Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-03

til Light an had prlylt funeral PACK
o tn Tghtkecpers boathouse Buried
EN-, Odd bein's. some o them-huh: ?" .
Tender hearted-h-m Kills Mr.
Bass. with pleasure. but weeps over
little dead birds, How do you add
that up1'
Crawford took out his piqe and wiped
it inside and out With a bit Of waste
I amt addiu," answered Uncle
Billy. finging his third apple core into 4
the basin outside. where some hardy /
perch snubbed it about as If playing /
water polo.
I've fshed her fer week now an /
amt brought back nuthin' but th .
bleeders. Lets EN- 90 every time they
amt hurt"
/ Crawford settled his hat firmly and
! turned down the brim.
IF she does that Billy. you're right /
I She is q rary aviscs. as you call them. /
How's the old Navarro running these
days.
"Same's usual"
1 u see. You will rot let of dnkering
( with her.
Crawford paued the gunwale. The
name always stirred his sense of hu-
NOR 1t had been Bluy's selection
Navarro" some one had said
That's q good name"
"You bet"
Name Of a king"
An any queen might be proud o
namin her son after a boss that could
run Ike that n"
After the unmercifH banter which
had annually followed This episode
some guides would have FASTENED to
change the name.
Billy chung to it stubhornly. He
chung to his opinions stuhbornly. bis
weather prognosucatons, his lore con
corning bass,
He erred sometimes because he was
human. but the saying went that when
he Couldn't drop his mudhook over d
school of bass it was time to pack up
the rods
We'll send Lester over to the hotel
after dinner tonight He'll find ne in
} the billiard room. I've got some lot
ters to write before lunch. Aud maybe
+ III find some mail.
All right. I'LL see T. Lester"
And tomorrow TN 20 CIT to Pt3gta
and hook en- right from under your
old mud scow.
"Jb-lub, I've heard EN- say that
before. I'm teliin' ven she can fish
An don't know 5 [ want = fish von
now anyhow.
Crawford d}led his pockets with an
. pies
Eth tell Won vh7+ t7r do I'm ha+ n
box of aov cigars In The cu.o,-a MAJ !
/ heat Won o1t tnr,orro,z
.I-irtv rir,rs grat7s+ eftr en,ios ~,
III 20 YOU
"nona
Ten cent strairh,s9a
/ Two for quarter If Won like Rr-
BIZ! It WAS rool 10 sac Won arsjp. Ri
, II. BY the wav. has aDv enc caught
a four and Il haff POM Ter over j, Tho
g gut at Horscshoc='
r Not fhat I've heard tell At. oh Y,
needn' L 7vorrv. Thar al' so,eer's uesin,
around tbara vat That's ubuf con7as
n irwin. tbon, ,aref,noI,d h,,,f-s
Hen On five now f so,na l,Ior7o nam.
nrov Or, atn,+ o+ hin, ~, r,a.,,tso r. r,.,.
~ 80 49,, 81 ~. ,..- wy, 49, ~ '''''
"Pi0lp,e
That's right. snrfre ore n, +hor,
-, foreign words an rna so = ca,,t f,ji-
i. BACH
Crawford stcppeG .ufsida info tho
rain. The s,,v r,r,r,-fso5 u, lo-,.,.
!, There wasn't a tra4l, a,,-r,baro 1..,4
= these sudden souaIis Of wind and sim.
ing sbaats of rsi, he rand saglo,.,,,.s,
Before srp1o,ra tha ssor.,, vro,r.4 IA
y yone
Whore had tho Girl ,,.l-od ,,- .,,.b
lore? Born, n eo5 So She hay soi5
nerhe,s - so,r.,,... -. -. '','
that case fresh water would nat nm.
peal to her. And whore had she learn.
, ed to fish for bassg Wisconsin >raipo
d tho Rlde9pq
: The so,.vosta,. the dr,rni,,., -,,..
coat. the soaked shoes were rs viva
/ to his understanding as written words
l Here was girl out Of the ordinary
brave and resourceful. perhaps com
: panionable. m essential lacking IN
r nine-tenths Of the women he knew.
Wynne.
It was n good nano. but he could not
: reeoflecf ba,ipe. hoard 4, o,,isoIiaoiI,
? Some mlIlionaire's daughter. probably
T. who did not depend upon others for