The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
WILDCATS And A GREAT IDEA
NAN FROM THE KNOB COUN-
TRY ABLE TO CONNECT THEN.
The Idea HAD % 10 With the Possibility
% Treat IN the Alder SIN waters and
the NiidcAts Had 20 IN with the
Fact That the TPout We're Lest.

had ever shet itself IN an dared anybody
20 cit 20 IT, said the man from the Knob
country, that thing sartin was tho alder
still waters IN the days aiore folks took
10 whackin' an slathenn' the woods
down an chopped a channel through
them alders tO float tho logs down the
creek. Up 70 thu time the log sWampers
went 10 slashin' through ON nobody
hadn't never plucked up keTridEe enough
20 try an make their way through 'em
90 So wheIher there was room enough
anywheres amongst EN- 20 git a fshhOok
In the water That's the way the matter
was standin' tll the day I got that idee
o. mine As TO what them tangles an
twistin's was hidin' an concluded 70
ioller that idee out.
The way IL come was that was
hangin' round on tho edge o. them agger-
vatin' alders ono day. sorry on tho look
out fer hear. While | was hangn'
round | seen a crane come foppin' up
over tho tops o. the trees an sail away
lords where Il mOught have il nest. an
that crane had slammin' big ish gripped
IN ia bill.
There ain't no shad in tho Knob
country says l. an there amt no pick
ar1 within i've miled o. here. ~. says I.
that crane must "a been trout fishin''
says I. but ! hadn't 80 a trout ~ hig
a. chat un the crane was takin' home.
noe fer zen year an better. It's tho
alder still waters. that's what Il is.'
Gays. There's where that crane kstChed
that trout says. an ~ there must be
water some'rs in sight amongst them
aldsrs, elss tho crane couldn't a got In
thsrS 20 fish, says.
Then I cot down an thunk. an when
not home | started right In 10 carry IL
out, my idee mentioned Il IN Evandsr
but he says was maxim a mistake. but
I says % him:
s'Don't you worry. Evander.' says I.
II the idee don't work there won't be- no
harm done. II Il does work. says
'there'G be some wallopin' big trout
hrung in. says. an them's what wo'm
lookiu' fer says.
The frst thing that idee called fer
was q boat. a EarrUw boat with a sharp
Pint an made strong. knocked setch
a boat together. jacked her over n the
creek where the water begun 30 lose itself
az the head o. the alder tangle and
launched her in.
''If you git tied mp an drownded.
ne..-.sT.' says Evsnder a. I left home with
the boS., 'ion't say I didn't warn you!
says be. An don't fergit that Il you
don't Dsver come hack ag'in.' says he.
that double har'ld gun o. your'n falls to
me- says he.
q Gays all right that the double bar'l
was hisn Il didn't come hack. an "a
went. This was in the mornin'. Long
about noontims ! was hack home ag'in.
Evander he come in a little while arter-
ward. an when he seen me he glanced
up a. the double barl gun. an seemed
70 me he looked sorty disappointed 10 $50
me hack But mebbe ! only imagined
H.
well. Evander,' saws. The double
bar'l gun hain't fell N YOU. says. an
I ketched the dingdest snag o wallopin'
Of trout ever at my two eyes onto.
Isays.
mo" says Evander all sot hack
Where be they?' saws he
Yes. says That's L. Whore be-
theyr saws You see. Evander.
says. I hadn't counted IN wildcats when
] started o. carry that ldee % mine out,
SAYS
AN then told him how me an my
idee had got along.
Il chopped a way fer my boat through
them twiEtins an tauglin's q the alders
fer nigh On o. half a mile fore ! come
% any daylight under EN- worth -peakin'
o. an then II a student ! popped out
into an Openln' more'n fifty foot oirclu'
round. an the looks o. things was an
iavorn' tho workin ~ my idee tremen-
dous. ngEed up an begun "a d-h.
an u didn't make no dih"r"nc" where
that hook % mine hit the water. a reg lar
oil mOsshark u a trout "a raise up an
grab II, so that u want long Tore ] had
% many ~ 'eu layn' In the bUat that
concluded 10 guit an 60 home.
but ! didn't qWt. an. there's whore |
give nv idea a sathack. was wlndn'
10 my line when trout bigger yit than
any ] had kstched made a break fer a
hy or sOmethln way over lords IN,
edge % the openin' an ! thought Ia isst
try an eee whether he'd take a hankarin'
fer mine Where the alder- shot In On
the water Al ths lower end q the openin
the creek narrowed down tO not more n
four foot wide an the aldsrs locked an
twisted themselves ~ tangly over It there
that the water went out 20 sight
L stood up in my boat 20 make the
throw. an ] made the swish N send ~
there, bat my hook didn't come fOrrIds
Il quit comm spmswhsres hack there IN
the air an made my reel Jest more
than hum. Along with the hum - the
reel come one a. the most on arthly
suuawks A Teller could ever think u
an o. course that made mo- turn round
An II was a mighty good thing fer me
that I did look round fer I was jest IN
time 60 $50 a sochiu' an glann Wildcat
comm through the air straiR ht at me-
often the limb - hemluck that shot
out over the 0p"nin' m the alders an
% step 20 one side 0It ~ line II IT, The
ugly critter landed right On the spot
where ! had been ztandin an had time
90 go that my hook had ketChed har
night through One ~ her -ar-. an a Wild
cate ears i "a tender ~ "a darkv'z sliu-.
COnaekently that wildcat wac as mad a.
a wildcat could be-
We'll. that narrow boat want made
fer mad wildcats ~ jump into hsI'sr-
Ekelter an over u went duWpin mo- an
the wildUnt into the water. an the water
want AN inch ie-s n ten font deep
The Cunsarned wildcat's tomts- didn't
git CoOled bit by the duu-e On the water
an the ssoOnd she oould smile the water
Outen her nOza an shake ~ yiltsu her
eyes she curne right Ter me- agIn She
could swim like a duck an in leSs u up
tune had buCksd into me- ~ have the
matter ont An how she DID yslu NJ
injun ever split tine air with more all
pervadin an hair riIslu wells that that
wildcat let loose W. DO m NJ. an by
an ny fOundered down ~ IN the tlnRla
~ nldnrs ~ the lower end u' tho DDeuiU'
an rasselied an sE-hed an ctwed an
thrashed an hOii-r-, fer 10 ,y-li. when
houTu some more hair rtIsiu' yeUs OUT