The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-23
Rod and Reel
By VIRGINIA r. STRONG
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ness serl and fishing
Recalling ii now. believe the
frsg time 7 noticed the hsh hooks
,hs barb ~ one caught In the eye
or the either was during n raIl visit
ai the lodge when rainy weather
s"pi as Indoors They we're tackled
over ihe big stone fireplace.
When found them In the city
. apartment my friends occupied
while built their Normandy cha
team ,he only hint of fishing in the
I room was mildly piqued. Eut
T when ! saw them hanging between
French paintings on the walls -
their pew home. was Instantly
curious
couldn't tell the Harnesses that
Z Corot and Mllet would hardly en-
I Joy sharing houars with FISH hooks
hut ! did ask what special slgnlf.
canoe they had
~Ypu see. Ken" Joe began. "lon=
years ago. when sally was young
and beaufiful--
''fIe means Of course Sally IN.
terrupied. when was young and
Sulllble e.
The male ilarkness chuckled
We'll. anyway. she doesn't dispute
the young part. Ken she was
young you kuow -
lie ducked the magazine she
threw and continued. "Sars dad
and mine belonged 10 the same
Z clubs We were the only children
~ those widowers sn they took -
around more than most parents do
and sally and we're thrown 10.
Eeiher quite a bit
We followed the same golf tour
namcnis. watched The same swim
ming events. polo. tennls-oh ev.
erythins that went an. We'll McCrea
SBl's dad. and my old man had
argued the golf championship ~
F Valley club for over n decade Nei-
ther one OF them could win that
extra game that would make the
trophy his own"
II was Ike Kentucky feud
after they'd been aEhtlnr FOR
twelve years" Sally broke IN with
\ pengIye smile The feeling bc.
I tween them VAS 80 strong that the
board OF directors decided the win.
ner for the coming eyent-which
vas 20 be the thirteenth tourna-
meus-would get the cup once and
FOR all. Each % them had won Il
six times. you see
"Weil." Joe sighed. Its q funny
thing. Ken. McCrea died In the
spring of the following year and n
almost seemed that my dad couldn't
stand the disappointment % not
playing tina, Hnal tournament. FOR
be soon died. too e.
Harkness seemed lost IN his
memories for n minute and sally
carried on. Their deaths were
quite blow 20 both of us and for
= long time We were Ike fish out
OF water But youth has a way o.
forgetting unhapplness and Joe and
/ well. we Just took up the battle
where our fathers had left on"
yeah" my host agreed. 'we
tried golf at FIRST but we were both
a. rotten We soon gave II up. Then
trap shooting became the fad and
I Sally and I carried even scores Tor
a long time Both OF Us had been
doing a lot % fishing. meanwhile. :"
Il think never hated anybody
quite as much as I did Joe Hark.
ness" Sally conhded. ''the year the
gang at the club complained that
our inherited competition had de.
generated 10 hot air" Sally smiled.
And when Sally smiles you Just
naturally smile with her. They
said they were going 10 have a
medal struck of with a picture of
Ananlas on II and present II 10 the
winner"
Harkness' face simply beamed as
he went on with the story. ANY.
way. Ken, for the first time In our
lives we agree on something /:
We both objected TO being called
liars. So we settled on a fishing
party then and there that would
decide which OF as was the better
man.
we decided 10 cast on opposite
sides OF the same stream and went
out the next day with fire In our
eyes. We'd been at 1t for several
hours with couple OF trout apiece,
when | felt an awful tug on my
line. played II for a while, slow
ly reeling In, convinced that had
a whopper! Ny rod bent and was
having the time OF my life. Finally
gave long. steady pull that
should have landed him, when
II heard a-uh-respectably large
splash"
Joe shook with laughter. sally.
still hanging onto her rod, had been
hauled In. Our hooks had caught
just as you see them now, Ken.
And that's the way they've stayed
cause II was during that excite
ment that we realized our contest
wasn't nearly as important as-as
other things"
We were all grinnIng now. Then
nobody really won. did they?" /