Middletown transcript., 1920-11-27
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1ne question was asked Just ann
q venerable fisherman had landed q
fine eastern brook trout, says Howard
n. Wright in the Portland Oreg0
nian. We were standing on the shoee
Of one Of the lakes wen back h the
Cascades.
I had only q few moments before
unslung my pack at his cabin. and,
taking q trail that led to the lake, had
found him right In his glory. ], Of
course. was interested in getting IN
the data the old fellow had to o6ef
and we sat down ON log and 40 h6
produced q Missouri meerschaum ]
handed out box Of tobacco. He pro
ceeded to iii up with what he called
his favorite brand next to 81. o.
That gave me a clew and I knew
at once the ancient angler could tel
some big ones. He fired up delibeg-
ately and crossed his legs in . lsfs-
urely manner.
swell, SIR" he started out, II reck-
on. according to what one Of them
scientists told me that happened In
here while back that the mole has.
got 'em all stopped. I had been tell
Ing some stories about being towed
around in a boat by big 1sh of'n
the Newfoundland banks and after ]
got through he waited q little while
and then said:
"'Well. captain, have never had .
lot Of experience with big fish. but 1
certainly had my eyes opened one
day. l had accidentally caught 1--we
mole. and for no particular reason I
brought it into the house and put It
on the floor. It began to wander
about the room and finally came up
against the leg Of chair which had
pened to be up close to the wall. The
mole smelled 1t over a little. backed
up q little, shifted some and put his
nose in between that chair and the
wall and pushed her aside as II she
had been a puff ball.
"That certainly got my interest,
SO l said to myself. "Looka here.
Mr.. Mole, wen try you out and see
what your limits are" hunted
around until found a Websters die
tionary and a big family Bible. I
placed these on the chair and piled
other books on top Of them until that
chair would hold no more and wait
ed for him to try It out
"sPretty soon he came keeping
close to the wall. This time he never
stopped to sniff, but walked right
through.
"srhat got me, but I scratched my
head a little and when saw Mr.. Mole
coming up for the third time ]. 3umpk1
ON top Of the pile Of books BCf
It was no use; he kept right On go
ing and slid the whole business OF us
right to one side.
"sWell, 1 was somewhat amazed, but
suddenly a thought came to me and
went out and called in my neighbor'
a big, fat man, weighing few pounds
under 800. He straddled aboard.
.".On came the mole, this time his
muscles fairly standing out to get into
the fray. But he was no foolhardy
young mole. He took time to size
mn the situation, sort Of shrugged his
shoulders and acted as If he was spit
ring on his hands. Finally he poked
his nose in between the legs Of that
chair and the wall and RAISED those
mighty shoulders. The chair creaked
q little, moved slowly to one side and
the mole passed-but the chair broke
and the fat man came down with
thud on the mole's back. And. do you
know. that mole hesitated only mo-
ment and then started for the corner
of the room. carrying the tat man On
his back"