The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01

a stump.
That struck me as being a pretty slim
lot Of trout for the boss fisherman OF
Stony Valley waters to own up 10. and
had the nerve 10 ask him II it wasn't.
Well. yes, said heA'it would be Il they
was trout. but them three wasn't trout.
Them three was hear
That didn't seem 70 surprise any one
else IN camp. hut IL surprised me. and I
didn't have anything ready TO say hack
right away. Some Of tho others did,
though, bur Il was only 20 remark that
there couldn't be much Of a show of the
trout season being ready to open just yet
II Bill quit fishing 10 gather IN bear
We'll. ~ 20 that said Bill. mebhe
~ an mebhe not hadn't a chance 10
ses eKac'ly whether the openin' o. the
SEASON was here VT or whether II want
count Of the intsrferin o. hear
Il hadn't had no kind o. luck tryin'
70 open the season. an / was f@elin' con
slider ble ugly. but fer all o that | wOuldn' Z
"a pitched into the hear that come along
II Il hadn't made me- lose two FOUNDER,
tho first trout | had got a hook into an
knocked my iishpole an things out o.
business
The bite I got was a sOuzer, an the
trout that ht sprung out o. the water
IN bot two foot when he felt the hook in
his Jaw Then | see to wunst that he
weighed two pounds ] was Kittin' the
REST 81 him right along when over my
head. way AZ the top a. the ledge. more N
sixty foot up. there come a crackin' an
a crashin'. ike fallin tree
4 looked up. sorty skeert. an what
should $40 comm down an turnin' all
sorts ~ summersets GA the way hut a
big bear. an follerin' Il close was the
limb u tree The hear plunkcd square
m the pool where ] was fshin. hut the
limb lodged way up the side u the
rocks Sumewher,'s The hear not only
plunked in the pool but he knocked my
pole an line every which away an
s0t the big trout loose
was ~ mad over helm interfered
with an havin' my openin' ~ the -ea .on
at hack that way that the second the baar
come % the top o the water. fer h. had
gone to tho bottom like "A stone. ! souz@d
right IN an stTaddled him as he
was splutterin' an pufin an houndarin'
about, dared like. an | ducked his head
under the water fore he could git his
wind he rid mo round that pool like
a circus hoz, an ~ like "A tiger 70 glt
a spIH or two ~ wind. hut I wouldn Z
lot him an % want long fore ! had him
druwudad dead ss a picked pigs foot
pulled tho hear out o. the creek an
was gr'tin ready ~ skin him ont when
hea ri a. great -crdtChin' an whinin'. an
lpokIn up whore % came from ! $50 two
h.ar cubs wurkIu' their way down the
side ID ols,iga tn rds mo an the droWndei
h..ar Then knpWed the dead haar
want entitled 10 10 called he catIsa he
was "a -h- AN the two cuts was her young
un- foth"rsi EN- up an they m down
~ my clhiu now. lively ~ kittens
I sps-a the Of hear had elm tho
tree r. the top ~ the rocks an waR out IN
q lmh 600 kind 10 look me- an tho prosper
DER when the limb hrnke an down zha
come hop" ! won't he intDrfered with
hy uo hears tn-mUrrpw. cause ! want
this trnut season to opon. It's way ba-
hiudhand 49, n No. Did you como In %
Try ~ -tid Bill ~ me
i said ! had and was anger n get on
tho creek um"where
We'll said Bill tn lot Won know To-
morrow Whether I'll 10 worth your while
0r not. and ha went away ,
4 awaited the result II his next day's
test ~ tho matter with no little anxiety
AMI went % Bills place along IN tho
afternoon to get the earliest news. lie
had come m
Well what luck. Bil?' said /.
ct twelve. sad he.
Not hears. ! hope said I jocularly
No replied Bill not hears this time
Twelve. eh" said I. Well. twelve
trout isnt 80 very had 4 they are hig
ones
These twelve i- Old sockers. said Bill.
hut hey amt trout. They m rattle
snakes
Great Scott" was all / could think
~ "a say.
Yep. said Bill. rattlers seemed N 30
out havin' gaiherin o some kind to-day
along the creek
come onto one lawn nv the side ~
m" crr''s just ~ ! got rugged up - 20 10
hshin an Do. acted 80 sassy that 7 had 10
kick his head N I ished a little piec.
down tho creek an run az in two more
great mg feller- that seemed 10 b. standin'
guard Dr s0m"thin'. for they stuck M
their hristle- an shook their buttons an
seemed % give mo n understand that
they didn't onlc'lats that ! vas goin
any fuyder down that crs'ek. not n they
kuoWed TO- Conscience wa that had 10
stop an fight It out with ON an settle
Oh" dispute with club
kpp' IN mertin' with rattlers every
it'll" spell an after had killed the
twelfth an lpokln' ahead seen more 81
'rm stAndin guard every rod or two as
FUR az nv eyes could fpller the creek
/ concluded N l-t ON have their dav for
tnn-artin' th"ir business. whatever 4
m0wt b" ~ ! quit an come home.
RI~s- mebby l'll 20 our tomorrow an
open On" season the wuV II looks now
4 made up my mind that II Riil didn't
20 Hid aud open tho season next dRV I
would Stony Valley trout season ati-
qU~rt" 20 the contrary Notwithstanding
Int heard thst Bill had gone bright ana
early. so ! concluded N give him another
nav o. save his prestige. ! was ovsr ~
Bills place when he came In toward
evening
We'll. Bin said !. how did you come
on ~ davY'
Got nm oven ono. replied Rill
~ % was ono h"ar said !. beginning
- feel litti' out - patience with ran
and his season Oppning reputation. In
was enough n n was one raftlsHnake
~ Wa too many n II was ono trout IL
i~n worth -p"asin' about and I'm going
Du' ~ morrow and ~" Ehat I can DO
That ono is a trout. said Rill hut
that one n one hundred An thsy'm
purifier than pnacocks
That's what Bill had. an even nne
hundred u A. fine trout a. angler ever
Toasted iis ewes on
The seasons open. said BHl
80 o. was. sure enough. but guess
Blu must he having some trouble again
getting b. open This spring for haval't
got the word from him yet