The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22

glistening, leaping. darling, plunging, rushina
piece of sheer deviltry that would make him for
get all his philosophy and all his morals, and
act like a real human being.
ieSSireebOb! When Il man gets fast 10 a biz
musky it is no time for him to think Of home
and mother, wife, sweetheart, the League of
Nations and the III. {. Of l.. As that ardent
angler, Il. II. Kendall, puts it
l have felt eXhilaraton in the autos lightning rush,
Evading limitations and the law.
1 nave felt my pulses quicken when | filled a bob-tail
fusf,
Having raised the ante just before the draw.
] have let the perspiration run down my smiling face
AS l cashed a winning ticket on a doubtful trotting
With muscles tense and ready l firmly grasp my pole,
| forget the rocking boat in which stand.
l forget my wife's relations, the salvation of my soul.
My debts, my duties and my native land.
Cold chills Of apprehension go up and down my spine,
And l wonder at my folly in selecting sush a line.
IT'S tho limit Of the pleasures / have travelled miles
to feel!
On this cloudy. breezy afternoon in June,
When my heart is set TO pounding by the protest of
AS the Mighty Musky rushes with my spoon.
And then the congratulations would pour in on
Sir Izaak. For if, with the aid of an oarsman,
a club, a revolver, a gutf and "A landing net, he
got the musky into the boat. congratulations
would obviously be in order. And if 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 q railroad ear. The next poorest is
from an 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, Il man
must walk.
For it is only the pedestrian who can leave the
beaten track at will to climb to the vantage spot
on the slope, TO wander off down the woodland
trail to the tinkling stream, to east himself down
ut 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 1t.
If you 20 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 Il mean. lazy or yellow
streak in him, it will come out i'm 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 go 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 If it is Il tax
rather than n tonic.
Don't give up and conclude that the fish will
not bite. If there are fish they must feed.
Don't try to do your cooking over a campfire:
use a cooking fire. A campfire Is for jOlIity and
warmth, a cooking fire Is principally live Goals for
cooking only.