South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-11
THE SUGGESTION BESSS DEAN
31NDE FOR \ FISHING TRIP.

F'NDE FOR \ FISHING TRIP.
With warnings from both Dicky
and Lillian filed away i'm my mental
reference library, j could not help
watching Bess Dean fUritivCly when
two days after her unfortunate trip
down Rip Van Wrinkles mountain,
she was i'm evidence again i'm our
mountain family circle. As we might
have guessed from our knowledge OF
her vanity. she did not join us until
she was able TO walk without a limp
and there had disappeared all TRACE
Of the unfortunate consequences Of
her insisting upon wearing my
sneakers. two sizes too small for her.
But if she cherished any resent
ment against me. as Dicky and Lii
Ian had predicted, and was planning
any Comeback" for the humiliation
/ unwittingly had been the means Of
giving her, she showed no sign of il
when she Joined us at breakfast af-
ter her two days absence. She was
as gay, as charmingly insouciant as
ever. and when we all had dutifully
inquired after the wrenched back
which we all knew was camOudage
for her swollen feet. and had been
answered with the assurance that all
discomfort had disappeared, we join
ed her in the tacit relegation Of the
unfortunate trip 10 the tomb of for
gotten things
THAT settles IT."
The bullheads are biting. Pa"
( Fred put his head i'm at the dining
room door He had breakfasted be
fore the rest of us and gone up the
road Next 10 his father. Fred is
the most ardent devotee of old Izaak
I Walton I ever have seen. and his
face mirrored his enthusiasm.
"Who SAYS SOP Pa Cosgroys
turned i'm his chair at the head of
, the table. his deep set eyes sparkling
at the lure
sam Patch. He caught 90 last
night. he said. just as fast as he
could pull 'em out Of the water"
"Where?"
Lower dam"
"That settles tim going o.
night. How about it, Mother?"
He looked over at his wife with
/ half-ludicrous. half-s h a IN a C @ d
pleading I long ago had observed
I thar busting. thrifty Mrs. COsgrOve
kept rather a tight rein upon her
! easy-going. good -natured. but some
what indOlent spouse and did not
\ look with any too great favor upon
Z his frequent fishing and hunting eX-
cursions. Indeed. his fondnesS fol-
rambling with fish-pole or CUR
through his beloved Catskill forests
! had i'm our first acquaintance with
him. caused Dicky TO dub him RiI
/ Van Wrinkle although the big jolly
man has none OF the unpleasant
( characteristic of Irving's hero.
When my woodb0xes are filled
( and my chickens caught. killed and
cleaned for tomorrow's dinner,
have no objection to YOU making Il
kinds OF an ALFRED idiot OF your
self" Mrs. C0Sgroye replied pleas
antIy enough. though there was a
suspicion OF aCerbity in her tone
/ But / guess I'd better get the lini-
ment and the rheumatism medicine
ready for tomorrow / suppose you'll
stay all night"
I The big man flushed a trifle IN
der his tan.
NIadgc Agrees.
Vow. Mother. he said. "be good
+ 1 haven't been fishing In a coon:
age. And I'll see to everything be
fore I go. and bring you back a fine
mess Of buuheads for tomorrow
mornings breakfast Did YOU ever
eat bullheads. folks he turned &c
the rest Of US. patiently trying e
4 escape from conjugal criticism.
IF nave I've forgotten it,
Dicky said. But I'll try anything
once"
If you had. you'd never have for
gotten It." Mr.. Cosgrove declared
/ didactically. I'll sy're the sweetes
eating Of any pan-fish in the world
+ OF course your real fancy anglers
/ look down on fishing for 'em-thel
: want the trout or even the pickerel
But it's past the season for trout
and the pickerei don't bite At night
the time ] like 20 so fishing. AND
: there hasn't been a pickeret csugh
this year anyway. But your trou
( sharks don't know the fun there is II
sitting on a great rock down there
by the big dam. with your pipe max
I ing the only light YOU have besides
the lantern YOU shut of most OF th'
time. and hauling in those hullheadi
one after the other The big one
give YOU quite little fight. too"
why. Pa Cosgrovet" Bess Dear
put in saiiy You're positivel
uoetfCalt saw folks what's IN,