The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-24

time Capt Enoch got out Of tho habit
Of shutting up the dogfish in the
pond 1t night.
That fish is tame and don't care
to leave his happy pondside,' said
Capt. Enoch. He knows chat the
only place where he can get oil, which
gladdens the hearts Of dogfshes, is
nom honest old Capt. Enoch. There
is no danger of his running away.
And 1t is a nuisance tn be letting
him in and out of the pond
But 1t was this lazy good nature
on the part of Capt. Enoch that caused
him to lose his trained dogfish. One
day, while the dogfish was driving
fish towards the Mary Bell, Capt.
Enoch noticed that there was another
dogfsh, evidently a female, hanging
around. The captain was pleased at
this.
my pet will marry, settle down,
and live respectable life,' he re-
marked complacently. The result will
be lot of little dogfishes who will
look to Capt. Enoch for their cod
liver oil and in return will add to the
profits Of the fishing industry. With
In a few years l will be able to organ
ize a dogfish fishing trust and con.
troll every market along the Atlantic
coast
Zone morning, after pretty steady
stunt Of work, the dogfsh swan I'D
to the boat and got a drink of oil.
Then he swan to where the female
was. She poked her nose near his
mouth. 1t was plain she was smell.
Ing Of his breath. Then she gave a
disguised hirt Of her tail and swan
away. The trained dogfsh followed
and tried to explain things. But she
wouldn't listen to him, and he return.
ed to the Mary Bell with a mighty
saddened expression.
THE next day the dogfish wouldn't
touch the cod liver oil. 1t was evil
dent he was making himself popular
with the female, though far from com.
Portable himself The day after that
he yielded to temptation and took an
unusually large quantity of oil. The
female wouldn't look at him. He
swan back disconsolately to the boat
and drowned his grief in cod liver
oil, which Capt Enoch handed out In
liberal quantities.
Women never did man or fish any
good said Capt. Enoch, who was a
confirmed old bachelor. That Is q
Delilah dogflsh. She is trying to lead
you astray, attempting to persuade
you to abandon the man who trained
you. Take good drink and forget
her.
THE trained dogflsh filled up on
cod liver oil. The next morning It
was plain that he had a pale yellow
taste and a troubled conscience. When
he reached the fishing grounds the fe-
male was waiting for him. A man
didn't need to be an expert in fish ma
ture to see that she was laying down
the law, telling him that he would
have to choose between her and the
cod liver oil. Capt. Enoch saw that
his protege was wavering and held
the bottle Of cod liver oil over the
side of the boat. The dogfish saw 1t.
He was on the verge Of yielding to
temptation, and had begun to swim
slowly towards the Mary Bell.
But the female got in front of him,
looked at him in the most reproach.
full manner, and putting a fin over him
tried to turn him away. His appetite
for cod liver oil wasn't strong enough
to conquer that appeal. The lovelorn
dogfish gave one last longing look at
the oil, then turned tail and swan out
to sea at the top of his speed. He
was fleeing from temptation.
Capt. Enoch gave a sigh and be.
gan hauling in his line
Another good fish gone wrong
he said sorrowfully Another promis-
Ing career ruined by feminine iufu.
ences.'"