The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
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II FISHER LUCK
Uncle Jase and the Bear Follow
Snake, Bird and Big Trout
Upon the Scene.

didn't come In agin till next day. SAID the
man from the X mob country. AN then l says
to him. cause | had that toler' bic strong idee
o. something-though IL he had only said
somethin' about the big trout when he come
in, or by an by. mebbe l wouldn't a had
the idee quite 50 strong. but he didn't seem
to ever "a seen or heerd on the trout, an 90
the idee hung by me az mebbe bein' ound.
| saws to him
"'Jason. ! says. when was IL that you got
title deeds to thai creek bend medder O
mine?' 4 says.
Uncle Jase sot up that a~ggervatin' grin
O. his'n. an he says;
DAM he says. we've got to do some
thin or other, or they'll be overrunnin' us
like an army with banners. We got to awe
'sm down, Dan1.' me says. GRIMM That
Uncle Jason grin o. his'n that don't seem to
keer a ding thing fer consekences
Uncle Jase had brung the big trout in
along in the afternoon o. the day before. an
sot ~a-tellin' me how he ketched it way up in
the still waters, an how he ft an fit with 1t.
no an down an acrost. till he was abou as
nigh uckered out as the trout was when he
landed il at last.
Il hadn't ever see a bigger or a II ner trout
come from any o. the Knob country waters.
unless IL mowt "a been the one that W
even that un wouldn't 'a'beat this un moro
than an inch or two in ZENITH an mebbe half
a pound or 30 in heft. This I'm OF Uncle
Jase's didn't fall shy an ounce o. two pound
an n half. an he had it stretched out on the
kitchen table, an l was listenin' to him
telling o. the fight he had with 1t, when
suddenly he grabbed his hat an made Ter
the back door.
S'Consarn IL. Dan1,' says he. as he went
out, it's nigh 3 o'clock now. AMI got to meet
Ellis Sam at the Corners at quarter past
says he, an away he went, leavin' his big
trout layin' there on the table.
~As Uncle Jase went out I glanced outen
the winder that looked NJ ther road, an l
see a young Teller COMM along an travellin'
fast, p'inted straight fer the house. an he
come almost Dustin in at the front door
as Uncle Jase was streakin' IL down acrost
the garden. hurryin' to keep his appfnt-
ment with Ellis Sam.
The young TELLER was nigh about winded.
an he sot down In a cheer. I give him
time, an then I says:
WAS you runpin' from the oonstableT
avs but I said il cheerful an encouragin'
like.
NO. he says. toler'ble panty yit. No.
he says. I hope you'll excuse me- he says.
but it's besrsi'
els that alp I says. We don't mind
bears none I'm the Knob country. but VEIN
skeert O. ~oonstables.' I says.
-Havin' got his wind pooty we'll back,
he begun TO cheer up an to sort o. look
about him. As he was lookin' about him
his eyes fell onto Uncle Jase's big trout.
ru-----A A. 49, Asrn n otar& opt oIrnnok
a skeer, an he looked first at the trout. an
thep pooty sharp at me, an then at the
trout agin.'
ST been out troutin'. myself he says. by
an by.
''To-day7' I says.
.'Yes.' he says. To-day. I've jest come
from there he says. an he gives another
stare at the big trout an then one at me.
''Didn't you ketch anyT' I says.
.'Yes.' he says 1t was the first trout I
ever did ketch. too says he. 'Mebbe you
mowt keer to hear how I ketched it, he
II says I didn't know but what mebbe I
s'But where's your ishin' tacklei' I says.
"I left It down by the bears he says.
Then I knowed there want no doubt
his FIRST trout, an I told him to fire away.
sFust along says he. you must know
that I come up here jest because I'd heerd
so much about trout fishin', an l wanted
TO git some Of j.: I'm %stcppin' up along
out to go troutin'. an told me all about
81 Hshed an fished along. an didn't git
no bites except from 'skeeters. an then
BY an, by l got one: Licky-te-brindle
.'It tool all the line there was on that
little whizzin' thing fast to the pole. an
then IL started in to take mo Down the
creek / went, follerin' it,
ar, tn Ieo K o. ss t foiis, Js sssgRss;S BED t fer 1 ISSin'
there on the table an wondered II this un
that the young Teller was tellin' about his
tussle with could "a been as big as Jase's.
Then he started In ag'in:
that bite he says. Il had to run like an
Injin. too. 70 keep up with IL. an KEEP the
trail fer a good eighth Of a mile. when the
bite suddenly doubled on me an tore like
a hurricane back. up stream. Then up I
Jest on the pint o. droppin' the fshpole
an 1ettin' the trout have the whole riggin'
when It stopped stock still.
Now I says. Il only wish some
@ my folks was here to see me land him.
81 wound up the line as fast as ! could.
'oordin' 70 Instructions. an had the line
pooty nigh all wound UP an was standin'
close TO the shore when my fish started
straight fer shore right lords where / was
standin'. It never stopped, but CHM out
on the bank an in IN shake. OF q lambs
tail was twistin' itself up my leg.
Mighty Mani ! hollers. droppin' the
fishpole.
my first trout is a water snake. more
than q yard long. l streaked it fer q fence
that run along by there. but before I got to
it the snake let me go an started back to
the creek.
st still had possession o. the fshin'
tackle an I begun to think that IL wouldn't
do to let it get away with that, cause it
didn't belong to me. 80 l ven back on the
trail, cut the line on about four foot above
the hook, an told the snake he mowt have
it. He took 1t an went on.
AFTER 1 had got over the rattlin' that
little ~circusin' sort o give me l sot down
an wondered.
-'"Well,' 1 says. after ponderin' a spell,
Il s'pose thisi IL only some o. the flsherman's
luck I've heerd so much about. II won't
do to give IL up so,' says, an tyin' on an
other hook 1 tangled IL all up with worms
an started In ag'in.
~ guess mebbe I must "a had a bite
pooty soon, fer I give a jerk outen the water.
burt II there was a bite at the hook it slipped
OF, an hook an the COB o. worms fast to