The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-28

ieY y hau stVAo' postoihce,
slacksmith's shop and a ruined old
sawroiIl. I. had a river and dam, and
- were fish in the river The lat.
=. farr was told to Bessie Foster.
a,aca If Uncle Joe and Aunt Mary
Worper who had come from the city
sor vacation and who was looking
shout fur new diversion.
The girl was rugged out with a pole,
hooE line and bait, and Uncle Joe
wan+ with her to point out the spot
rber4 he once had bite from some
thing almost as big as whale, and
for halt an hour she was so intent on
nor fishing that she was oblivious Of
har surroundings. Then a cough from
human throat startled her, and she
looked up to see young man fishing
IN the same waters and not over twen-
" feet away.
Al first glance she saw that he was
a stranger to the hamlet. AS she
Looked up he raised his cap and bowed.
How long he had been there she could
not determine, but his action in sneak
ing up in the first place and in max
ing the bow in the second irritated
her She at once gave a vicious jerk
To her line intending TO quit the spot
at once, but she was naturally defiant
and changed her mind in an instant.
She would not be driven away. She
had simply stared at him in a naughty
manner when he had lifted his cap,
and should he attempt to push mat
tiers further he would get a rebuff to
freeze his blood.
For the next quarter of an hour the
two fshed in silence. Now and then
the young man reeled in his line and
made a new cast and hummed or whis-
1 tied to show that he had not been
snubbed. Now and then the girl gave
her head toss just to prove that she
thought herself alone. During this
interval the suckers in the river had
remained quiet or had business else
where. All of a sudden, however, one
Of them found the girls hook and
Eulped it down. There was mighty
tug from the captive and a scream
from the girl. 1t was the first time
the sucker had ever been hooked and
the first time the girl had ever hooked
fish. The young man saw the situa-
ton and came running up to call out:
You've got him! You've got him!
Don't handle him that way or you'll
lose him. Play him! Play himr'
Miss Bessie Foster was excited, but
h didn't lose her presence Of mind.
Ae realized what the situation called
fa and she gave the young man one
Wful look and then threw her fish pole
into the water and turned and walked
away. In that one awful look she no
iced that he was rather good looking
and had certain hall marks of a gentle
man, but despite that she continued to
toss her head, and her cheeks kept get
ting redder and redder as she left him
behind.
For the lands sake, what has
happened to your" exclaimed Aunt
Mary as the girl entered the house on
q half run and pumped down into the
rocking chair.
live found an impudent man,
was the reply.
Found a what? I've lived In Ba-
kersville ever since was knee high to
a grasshopper, and I've never run
across an impudent man yet. How
was he impudentT
He looked at me. He raised his
cap and bowed. He sang and whistled
When | had hooked a fish, he came and
wanted 10 boss things. And, oh, aunty
II was such lovely fish and such a big
one, and he was so willing TO be
caught
When Aunt Mary had extracted al
The information possible, she went &c
The kitchen door and blew the horn for
dinner, though it was half an hour
ahead Of time. Uncle Joe came up
from the lot in which he was working
and in answer to the surprised look or
his face Bessie told her story over
again. When she had finished. Aunt
Mary drew herself up and added:
And now, Joseph Warner, you viii
eat your dinner and then start out and
md that impudent young man and
pve him piece Of your mind. He has
got to be talked to good and hard. anc
you are not the man to do II am.
An hour later Uncle Joe went down
70 the postof1ce to make inquiries con
corning the strange and cheeky younI
man. All he could find out was thai
me newcomer was stopping at Whites
a. the other end Of the hamlet. and wal
thought to be a college student on biz
vacation The old mill was next Wis
Hed' and there II was found that Bes
Hes pole and line had been recovered
sno left in a conspicuous position
Uncle Joe carried them home and toll
us story, and Aunt Mary threw up be
arms and exclaimed:
Lad any one In all this world eve
see such a case Of impudence! Joseph
u you were man you'd go up +
Whites and take that young man b.
.oe ear and make him beg Bessie's pan
S2h She can't go fishing again a
gag as be Is hanging around here.
But l WIZ declared the girl as sh