Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-18
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among the New England hills, as the
waiter placed before him some Long
island trout. IF you have not you
have missed one of the good things In
life"
"Yes." replied his friend and host.
whenever there's a chance take q
hye-ounce rod and some flies and set
ont. In fact, these particular fish we
are eating are my reward for neglect
ing work for 4S hours"
"That amt fishin'," said the coun-
try-bred man. That's anglin'."
"Well, what's. the difference?"
cts plainly evident that you never
have been er-fishin', or you wouldn't
ask such a question. Listen to me.
and I'll tell you howtto go er-fshin'."
"To enjoy to the limit goin' err
ishin' n must be a boy. So just
lump backward some 80 odd years and
land in a comfortable old farmhouse
in the New England hills. It's a
Friday night, late in May, supper
is over, and while mother is clearing
the table father reads aloud from the
Country Bulletin, and Billy Taylor
comes in.
I'm going to let you be Billy, and
I'm giving you a great social boost,
for Billy's father owns the store
and is a deacon. Mother makes ex-
haustive inquiry concerning the
health of all your relatives, and you
humble "Yes'm' to each query. Fa-
Their goes right on reading; he don't
notice boys much.
".Jer ask him?' you whisper.
"'Hain't yet l whisper iii return.
""When yer goin' teri?
pretty quick
"'Ask him now, can't yer?
"'Wait on a bit f3a,
Gam waitin', amt 1?
"And you do wait, until finally ia,
Their lays the paper in his lap, and,
glancing over our way, seems for h
first time t O become aware of your
presence.
"Hello, Billy. How's your father?'
he inquiries.
"'ies'm. I-I-mean yessir,' you
answer. But father don't seem to
nOClce your Dfedh, anu OhSO "oiS
takes up the paper.
"'Quick! Ask him now you say,
giving me a pinch.
"Thus admonished, ! make the
plunge.
Say, pa! Billy wants me ter go
er-fishin' with him ter-morrer.'
Father lays the paper in his lap
again, and there is b%reathless silence
while he meditates.
1.-The corr in the south lot needs
hoein' bad, John he says, finally.
That's a heart breaker-and a
back breaker. The south lot stands
for not less than eight hours Of work.
But when all seems lost, who should
come to the rescue but mother.
Now, father says this blessed
advocate, do let the boy go; seems
like you've forgot what a boy you was
fer fshin'.'
"And father gives in, and seems
sort of glad of it. l reckon what
mother said about his 'goin' %er-fishin','
sort of set him to thinking.
with a whoop we rush out of the
house and around to the ~woodshed,
where we secure a spade and a tin
can and go prospecting for worms.
Then you tell me Of a rotten stump
in Deacon Bassett's orchard that's
chock full er grubs-sockin' big fell
lers, and we get a lantern from h
barn-it's quite dark now-and go
cross lots to the deacon's orchard.
Were tired enough when we get
home-you're going to sleep with ME
and we go to bed early, and to sleep
quickly, for we must be up long be-
fore the sun. 1t seems as if we had
only got to sleep when there's a knock
at the door and mothers voice call
ing:
"tCome, boys, it's most five
o'clock
"When we reach Myrick's pasture we
separate, you going to Jones' woods,
while | go to the woods beyond
Browns Holler,' vol having elected
to fish one branch and | the other of
Silver brook. The first at the june
ton waits for the other fellow, n
when we get together we'll eat our
lunch.
Soon l am in action. You and l
having reached the age of IA, we no
longer reckon horned poat and perch,
or even pickerel, as worthy of u ef-
forts; we're after trout.
Il guess I'll try a grub first off.
They're so white that even the most
~sleepy-eyed trout must see them. So
the grub is artistically draped upon
the hook and I step cautiously into :
the icy water which sets my blood a. I
tingling, select a promising rifle,
and drop the cleaning bait.
"As it disappears there comes the
electric thrill. With a quick move
ment, | set the hook and feeling him /
still there, | sock it to him. In other
words, carefully avoiding the switch
ing of o%verhanging foliage, and with
out disturbing a single pebble under