The sun., 1910-04-10
BEAR, TROUT and UNCLE JASE
YOUNG FELLOW FROM NEW
FORk HEARS OF EN-.

bot t Proves That Tsa Cant TeIl
when . Bear Bs SRV0lVed IN the Case.
LAcKAWAxEN. April IA pleasin'
but dscsivin' whif o. soft wind that made
. fellsr yarn for the spade an the garien
patch Whsrs the fish worms is lurkin'.-
aid the man from the Knob country.
'hAvin' S0rty br1ng up an inklin' or two
az 10 trout t'othcr day. was nayin' that
the trout In tho hsadwatsra want a. hig
90 thsy ussty be. an Uncle Jase out in
an @ys:
"Noways like a. big. Dan1. them
trout amt" aAys he. 'Noways like
what thsy was when I ussty fish them
vaearu.' sAyw no. Two lifted some
Of sockdolAxin' dodwallopers O. trout
Ouesn them heaawaasrs.' says he. I
mind wNmst. says he. but he was gittin'
lee4le agasrvatin' the way he had ahet
me on. an I seen that he had more'n
likely sot In 20 make some trout hshin'
history. 20 cut In onto him right here
an says . lestle pcppery. I take IL:
"'You aAy you've lifted some of SOCK
dolagin' dodwollopers o. trout outsn the
headwatsFs. eh. Jasenr says I. Huh.
huh.' I says. An 10 don't fergit myself.
says I. an I'm willin' 10 bet . leetie some
thin that DON'T says. 'there was nov
an then an ol' sookdolagin' dodwalioper
that you didn't ift OUT says. Seems
10 me recomember o. one. anyhow. that
you didn't Git quite 20 the hftin' out pint.
I says. an I Eavs q KNOWN wink nc the
squire. who had an ides recomember-d
the circumstance o. that p'tic'laF head
waters trout too an u ncle Jase's doin's
with Il.
uncle Jass sot a minute like he mouGht
bs ponderin' an then he says, GRIMM
tremendous:
THAT aartin was . wipe on me. Dan1.
sure enough says he. that ccnsarn~d
baAr ketchin' that OF sookdolARin' dod
waIlopes away from me like he did" says
ha. 4 hain't never had no hkin' fer
bear ssnce.' says he. An 70 think it
all come o. my wAntin' 70 'bleege friend
ae that, says he. That sArtin Was q
wipe on me. DanT.' says Jsse.
Il sot like was struck dumb. fer q
courss I hadn't never heard - the saT-
curnstance o. this trout Uncle Jase had
thunk up. TIE ol' sockdolaGin' dod-
walloper that I was refersncin' 90 wgs
one that W. had all b~en tryin' To cit
hold ON To Ter q coon . age up in the Hob
day alder hole. but no bait would that
smart an a&Rervatin' ol' mossback
do moro than take a look an a sniff at
an than only 20 turn up his nose an
laugh in his sleeve. - tn speak. 40 when
mo an tho squire went over 20 the hole
one day In try aomethin' new on that
ounnin' fab. hopin' 20 fool him into
IN hlnkin' IL was SOmsthin' p'tiS'lar that he
oouldn't git along without tryin' a tAsis
Of 10. an We come square on to Jason.
who had snuck in an managed 90 slip
his wire loop snare over tire head q thst
trout an was glvtn u the witch to Ilft
most got the OF Teller lifted fore we
| could yell af Rim. That akurt him -
that hs droppsd his snare. an ~ could
80 the end % u stickin' outen the water
as the trout went taarin' down the creek
later on, the wire ketched on To q root
an ohoked the OF sockdolaein' dod
wolloper TO death. en- he was run sRn
an lifted ont by that worthless Curly
Gabe. who didn't know the differ nc~
twizt 4 s='ess srosIisn Eis=mIn' aghtin
trout an q mud rootin' rubber snoot~d
sucker Jaae he didn't wait 20 see what
me an the squire nsbught a felt like dom
To him hut cut sticks away fron there
a. fast - them heels o his'n d let hinr.
an Ne didn't git 20 see him no mora fer
q month
THAT was the circumstance that
started in 20 call up on Uncic JEsa after
he shae me on 80 agRerVPtin'. an 40
sot like I was struck dumb when Jason
broke out with thst un the hear ketched
away from him. an the squire riz right
up from his cheer an left the store An
Unoie JRse didn't wait a second. hut
tllrnin' 10 tho young Teller from New
York. who keeps right on takin' lessons
in bear an things from Uncle Jase. he
SAVE: -.
thing. sRva he, an I'm glad Dan'l has
brznG this circumstance up. fer IL gives
me q chance 60 show you how queer things
In most always liable IN happen where
bear is mixed up with stn. But don Z
Rsther from IL. sonny. that YOU mnstn Z
never hesitate 70 'bleege a friend cauSe
this here happened 10 me jest bv bleegin'
one aayu Jase. en- I wouldn't "a put
IN a word 10 stop him. not fer worlds
THAT of sockdolAGin dodwalloper
of a trout had been layin' IN the alder
hole up on the headwaters fer 40 long.
says Uncle lase. that everybody hut
mo had give him up. an I'd a give him
up, too. " I hadn't knowed that wuthless
Curly Gabe a rig up some onfair an
tricky way. sure as guns to git the ol
Teller the minute he know@d wa n Z havin'
my eagle eye on to them ~Rterp an stavin
Of him on Along IN June that season I
was campin' up there an watchin' the
ways ~ that ol' trout an one day heeroi
him spla shin the water like all Possessed.
lIfnOtn nv eOfntFntu VOaNh Otl W. NDt1e-
thin he hadn't been knowed 20 do never
not sence foihs begun TO f-h 80 sOt like
fer 20 git him
~ Enuck down an pesked through the
alders II was hornets he was jumpin'
fer an takin in Rig. yaller. streakv
hornets with stingers On 'sm an inch
long. a plunge from one on 'em bein'
enough 90 knock down an on Their
nest had broke somehow from a limb
where u had hung out over the creek
Some a the hornsts had got in the water
an couldn't get out. an had hoated down
where the trout was lsyin' in the alder
! hole They b@in' somethin' he hadn Z
aeen Wit. he had riz up an sampled one
on EN-. an IL Jest tickled his palate NJ
that he was goin fer 'sm hot foot Every
time he'd take one in he'd como Outsn
the water two foot OF more. fOllerin' the
plunge o. the hornst's stinRer IN his Va "
or some'rs. an you Kin git an inklin'
sonny, a. 60 the Rame natur' ~ that
anna zin' heh when he showed as pla in
as looks an actions could that he was
enj' vim the plunge o thsm atingeru full
az much a. he was them Aockin' beg hnr-
nets theiTssir
, -'-why. jsA' Rol- ssvs ] rrt~r watcln
this pfoVmsncs n while. "I'u ha takin
that eutInnin' nis ao~kdolp rim dOriwal alloNsr