The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-09
PURSUED CLOSELY BYA
GREAT BIG UGLY FISH

If your girl doesn't know how "a
fish," enthusiastically declared the
young fellow who clerks in a bank
take her out fishing some day il you
want to have some real fun. II she
knows how to fish it won't be half 80
much fun, and it will be all the more
fun II you don't know how to fish your
SELF"
Then the enthusiastic young man
proceeded to explain his proposition.
"A friend and l." said he. got OUT
girls to 90 to Greenwood lake last
Sunday. We hadn't any idea what We
were going to do or see when we got
there. and we didn't seem to care, only
30 We ran against a good time.
"On the way up asked the c0nduc'
tor Of the train what we we're likely to
find at the lake to sort Of round out
. day with some fun mixed up with
Il.
"'Do you folks dancer said he.
Sure thing said I.
"'Can you nsh!' said he.
"'No,' said l. positively.
"'Then 60 hshin'.' said he. AMI
passed on.
I'VE thought It was kind Of que r
advice, but the conductor seemed to
know what he was talking about. ald
We made up our minds to take his ;td-
vice and 60 fishing. When We got to
the lake We found man who had
boats and fishing things to hire. got a
couple Of boats. a fish pole apiece and
some bait, and prepared to 60 fish.
Ing.
"'Where's the best place to fish, I
asked the man We hired the outfit
from.
"Know much about fishing?' he
asked.
Il told him we didn't know a 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 rowed out on the lake and went
to fishing Our boats drifted about for
a while, and as the situation was all
to the restful and dreamy I was pass
ing quite few over to 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 a
sudden she gave scream that almost
lifted my hat and hollered:
"'Oh, Charlie, something is trying to
take my flshpOlc away from met
Il looked, and sure enough her fish
pole was being icrked down in the wa.
ter and she was trying to keep it up.
"lIOld on 10 il, Sue" shouted.
Maybe it's Il bite
Gust then about twenty feet from
one side Of tho boat Il big fish jumped
out Of the water With Sues hook IN
its mouth Il sAo0G itself like i do,
shaking Il rat and slarcd at us tao
maddcst Lind Sun screamed iou.rr
than ever and holl2rcd
ITS jumping at nae, Charlie; Why
don't YOU Kill the horrid thing?'
Il put my pole on the seat and sat
on it while rowcI fast to the spot
where the fish had jumped out. intend
ing to slaughter il with an oar if it
sprang out again, but when got there
the ugly critter had moved and came
lcaping out twenty feet in another di.
rection and madden than ever"
"'Oh. it's chasing us. Charlie she
hollercd. Pull for shore and call for
hclp.'
Il don't know just what would
have set myself 10 work at doing il
Sue hadn't screamed again right on
the heels of her last Yell:
"Oh. now it's heading us off, Char
lie! she hollered.
Il turned and looked in that direc.
ton just in time to see the big fish
glazing at us off our bow and shaking
itself in the air till everything ratified
At least | thought II was that big fish +
until out of the water astern of us ii
came again and then | discovered that
Two fish were after us, the one on
Sues line and now one en- mine.
Then | certainly did yell for my
friend TO get in there on the dcphle
quick with that gun of his. Seems ID
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 it the fi;h
On my line gave one other great jump
in the air and with tremendous
nnge tore loose from the hook and
yyNn'f 81.