Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-10-17
PURSUED CLOSELY BY A
GREAT ZIG UGLY FISH

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young fellow who clerks IN a oanA'
take her out fishing some day II you
want TO have some real fun. II sne
knows how to fish it won't be hall SO
much fun, and it will be all lhe ntoi
fun if you don t know how 10 nsh sou'
self"
Then the enthusiastic young man
proceeded to explain his proposition.
"a friend and l." said he, got ous
girls to go to Greenwood iake iast
Sunday. we hadn't any idea what we
were going to do or see When we sDt
there, and we didn't seem to care, only
SO we ran against good time.
"On the way up asked the conduc-
tor of the train what we were likely 10
find at the lake to sort Of round OUT
day with some fun mixed up WIN
it.
lido you folks dance" said ne.
"'Sure thing said !.
"'Can you fish, said he.
"No,' said |, positively.
"Then go fshin',' said he and
passed on.
1--WE thought it was kind OF queer
advice, but the conductor seemed 10
know what he was talking about, ana
we made up our minds to take his adj
vice and go fishing. When we got 70
The lake We found man VINO mad
boats and fishing things to hire, got
couple of boats, a fish pole apiece anu
some bait, and prepared to 80 hsh'
Ing.
where's the best place to flshT /
asked the man we hired the outht
from.
KNOW much about fishing? he
asked.
81 told him we didn't know thing
about fishing.
Don't make no difference, then.
said he, where you fish
"This seemed to bear out the advice
the conductor had handed US, and
considered that We were following the
right path to overhaul fun. so after the
man had told us how to bait our hooks
we rowcd out on the lake and went
to fishing. Our boats drifted about for
while, and as the situation was all
10 the restful and dreamy | was pass
ing quite few over 10 Sue In the line
OF soft nothings, and Sue was taking
'em for all they were worth and now
and then murmuring one or two back
to me, the fishing stunt kind O slipped
my mind and hers. too. Then all Of
sudden she gave scream that almost
lifted my hat and hol!ered:
"Oh, Charlie, something Is trying 70
tako my fshpoe away from met
II looked, and sure enough. her fish
pole was being ierked down In the wa
ter and she was trying to keep 1t up.
Hold on to it. Sue!' l shouted.
Maybe it's a bite
"Just then about twenty feet from
one side Of the boat big fish jumped
out of the water with Sues hook in
its mouth. 1t shook itself like dog
shaking a rat and glared at US the
maddest kind. Sue screamed louder
than ever and hollered:
Its jumping at mo, Charlie; why
don't you kill tho horrid thing?'
y put my pole on the seat and sat
on it while | rowed fast to the spot
where the fish had jumped out, intend
ing to slaughter 1t with an oar II 1t
sprang out again, but when | got there
the ugly critter had moved and came
!eaping out twenty feet In another d.
rection and madden than ever"
ooh, It's chasing US, Charlie!' she
hollered. Pull for shore and call for
help!'
"I don't know just what would
have set myself to work at doing II
Sue hadn't screamed again right on
the heels Of her last yell:
"Oh, now it's heading us off, Char
lie!' she hollered.
IT turned and looked IN that direc-
ton Just In time to see the big fish
glaring at us off our bow and Shaking
itself in the air till everything ratified.
At least l thought 1t was that big fish
until out Of the water nstern OF us Il
came again and then discovered that
two fish were after US, the one on
Sues line and now one on mine.
Then I certainly did yell for my
friend to get in there on the double
quick with that gun OF his. Seems to
me that those two big and ugly FISH
must have caught on to the meaning
Of that hurry call, for while my friend
was on his way in answer to 1t the fish
on my line gave one other great jump
In the air and with tremendous
lunge tore loose from the hook and
didn't come for US again. Following
its example, Sues fish did the same
act. Sue gave one shrek Of Joy and
exclaimed:
"'Oh. thank goodness, Charlie. He's
gone at lastI'
when my friend came up and we
told him our adventure he didn't seem
to have words to make any comment
on it for a while, then he said:
wonder why It wouldn't have
been the proper thing to yank them