Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-01-04
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Bunch was out of the tolls of the
law. He had loaned me his country
house for a day. and l had presented
it to Clara j. intending to take it
right back. l had used ghost stories
and burglars as levers with which to
pry her loose from her ownership of
Trouble villa, but she wouldn't part
18Th 4. Bunch, as the phoney bur
glar, had been gathered in by the vii
lage constabulary, but had escaped;
and 1 was returning from the shadow
OF the pen.
When 1 reached the cottage found
all the members of my household
dressed for the day and lined up on
the piazza, eager for news from the
battlefield.
Gee whiz!" exclaimed Uncle Peter,
'the boy is bareheaded! Where's
your hat, John?"
Mercy! hope you're not
scalpedi" Aunt Martha cried, sympa-
thetically.
explained that the desperate put
up a stiff fight against Diggs the con-
stable and myself; warming up to the
subject, 1 went into the details of
hand-to-hand struggle that made them
all SILVER and blink their lanterns.
When finally I finished with the
statement that the robber knocked us
both down and had made a successful
break for liberty, Uncle Peter gave ex-
preston to yell of dismay, and once
again he and his bow and arrow held
a reunion.
After breakfast l was dragged away
to the brook to fish for lamb chops or
whatever kind of an animal it was
that Uncle Peter and Tacks decided
would bite. Aunt Martha posted off
to the city on urgent business, the ma
ture of which she carefully concealed
from everybody.
Clara J. said she'd be delighted to
have the house all to herself for an
hour or two, there were so many
rooms to look through and so many
plans to make.
Uncle Peter gave her his bow and
arrow with full instructions how to
shoot if DANGER threatened, and Tacks
carefully ru obed the steps leading up
" TIC piazza Win SOoP ~ bAO OOA-
glar would fall and break his neck.
The fact that Bunch was sore wor-
ried me, and ! began to realize that it
was now only a question of few
hours when I'd have to crawl up to
Clara J. and hand in my resignation.
z cry time l drew a picture of that
scene and heard myself telling her
was nothing but a fawn-colored four
flush l could see my future putting on
the mitts and getting ready to hand
me one.
At the brook Uncle Peter began to
throw out hints that he was the orig
inal lone fisherman. The lobster never
lived that could back away from him,
and as for fly c,sting, well, he was
Piscatorial Peter, the Fancy Fish
Charmer from Ftshkill.
The old gentleman is very rich, but
he loves to live around with his rela-
tives, not because he's stingy, but sim
ply because he likes them and knows
they are good listeners.
Uncle Peter sat down on a rock
overhanging the clay bank which
sloped up about four feet above the
lazy brooklet. He carefully arranged
his expensive rod, placed his fish bas-
ket near by and entered into disser-
tation on angling that would make old
Ike Walton get up and leave the aqua
rum.
In the meantime Tacks decided to
do some bait fishing, so with an old
case knife he sat down behind Uncle
Peter and began to dig under the rock
for worms.
Fishing is the sport of kings, the
old man chuckled; AN it's long eel
that won't turn when trodden upon. If
you're not going to fish, John, do sit
down! You're throwing a shadow
over the water and that scares the
finny monsters. A fish diet is great
for the brain, John! You should eat
more fish,
There's many a true word spoken
from the chest" l sighed, just as
Uncle Peter made his first cast and
cleyerly wound about eight feet or
line around a spruce tree on the OPP
posite bank.
The old man began to boil with ex-
element as he pulled and tugged IN
az. effort to untangle his line, and Just
Out this time Tacks became the
author Of another spectacular drama
In the search for the elusive worm
that feverish youth known as Tacks,
the Human Catastrophe. had finally
succeeded In prying the rock loose,
and Immediately thereafter Uncle Pc
ter dropped his rod with yell OF ter
ror and proceeded to follow the man
from Cooks.