The Red Cloud chief., 1921-07-28

glistening, leaping, darting, %plunglng, rushing
piece Of sheer deviltry that would make him for
get all his philosophy and all his morals. and
act like a real human being.
YessireebObi When a man gets fast to a big
musky it Is no time for him to think Of home
and mother. wife. sweetheart. the League Of
Nations and the IL. G. of L. As that ardent
angler, 4. II. Kendall, puts it
I have felt exhilaration in the autos lightning rush.
Evading limitations and the law.
l have felt my pulses quicken when l Allied q bob-tah
Having raised the ante Just before tho draw.
! have let the perspiration run down my smiling face
As / cashed q winning ticket on a doubtful trotting
race.
With muscles tense and ready l firmly grasp my pole.
I forget the rocking boat In which / stand.
] forget my wife's relations. the salvation OF my soul,
Ny debts. my duties and my native land.
Cold 4chills Of apprehension go up and down my spine.
And l wonder at my folly In selecting such a line.
IT'S IN" limit Of the pleasures l have Travelled miles
On this cloudy. breezy afternoon in June.
When my heart is set to pounding by the protest OF
As the Mighty Musky PUSHES with my spoon.
And then the congratulations would pour in on
Sir Izaak. For II, with the aid Of an oarsman,
a club, a revolver, q gaf and a landing net. he
got the musky into the boat, congratulations
would obviously be in order. And II the musky
got away, congratulations would be equally In
order, since the painting, perspiring and exhausted
angler got away from the musky with his life.
The poorest way to see the country Is from the
window of a railroad car. The next poorest ID
from On automobile going thirty miles an hour.
A man on horseback has a fair chance to see
things, provided he will get Off the beaten high
way. Really to see the country, however, a man
must walk.
For II Is only the pedestrian who can leave the
beaten track at will to climb to the vantage spot
on the slope, to wander of down the woodland
trail to the tinkling stream, to cast himself down
at full length on the pine needles OF the cool
grove. 1t Is only the man on foot who has the
time to find these hidden charms and the leisure
to appreciate them.
And then there's the actual feel Of the country
under foOt-the spring Of the turf; the rustic Of
fallen leaves; the cooling touch of lush grass
about the spring; the ring Of hobnail on solid
rock the crunch Of sand on the beach. That's
the way to see the country-get into actual phys
ical touch with II.
II you 60 camping, here Is some advice in the
form Of don'ts:
Don't neglect to choose your companions care
fully; the smaller the party the more care Is
necessary. If a man has a mean, lazy or yellow
streak In him, II will come out In camp.
Don't eat a hearty meal when you are ex.
hausted; you might as well take poison. Cool
off and rest a while; then a hearty meal will
renew your strength.
Don't 60 into cold water when overheated or
Just after a heavy meal. Don't go into deep
water alone. Don't stay In after your teeth be-
gin to chatter. Don't go In at all II 1t Is a tax
rather than a tonic.
Don't give up and conclude that the Ash will
not bite. II there are fish they must Feed.
Don't try to do your cooking over a campfire
use a cooking fire. A campfire Is for jollity and
warmth. a cooking fire is principally live Goals for
cooking only.