The Washington herald., 1922-06-25


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ored to maintain without giving
any visible exhibitions since. This
year he ran into camp excitedly
calling for another rifle. whats
the matter with yours? someone
asked. Don't bother me now" he
replied. I'll tell you later: only
take this and give me one with the
magazine full" on he went. ana
a couple of US followed curiously
and very quietly. with the steal.
thy tread OF an Indian. head bent
forward, rifle clutched for instant
use, he stole into the thicket and
finally We saw him stop and raise
his rifle cautiously. He hred: again
he fired. Nothing seemed to happen
and-he fired some more. He emp
tied the magazine and We went for
ward expecting to see giant
moose weltering in his gore. Well.
1 be derned," calculated Rossiter.
There's something wrong with tn.
sight on this gun" Just then we
heard a red squirrel chatter as they
do and watched 1t slickly run down
from an old log where, il appears.
ii had rested during Rossiters
first bombardment; had even
waited patiently for him to fetch
another rifle and when that was
emptied decided it had waited
enough time on Rossiter and went
off chattering its contempt of the
mighty hunter. in search of more
excitement elsewhere.
The fishing was not up to the
ufa 80 rhf1 q
probably due to the excessively hot
weather OF JN cmfwyp shrdlu un
warmed the water and sent the trout
to greater depth in search of cool.
The lakes in that region are of great
depth making II necessary to fsh
with 200 feet or more of copper
spun lines trolling behind the canoe.
We had enough fish to eat but
we had to work little harder to
get them and I believe the best re.
suits were obtained by getting down
deep.
Offterdinger has a new hobby; it's
bird-houses. 1t has taken told OF
him so completely that he spent a
large portion of his time gathering
up all kinds of weather-beaten
twisted sticks: bringing whole canoe
loads of them into camp and then
fashioning them into grotesque
shapes to be carried home and put
up around his new home to be built
soon.
Fishing Comes Second.
Fishing was relegated to second
place with him; that is. fishing fol
fish. but fishing for twisted stick.
I T..
| nounced one morning that he wa.
"going to try them with a casting
outfit" although any novice knew
that there was no use casting for
fish this late in the summer. How.
ever. Ofte. nothing daunted. sailed
forth and at the head OF a small
lake, was seen to rig up his long
casting rod. He worked diligently
casting and reeling in for a long
time. l gave up watching him be-
cause l knew it was time wasted
Finally my guide yelled to me-"By
lingo, he hooked one" and there he
was-rod bent like a buggy whip
reel in hand and line taut, appar-
entity playing a big one with all
the skill of long experience. For
the love of Mike, Henry" I called to
him. be careful; you've got a
/ whale" "Lemme alone" he re-
sponded in an absent minded sort OF
way. He was all concentration and
tense. Finally ! got a sight of his
quarry and gaped in astonishment
for 1t looked like an eel. breaking
water and diving again. He worked
faithfully. got II up to the canoe and
lifted it carefully in. 1t was a long,
twisted water-soaked slender stick
which he brought back to camp with
an armful of others, to be later fash
ioned into some part of the decora-
tions of a bird-house. Ofte is going
to build a new home next spring
and l can see all kinds of trouble
his builder will encounter in try
ing to introduce his bird-house
schemes into the architects designs.
Lew Thayer and DR.. Sharp devel-
oped a passion for gambling and an
nounced their intention of cleaning
out the camp of its loose change
Lew built a teetotem top out of a
tree trunk. 1t was a foot high and
took both hands to spin 1t. 1t was
found that there were about 115
Canadian coppers beween the lot OF
us and these two sharks determined
to possess this wealth. When moth
ing else was doing. they would drag
out that top and start game
The stake travelled; scattered, as
sembled again. moved from one to
the other. but so far as I can learn
the whole lis pennies could not be
corraled by anyone.
Akanf I-t.h w. r---Lt
1t Is a sort of unwritten law
among fishermen. / believe, not to
tell about any but the fish that land
In the boat. This rule prevents me
saying all / would like to say about
one that Sudwarth hooked, but 1t
must have been a dandy, He worked
with II all over Hollow Lake and ac-
cording to the testimony of several
disinterested parties, he had II on
Tor more than one hour. The wind
was high and the lake very rough
which Increased the difficulties of
both fisherman and canoeist. Suds
Is no mean fisherman and IL was
through no fault of his that he lost
IL His chagrin. however, was in
tense and for the rest of the eve
ming the subject was tabooed In
camp out of respect for Suds feel
ings.
DIR. Magee and Howard wilkins
the tenderfeet of the party, were
game for anything in the way of
Initiation that we eouid nrono.