The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-19
HOW ONE ! LONELY EEL COST
A RICHMOND FISHING PARTY
MONEYAMONG OTHER THINGS
And in Which is Told the Story OF Evenuu Trip by the
Commissary Department Which Started Late
and Arrived a Great Deal Later

+, Pollock. who looked at Adjutant
Goede.
Lets take the bread and walk"
suggested Captain Pollock
! And leave the lemonade behind?"
exc laimed Sergeant Wiley. IN BE-
logged If l WILL
somebody gotta stay and look
after the automobile declared Nd
jutant Goode.
Bunch Was Waiting,
well, that bunch is waiting for
us and they haven't any bread" urg
ed Captain Pollock.
They have everything alse,' said
/ Sergeant Wiley.
Then there isn't any use of carry
ing the lemonade" said the captain.
Sergeant Wiley almost sneered.
Why they've drunk their hours
ago" he asserted. They're waiting
with their tongues hanging out by
| this time
| Well. we've gotta gitta move on"
was the ultimatton Of Captain POT
/ lock
Whereupon II was decided promptly
to leave Adjutant Goode in charge OF
the automobile while Sergeant Wiley,
having the longest arms. toted four
! teen itsFcs OF bread ff,rf Gsrtrtn Fe4-
lock carried the jug OF lemonade. II
was "A big jug, too, a two gallon jug.
The pair started aud they walked
the half mile the honest negro men
toned but never "A sight Of the Greg
! DRY Bungalow did they sec. Every
time they came to the top or HIT
! they stopped and gazed around the
/ landscape but not to admire the view.
/ Fourteen loaves OF bread each one
nov apparently. as long it's tt rail and
as stout as post ana a two gallon jug
| that weighed two hundred and forty
nine pounds. were sort of handicap
/ 10 the artistic side or their natures.
Distance did not lend encaantment to
the view nor was thing of beauty
forever to them. All they wanted
Il sight of the Gregory bungalow.
They Come to House.
Finally they came to a house. A
good-natured woman having satisfied
herself thu the mud-spattered way
farers were not tramps, heard their
! tale of woe.
Why. you are four miles and
half out of your way said the NO
| man. Captain Pollock looked at Ser
gesnt Wiley and Sergea Mt Wiley look
ed at Captain Pollock. No. they
When they resumed their hike the
loaves of bread numbered only ten,
but each one WAS as big as three. But
not a jot of the lemonade from the
jug had been spilled. The contents
were stilf inract.
Luckily about this time, mule
team came along. 1t was a sort OF
I truck, springless with a llHchpin to
hold the log that held tte- body to
the axe, but the two tourists got
aboard. Captain Pollock bestrode the
pole. steadying the jug In front OF
him while Sergeant Wiley perched on
the rear axle.
They had scarcely proceeded half
mile when a little runabout car APP
preached. 1t was.a scouting car sent
out TO discover traces of the missing
rear guard. Its appearance was hall
ed with delight. The captain and the
sergeant, jug and bread, slowed them
selves In the rsinabout and away they
! started meFrily.
But not far.
Automobile Breaks Down.
The combined weight of rhS three
occupants was too much for the fraii
runabout and while they yet afar off
from the Gregory bungalow two
tlfSSp E4Ni5 dtiu Hlis tofItd oli Inc Akt4t
car and they were afoot again.
But they reached their goal. They
reached ii at $40 o'clock. after five
hours and a half on the road. They
reached it bread jug. and fishing
lines and were met with grumhiings.
almost revilings, for their delay. The
main party seized the jug and divided
the contents while the captain and
the sergeant devoured A plate OF cold
Brunswick stew. There WASN'T any
friend fish as far as they could dis
cover and just about this time each
discovered something else which made
him forget everything. including his
hunger
Sergeant Wiley discovered that
diamond ring, lately purchased for
S1s5. was missing. Captain Pollock
discovered that his pet gun could net
be found Thar broke up the party
for, them. That ended their festivi-
ties.
Refused 10 b. Comforted.
They even refused to be comforted
when they heard that Adjutant
Goode had been forced 10 stay with
the automobile until he had induced
q negro TO walk FIVE miles to Man
chester and 1--WE miles back with TIVE
gallons OF gasoline before he was able
to, get back to Richmond Taxee s'ars :.
they laugated over 1t; but IL WAS n
grating. gloating. haunting laugh.
just such laugh as they were In
dulging in about themselves.
When they reckoned up taday whot
that fishing excursion cost them they
were only too ready to go before the
notary mentioned in the beginning
and swear Never Again When
they heard the gross catch of the en-
tire expedition they smiled sardonical.
IL. and vowed Never Again
For the gross catch or the entire
expedition, the total number OF fishes
caught bv the twenty or more anglers