Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-21
GOING
FISHING

But l don't see the point" pro-
tersted the summer resorter
The young man with his foot rest
ing on the lower step and two fish
poles over his shoulder shook his head
patiently
Haven't just explained" he said,
that when one goes to the country
one must indulge in outdoor sports,
and that fishing is included in the
category? Given perfectly good lake
full of trusting little fish, why not
fish? If one does not fish why not
stay in town where one can order fish
planked and then complain to the
waiter? Do try to be in keeping with
you are, theoretically, surrounded by
shiny bass begging to be caught"
I'm mott" declared the summer re-
sorter, fatty I'm surrounded by
gale of wind direct from the north
pole and I'm freezing to death and
want to go back to the log fire inside
the cottage from which you called me!
You may think this is June, but I'll
| tell you it isn't-its the middle of
winter!"
! 'Oh, come on" begged the man on
the lower step. Honest, fishing isn't
half bad. Besides, it's no fun to go
alone!"
This is perfectly idiotic!" grumbled
the summer resorter ten minutes later
as she tramped along in sweater and
old coat, her nose pink and her eyes
weeping from the wind. I'm frozen
clear through and l loathe fishing any
how. and, besides, any self-respectipg
fish would stay at home on day like
this! I'd have no regard, not the
slightest, for weak-minded fish that
would go deliberately wandering
around in the ice water looking for
bait merely to be accommodating
when it could just as we'll as not stay
in the nice warm mud at the bottom
of the lake! l shouldn't care to eat
a fish like that, really! Don't you
think it is going to snow?"
Its really too cold to snow," adj
mitted the young man. "If it could
storm icebergs I'd be willing to
prophesy those, but not just plain or
binary snow. All the horses at our
place are blooming out in winter coats
of heavy fur. Still, the fish don't mind
that, because you can cut holes in the
Ice in winter and get them, you know"
"B-r-r!" shivered the summer re-
sorter as they rounded the outskirts
of the woods and came out on the
lake front. I'm glad to discover
what you call pleasure! OF course,
if you had invited me to go on merry
little jaunt through a cold-storage
plant or something like that would
have known what to expect. Fishing
has always been represented to me
as an agreeable way of killing time. !
don't see anything agreeable about
this. l wish l had brought my furs!''
I'VE aren't fishing yeti" said the
young man, patiently. I'VE are mere.
ly on the way. The zest of the sport
{ will"
"Ow-w-w!" moaned the summer re.
} sorter. How was l to know that
: horrid hook was swinging loose? II
) you tear my best puffs getting it out
I'll never forgive you as long as
+ Ilive!"
3 "Then you'll have to unpin them and
let them bangle on the hook" said the
5 young man, shortly. They may at
tract the fish"
e "Yank it out!" commanded the sum
e mer resorter, fercely. Il hate fish
hooks | heard of a girl once who go
|. q fishhook caught in her ear when she
4 l.,,t
j. out and she had to go through 1if,
|, that way"
|. TOO bad she couldn't unpin her cal
e as you can your puffs," said the young
n man, unsympathetically Nov, 70,
II sit on the box and I'll bait your hook.
n UGH" said the summer resorter
b There must be something wrong will
a human being who can handle angl,
worms and act as though he liked it
Doesn't it make creeps go dow
n your spine?"
4 mo" said the young man, callous
" ly. "I'm just as wrong as they max,
4 EN-! Pardon me, but fish as a ruiz
n don't skate along the surface of tn
q water-youd better lower your line!
e truly, Salu tns summer reSorte
v through her chattering teeth, are yo1
!, having good timer
s She stared questioningly at tn
v young man who sat hunched up be
: side her wrapped in a disreputabl
v heavy coat and with a ,pipe between
o his teeth.
Yes, indeed" he declared, cheer
# fully. Aren't you? This is great!
. I'm not" said the summer resortel
d uncompromisingly And the lake
d getting rougher and rougher an
# pretty soon it will splash over thi
.. pier and wash our stiffened corpse