disappear and you are ready
to retire for a quiet nights rest. while the
moon Is yet bright in the heavens.
THREE TRUE FISH
While a couple of young indianapolis
maidens were rowing on the lake Sunday
evening they found a trolling hook and
line in the skifs and threw the spoon
in the water Just for the fun of the thing"
but the fun soon changed to real excite
ment when a four-pound bass took the hook
and started for the middle of the lake. BY
steady pulling the haul was finally land
ed and for a minute evervfbgr, uas c,,so.
1t was only when the bass made its pres
ence known again by a flop that the maid
ems found their troubles were not yet ended.
so while one rowed toward the shore the
other endeavored TO sit on the fish. but not
succeeding very well she was compelled
TO use her newly Numbered dress as a land
ing net. Then, by careful watching. the
fish was kept out of its element and finally
dropped on the sandy beach, where there
were willing hands to help.
Two or the Gotta gers-a woman and a
man-were fishing one evening this week,
but before starting left Instructions with
the cook to fry the fish they were going to
catch for breakfast. Three hours were
spent in angling. and here is the story
they told later: I'VE had the most bites
you ever heard OF, not mosquito bites eth
er. You just ought to have seen the large
bass we caught. We had him in the boat
and he jumped out, but We almost caught
him by the tail as he started TO swim
away. We also had a pike about twenty
one inches long almost I'm the boat, but 1t
broke the hook and we put a new one on.
Besides We had some little bites. Really III
W. had those two large ones we almost
caught we would have had q great break