The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-23
UNCLE JASE IS DECEITFUL
PUTS 4 STOP TO THE NEW
YORkER'S TROUT FISHING.


BY Explaining That JasEers IL Lurking
Along the Greek Guarding His Rattle
snakcs-Man From the Knob Country
Frankly D%isappreves OF the DoinSs.
LAcKAwAxES. Pa. May 20 -.Uncle
Jase, honest, hain't got no more shame.
seems to me, than II he'd jest got back
from settin' In the Legislator an didn't
keer who knowed 1t, P~ennsylvany 1egis-
latur' at that. said the man from the
Knob country. -S'posin' the young fol-
Ter from Now York did lot II git out that
he knowed all he wanted to know about
trout fshin' without havin' anybody 60
along with him to show him, an that he
p'ferred to hunt up his own fishin' places
In the creek all alone by hisself. 80 that
nobody needn't expect the job o. g,iidin'
him at IS a day and found. Them bein'
Jase's fggers, an him a little p'tic'lar
too as to the fndin's, it bein' noticed more
than wunst that any Teller hat Jase
guided always come in with more nsh
IL he had an inside pocket that didn't
have to be stretched none 10 git fndin's
in it that was ekal to a quart.
SS'posin' the New York feilsT did let It
git out that he was goin' to fish fer trout
on his " hook. It's a free country.
amt it, pervidin' you got the money to
pay the Teller citizen that's watchin'
out fer you a dollar an hour fer f1shin'
through his woodsp l think so. and Uncle
Jase hadn't orto done 1t.
'Thc young Teller from New York
at TOD ,..A H.. A. -,-. L-- H..
arter waitin' pooty nigh q week fer the
water to git right, but arter an hour or
two he come in lookin' all het up an
disappointed, an without the smell OF a
trout even as long as his finger in his
basket. We jest throwed up our hands
an held our breath. over to Simon's store
at the Eddy. we was SO took hack. Soon
as l could l says to him:
Why. what has ~happened?' a y J..
Want the trout runnin' more'n two to
a pound says /. an consistently not
to be consideredp Or WAS they shown
up SO big that you've come back fer
a bigger basket says l. ''Mebhe the
creeks vent an run dry" saysI
No says the teller from New York.
settin' down on the bench an moppin'
his face. 'nothin' o. that sort hain't
happened, says he. but it's jest my luck
that Jaeger is lurkin'.' says he. Jaeger is
lurkin' to-day says he. an the swat
finest kind says he.
Il looked at Simon an the squire. an
Simon en- the squire looked at me. an
we ell looked at the Teller from New York.
an the Teller from New York he looked
at all OF us, an he says:
-'Yes. sir says he. Jest my onfortnit
luck, after wsitin' all this time. to have
Jaeger hr&in' the first day I git to 20
arter 'em. says he.
An l never would "a knowed he was
lurkin' neither a y he. an more'n
likely would a run right ag'in him an
had to take the c~onsekences.' says he.
IL it hadn't been fer a good natur'd an
willin' chap I happened to meet jest in
time says he. who warned me ag'in the
hrkin'. Yes. SIR says he. L was purity
nigh to the creek an in n few minutes
more would jest ms like as not been takin'
the consekences,' q y he. when I seen
this good natar'd an willin' chap settin'
on Il stump.
.'rHslo!. he says. ~Ain't goin' to
the creek a-nshin' be you?-
II looked at my fish pole an my fies
an my fish basket a smilin' kind o. good
natur'd myself I says to the chap setting
on the stump: (
well" | says. do look like a Teller
that's rugged out fer goin' TO the woods
to chop out railroad ties?" I says. an
then thinkin' that mebbe the chap on the
stump now mistake my good Batur fer
sass. ] says to him:
'"why. yes I says. I'm goin' to
the creek to lift out a few l says.
.'"Weil. then" says the chap. you
mowt a durn sight better be goin' out
arter railroad ties he says. Jaeger is
lurain' to-day he says. An he's lurkin'
the swattinest kind says he.
Now says the New York Teller.
'lurkin' an swattin' didn't sound very
cheerin to me. an So says he. i says
to the chap on the stump.
.''Jagger?' | says. -Lurkin'?- y
-Swsttin'?' l says.
, --Yes.' says the chap. To-day. An
Yesterday an day before Yesterday. too
he. Ellis Sam was on the creek a-fishin'
an though 1t was toler'ble 'arly in the
season. jest as he got in the bend o the
creek up yonder an jest as he was goin'
ia throw in Ion gside the old log right
ahead OF him on a rock an all fixed ready
fer him he seen an old socker, a big ysller
Teller. Havin' an idee that Jaeger mowt
be lurkin' Ellis Sam riz on his tiptoes.
peeked over the tops o the bushes.
stretched his neck this. that an t'other
way. an Ellis Sam says the chap, has
got a neck he kin stretch up. eos he kin
take in pooty much all a. the country;
but no sight nor sound o. Jaeger. So he
thought Of ourse Jaeger want lurkin'
an he was jest on the pint O. jumpin'
with both feet onio the yaller Teller on
the rock right ahead OF him. when, 10 an
behold. you! JaRgers steps ~ from
behind the hemlock tree where he'd been
all the while an he holds up his
hand an holleTs to Ellis Sam to stop right
where he was, "a he didn't want to swat
him. but he'd have to do II il Ellis Sam
Jumped on the yaller Teller. 1t was n
o his'n. Jaeger says. an he'd perfect II.
$50 says the good natured an
willin' chap on the stump. Ellis Sam
went on. n seein' yaller fellers ar black
fellers too every place where he wanted
to git in to the creek with his pole an
line, an KNOWN now that Jaeger wa
.lurkin' and watchin'. he didn't dast to
jump onto 'em or drop a,rock or a club
onto EN-. 30 he went home says the CHAP
on the stump.
81 want jest ezac'ly clear in my
mind, says tho New York young Teller.
as to the why's an tho wherefores O.
Jaeger an his iurkin' an swattin' an
was on the pint o. askin' fer some 'luci-
datin'.' says I've. when the Teller that wa
warnin' me SAYS: