Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-20
A BOUT WITH BLUEFlSn

II mate slid down the weather
Shrouds and took the wheel, While tn,
captain cat-Clambercl up the mast.
hoops with the glass To take 4 look
Presently he passed it To me. wher,
l ciung under his feet. For a minut,
or TWO | could see nothing but blu,
sky reeInS and swinging. for the Dr.
pneus was slanting her great height
S,,uuliy over the sea like a tan tower
a"oul To IAN, And as she leaned. viii
ne press OF Il se"Nenteen-mile wind
pushinS her down. she rolled like :
orPols and scared like Il horse TAX
M: a hNe-barred fence.
si,er !, while the glass steadiei it,
aolA ~ 'hc dlpplhs horizon. Suddenly
. ""JcNNiN' Was MED with White
aiI'Ns. Whlriihs' pluilslns, weaving II
, ~ o". liioISSHhuv guns ~hundrc'-i OF
hoN'lihS over one place.
"'s s'VN piSEer ana hisSri. IKE :
,,a. - :. mus i"n'clh. IN hNe MN
~, = was NOT necessary 10 rHmt
rn,,,, No.. n",'n ~ 'cn minutes we
WA -. 'l screaming.
,,n -, ~ suns were thcN inc
~ ,
l,iVuN i's over Il niue more
,a,e III VINO lsh 4 sHle. or
m'"i 4 S"ie, p", many a good
MtFf,, 1o'.''S.eiiS 10 tax a single
nus i.'li's"li "heh me breeze
iti'S up 70 lhat measure. The Or
,a,sn 10y .trS :, i"ii mann put
,hls'.i as ""i; Nho 'hc shadow OF
)" Nois"'i i''' oh 'ne sea lar ape'im
,rIa go.
W ~ u'"u .'nrtu W''S iu'l Oh guns
~. ih',i 'iNlilS ana aushter sound
Wv ~" "p"Nc ,he s'eluH morse OF the
i",''''ns go ana 'he drumming OF the
MAS. ihes s"aflhed X shats. dip
l',rS necessarily INTO the water.
lhe orpheus stood up suddenly. For
I'M instant her great sail Numbered.
men topsall ana staySail came in and
'"e sloop Jay down again.
'Mallsail and jib will be enough"
sad the captain. 1t amt a big school.
Get them squids ready now. bcv~."
The crew lifted the neat coils of blue
'Sil ilhes from the cieats-heaNy braid
eu Ilhe thick as "A lead pencil. At the
end OF each was a heavy oval of bright
~ Poilshed lead, weighing n pound. Set
IN the head was Il large black fish
nook. bigger than any hook used for the
mightiest muskellunge that ever swan.
Even the landsmen could see some
thing now under the lock of gulls.
Dead ahead in the pear-grcen sea was
an area about Il mile square tina
seemed fiat among the undulations as
~ on covered IT, and 1t was yellow. too.
'ih' on. All 'hat yeiloW space rippled
~huo as II llttle squalls We're
suddenly the yellow area seemed to
as. i.."! 'ie sea poaiiN' ana IN that
nna oina Ina'heu 10 sl,Ner, SO prlsn,
,um. Ni..t 'h"' ! F, o'|"ieu. ohe couiu
49, ,ai,. an " en"ils, VI h,iiu','Iapi
r"ic'S ,"ii az .lcy llut,trtu dnu tufn-
''l ar.i, 'a nna AIR. l"i ID hee,'ns instant
thn san w,ns n ne't ~ -, iuapeu, 'iii
;r 20" WIS p'd''h mo WhltehesS as
pellers, " many pro-
My heavens. but the blues are cut
ting them mossbunkcrs mn" said the
captain. cover with the suuids now'
over with EN-. Wen be among the
fish i'm Il minutc,"
Are those bluefsh that were iump-
ing" asked Il landsman.
Them are Observation-Disclosures
The fish sbarps can them Th.v,ra tLn
fellers thai tbn hlras food ~
blues are running dnon ,,ud.r ,n,n AVA
they come nm and ,ake ~ hi,o .r
few seconds Tnnt's whv 1bn r,,,ls o, ave.
always followinr mn = School ef No.
El,,niisb hordiy ovn, ,aI,a ~
one bite Thny bitn ont me Nos, nart
of the enhadcn the heliv ana Tho
gulls get the rest Them sorid. an
oyer?"
Pic ,a,i.,a "a /,
away in,a w. wt' 1quiuH Mli'ici
n,,cn tba'.a w., VAN, anu a,
lines f,n,, ~ ion 'n ~ iu"1 VII 'ie
ten rood ,,ilas .n ~ hn, 'n're "'
i' VI "'"
10" can u man ten when he's got
Il pI'', WIN ihlS pun on the line? de-
.i'iueu 'le iahdSlilah, TAXING an eX-
80" oieh' VI !, AROUND ms hahd 10 hold
:.
i'o' GUN know. SAID the cap
-, 'onl'h.HS 1thosaphat, you We
eo' oiic io".
He Has a Bite.
The landsinan knew without being
told. Astern in the wild ocean some.
thing had seized his line and was rush
ing desperately away-straight away.
The landsman's arms were pulled as n
runaway horse might pull them. the
blight of line cutting deeply into his
flesh. lie felt the strain of that mighty
tug through biceps and dorsal muscles
and clear down to his loins.
"Heavo on him. Heave. Don't give
him slack, He'll turn and come in n
minute If you don't keep n taut line
on him you'll lose him." said Tho mate
sharply.
Inc line came slack at the wore and
me landSman staggered backward.
iiaklns IL luille effort to gather ii in.
r'ltV Icet astcrn something shot bolt
Ipwaru from an arched Wave-soinc-
thihS una shone like Il sword, some
'hins n a shook a shalely head like
/ terrier worrying n rag, something that
Seemed T." he as long as n man.
TOO bad You lost him, said the
captain. He'd have gone twelve
pomnds-heres one.
Ine captains Inc WIinne1 Sbo rrlv