Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-29
"Tossed the Doefsh Out"

time Capt. Enoch got out of the habit
of shutting up the dogfish in the
pond at night.
THAT fish is tame and don't care
to leave his happy pondside,' said
Capt Enoch. He knows that the
only place where he can get oil, which
gladdens the hearts of dogfsbes, 10
from honest old Capt. Enoch. There
is no danger of his running away.
And it is nuisance to be letting
him in and out of the pond
But it was this lazy good nature
on the part of Capt. Enoch that caused
him to lose his trained dog6sh Ono
day, while the dogfish was driving
fish towards the Mary Bell, Capt.
Enoch noticed that there was another
dogfish, evidently a female, hanging
around. The captain was pleased at
this.
MY pet will marry, settle down,
and live a respectable life,' he re-
marked complacently. The result will
be a lot of little dogfishes who will
look to Capt. Enoch for their cod
liver oil and in return will add to tho
profits Of the fishing industry. With.
in few years will be able to organ
lie q dogfish fishing trust and con-
troll every market along the Atlantic
coast
Zone morning, after a pretty steady.
stunt Of work, the doghsh swan up
to the boat and got drink of OIL
Then he swan to where the female
was. She poked her nose near his
mouth. It was plain she was SMELL
ing of his breath. Then she gave q
disguised hirt of her tail and swan
away. The trained dogfish 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.
1.-THE next day the dogfish wouldn't
touch the cod liver oil. It 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 =
confirmed old bachelor. That is q
Delilah dogfish. She is trying to lead
you astray, attempting to persuade
you to abandon the man who trained
you. Take a good drink and forget
her.
'The trained dog6sh filled up on
cod liver oil. The next morning It
was plain that he had 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 dogdsh saw it.
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 q 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 Of, 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
ne said sorrowfully. Another promis-
ing career ruined by feminine influ.
ences'"