The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-15

'ush the woods that bor,,e,oa ..
W. ehVied boy fishermen established
themselves upon bank pn.stroa
WIN hooks and lines thougbtfu1,
uiouglt with them, and poles which
.mey fashioned from young sanl,noo
ihey took mussels from the shaI,ow.
l'r oalt, and having gone to all MI.
trouble declined to share with friend,
Tess energetic and proyident the nor.
qu's'tes and pleasures secured =.
themselves. ~
Albert Paxton was orc no,so,
VINO proved his enterprise. Having y,s.
,'ed .he spot some days before. he had
nifeu ior his exclusive rse throuehout
.he duration Of the picnic an old rov.
poat belonging to a shanty souatte-.
II was the only rowboat within q mile
OF Two and Albert had his own uses
ior IT, Albert was the class lover and
AFTER hrst taking the three cbanero,
'eachers out for row." an excursion
concluded In about ten minutes. he dis.
embarked them; Sadie Clews stepoed
INTO the boat, a pocket camera In ono
mana, tennis racket in the other. and
''ie TWO spent the rest of the day. OK.
cept Tor the luncheon interval. solemn.
y ur1'ing along the banks or ground.
ed on a shoal. Now and then Albert
would row few strokes. and at al.
most any time when the populated
shore glanced toward them, Sadie
would be seen photographing Albert
or Albert would be seen photograph
ing Sadie, but the tennis racket re-
lnalned an enigma. They were SIX
'eeh, ana had been engaged" more
man two years.
On the borders Of the little meadow
81 baskets there had been deposited
TWO black shapes, which remained I'm
disturbed throughout the day, closed
t<sultar case and a closed mandolin
case, no doubt containing each 1t.
| proper instrument. So far as any use
OF these went they seemed to be Of the
same leisure class to which Sadie's
Tennis racket belonged, for when one
OF the teachers suggested music. the
musicians proved shy. Wesley Ben,
der said they hadn't learned to play
anything much and, besides, he had
couple o broken strings he didn't know
as he could fix up; and Ramsey said
he guessed 1t seemed kind O too hot tc
play much. Joining friends, they or.
ganized contest in craftsmanship
the target being a floating can which
they assailed with pebbles; and after
that they skipped" fiat stones upon
the surface Of the water, then went to
join group gathered about Willis
Parker and Heinie Krusemeyer.
No fish had been caught, a lack OF
luck Grossly attributed by the fisher
men to the noise made by constant ad
vice on the part Of their attendant
gallery. Messrs. Milholland, Bender,
and the other rock throwers came up
shouting, and were i'll received.
For heavens sakes," Heinie Kruse
meyer demanded, cant you shut upi
Here we just first got the girls to keep
their mouths shut minute and l al
most had big pickerel or something
on my hook, and here you got to ur
and yell so he chases himself away
Why can't nobody show little sense
sometimes when they'd ought to? A
fish isn't goin' to bite when he cant
even hear himself think! Anybody
ought to know that much"
But the new arrivals hooted. Fish y
Ramsey vociferated. "Tll bet hun
dred dollars there hasn't been even q
minny In this creek for the last sixty
years."
There is. too" said Heinie, bitter
". But wouldn't be surprised there
wouldn't be no longer If you got to
keep up this noise. If you'd shut up
lust a minute you could see yourself
there's fish here"
Ramsey leaned forth over the edge
of the overhanging bank, dirt precl'
nice FIVE feet above the water. and
peered into the Understandable depths
below. The pool had been stirred
partly by the inexpert pokings OF the
fishermen and partly by small clods
and bits of dirt dislodged from above
nv the feet Of the audience. The wa
ter, consequently, was but brown!
translucent and revealed Its secrets re
luctantly: nevertheless certain dim III
tie shapes had been observed to move
within 1t. and we're still there. Ram
sew failed to see them at first.
"Where's any ole flsh?" he inquired
scornfully.
Look" whispered the girl whf
stood nearest to Ramsey. She point
cd There's one. Right down there
nv Willis hook. Don't you see MIN !!
Ramsey was impressed enough Il
wb,sper. SIS there? l don't see MIN
, I can't
The Girl came closer to him and, TIL
hotter to show him. leaned our o'e'
tho .dee of the bank and, for safety II
maintaining her balance. rested me-
left hand upon his shoulder whiie SIN
no,,ted with her right. Thereupo'
something happened TO Ramsey III
touch upon his shoulder was Amos
na,hiry and he had never taken I'M
.,;-htest interest In Milla Rust u
,',,, ,hat small warm hand helongeu|