The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-01-03

He tried the door and ratified il
Fssrs3 il ut the windows, stood hscl
Ia the garden and looked up at the bed
rOOms
"A queer business he muttered a
he turned unwiIlingly to leave tn
place.
AYE. very queer business he sail
again. II must go on to scarsdaie an
max inquiries aboot this Or. william
afore report to the super"
CHAPTER XXI.
~ YHEN Philips almost lifele
! body was flung over the clif
1 |" II rushed down through III
i summer air feet foremost
Then In obedience to the law OF grav
iW 1t spun round until at the MONIES
Of impact with the water the head an;
shoulders plunged krst into the wave
| At that point the depth Of the. SEE
was sixty feet at the very base Of the
rock. At each half tide and especially
III stormy weather an irresistible cur.
rent swept away all sand deposit and
shesrsd on projecting masses Or stonf
30 effectually that In the coursesof tim
the overhanging elf must be untlc-
mined and fall into the sea-
/ High tide or low, there was alwas
sufficient water to float battleshis
and the place was noted as a fayoii
nook for salmon, at that season p
| pairing for their annual visit to n
sylvan streams Of the moorland va
leys.
The lOrdlv salmon is peculiar In hi
habits. Deliehting at one period Of th&
year to roam through the ocean wills
ar another he seeks shallow rivers. il
whose murmuring fords he scarce finds
room to turn his portly frame.
And the law protects him most tcal-
ourly.
In the river he is guarded like king
and when he cluster& ut its month
lazily making mp bis mind to try 4
change Of water. asa monarch mig'a
visit Homburg for change Of air. lla
can only be caught under certain Sc
we're restrictions.
A1C lttIuSbs titt nc nCttPu W1tniH 81
many yards of the seward limit of
the estuary FIe may not be caught
wholesale. The nets must have a max
imum length Of 400 feet. They must
not be set between p M on 3 Friday
and a. m. on Monday.
Viewed in every aspect, the salmon
Is given exceptional chances Of longcv-
ity. His price Is high as his culinars
and the obvious sequel to
all these precautions Is that certain
persons known as poacha's
try every article b defeat the law
and capture him.
A favoiite dodge IL to run out a large
quantity Of nets in Just such a tide
way as the foot OF the cliff crowned by
Grange House. Mono can spy the on
IRA tons from the land, while clo
watch seaward gives many chance
" escape from enterprislng water. bail-
ne. who. moreover, can sometimes be
made conveniently drunk
When, Philip HURLED into the placid
lsa, HE naked body shone white like
he plumage Of Some gigantic bird
Indeed, man who was leisurely |
,ulllng coble In nigzag course
Ehils two others paid ont net 81 tha
= sweeping curves might emhsrg.-s
nv wandering salmon who found ii.l
Elf withtn ita nasshes marked TIE In
ng body In its instantaneous passar
md thought at nrst that some huge se
owl had dived after its prey.
But the loud splash startled the three
asn Not 30 ala cormorant or y
vhitc- winged SEDAN plunss to secure
n unwary paddock.
The net attendants strAiahtened the
acks; the osrsman stood up. The dis
nrbance was so near so unexpecte .
hat II alarmed Them. They looked
loft, thinking that rock had III ,.l!
hey looked 10 the small eddy caGse
y Philips disappearance to see n an. n
Ign would be given explanatory Of an
occurrence.
Were Philip thrown from such 4
eight when IN full possession CT nj
pnses "a all likelihood such breatb as
as I'm his lungs az tho moment Of his I
N would have been expelled ~ ti,
l,.a 10 rnn0Noa fla -,