Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-02-14

over 1t, OF unduly exert himself. He
just looked around for some way to
turn 1t to his own advantage.
zone day, when Capt. Enoch took
his oat, the Mary Bell out for fish
ing trip, he met the rest of the fleet
coming back. The old man was
grieved at what he considered the Iazi-
ness of his comrades.
"'How do you expect to make
enough to support your family and
join the game tonight If you stop
work at this time of day?' he ShaAted
to Abner Simpkins.
"'There amt any fighting to-day
answered Abner, Disguised like.
Those tarnation dogfish have driven
away all the other fish,
There's no occasion for using
such words, replied Capt. Enoch Sc.
we're ;. 'Dogfish have as much OF
mis-, on in the world as lazy fisher
men. Everything in the world, even a
bobtail flush, has the seed of some
good in it.
81 was with Capt Enoch, and / no
ticed that all the way back to port he
was doing a pretty heavy stunt at the
thinking game.
"A dogfish is nothing but q little
shark said Capt. Enoch meditatively,
as we were pulling up to the wharf
and IN ought not to get the better of
a Cas- Cod fisherman. The reason
dogflsl hurt the fishing is because
they drive other fish away from the
boats. But IL a dogfish could be
taught to drive fish towards boat he
would save certain worthy but
weary old fisherman a great deal of
work and help swell that fisherman's
bank account
"'As you say, everything has mis-
sion in the world I answered doubt
fully. But with an extended acquatnt-
ance among Cape Cod dogfish never
met one that seemed to regard 1t as
his mission to help out lazy fisher.
men. If you could organize Fisher.
mems Aid society among the dogfsh
there would be good money in it. It's
considerable of contract, though, for
q nan Of your years to take up.
The next day Capt. Enoch went
2shin for dogfsh. There wasn't any
ouble catching all he wanted, but il
IS some time before he captured one
ich he thought was young enough
be tnAned. Then he built little
n knd with a sluiceway that the tide
a lid come up through and put the
SaoAfsh in it. The dogfish didn't seen
y to appreciate the benefits of training
and civilization and sulked in one cor
ner. Capt Enoch was hurt, but no
discouraged.
"'When he gets good and hungry
I'll feed him. he said cheerily. Lit
tie by little he will come to know ant
love De man who rescued him from
a watery wilderness. And it won't b.
long after that before he will per
ceive that the only way he can ne
anythink. to eat is by doing his dut!
and driving fish towards my boat.
"When the dogfish had grown pref
ty hungry, Capt. Enoch threw small
fish int,A the pond The dAgfish starr
ed after 1t. Capt. Enoch Bept headini
him off with a pole until finally tn
dogfish realized that before he go
the fish he would have to drive It 4
the direction of Capt. Enoch. TIL
was kept up day after day, aud ia
last the dogfish came to recogniz
that it was a case of driving fish frs
and eating afterwards. BY this TIM
he knew Capt. Enoch and Wfsn
afraid of him.
"The next day Capt. Enoch TOD or
the Mary Bell carrying the d ghs
In a little trough he had made th
A bottom of the boat When he Rtl
he'd the fishing grounds he tossa -