Show Daily Short 1 Fiction Story MIRANDA DA GOES FISHING r J By Y HARMONY WELLER Copyright 1913 b by the McClure Newspaper News r paP paper er Syndicate When Miranda's Mirandas lather father had taunted bunted her with fickleness of sh she had t flushed more or leas lewt guiltily H Her HAr r mind she he re realized re- re alli d wa was mu much h like Uke that t of ot a a. butterfly flitting about from one Interest to an an- other In the present Instance Miranda Mirando did not know exactly wherein lay lilY tho the foundation foundation foun foun- dation of ot her fathers father's wrath Was he lie perhaps referring to the tact fact that she ho had haa grown of or Jimmy Dale or w was war J Jit It that ho fumed because of or her recent unsetting of ot his his' favorite hobb f hobby tithing You roe could not sit in a a. boat lone Ions enough h to catch a minnow I Hc Her father leered Jeered at her only half hair serious For no reason accountable Miranda found herself I Irritated Perhaps she ghe remembered re remembered remembered re- re that Jimmy Dale Date had taunted her ber also with fickleness I 1 wilt will bet you ou that I pull putla a a. a gen bigger r fish than you OU do out or of the l kA before we leave leaa camp she se flashed Slashed back at her father the There Theore was the dimmer o 0 of a smile In her mutinous eyes an and ano a nuan on her cheeks lIoI iIo Ho Hot A little peevish pee about It arc aro your you laughed her hel father l' l Von no sooner drop anchor for Cor a 8 good da days day's 5 f nail frh- hIn h- h In ing than you aro are ready to turn back Wait Walt and see Miranda Uranda affirmed stoutly You iou will ill bo ho so o Jealous of or m mt my t that you Tou will fish sh all an night to equal It Mirandas Miranda's Miranda's Mirandas piquant face ac for the moment moi mo- mo i mont ment ent reflected a 3 stubborn desire to outwit outwit out out- wl wit her fathers father's as well wet as Jimmy los Dales taunting spirit She would show how th them m fo for once that she was capable of or steady purpose In the afternoon when fish were supposed supposed sup sup- supposed posed to be most susceptible to fishermen fishermen's fishermens fisher mens men's s guile Miranda donned sunbonnet and gin ghim druB dress and went forth with rods and bait There was more than a little defiance denance In Sn her swing awing and the manner In which she he rowed her sma small craft craft- Into the middle of or the lake take Al Already At- At ready In her Innermost heart sh she IhA regretted re- re her hast hasty wager WaSN So fat far Miranda Mad had mana managed sed to preserve e her delicate complexion xon from the ravages of or sun and wind nd I shall become freckled burned and aten she sighed and gave a a. vicious pull tull at nt the oars qty 1 neck tt will ill look like all alJ other leathery necks at atthe th the dances this winter I simply will not KO go o to them them them-that's that's all nil too Miranda dropped her small anchor with withA A a. splash that would have e frightened the most stoical of n h and with another Ni aJ j It h for the ruination of or her complexion pr prepared her tackle for the days day's sport aport in the hot sun She was gloomily watching her bobber with willi unseeing eyes when she Iho heard the soft oft swish of or oars oar Miranda a aneed 1 over OVel her gingham dad clad shoulder A A. bronze Apollo with eyes that gleamed like lUte turquoise beneath the brim of or a disreputable dis dis- disreputable reputable soft hat hilt was dropping anchor within ten feet of ot Miranda Miranda's s 's own boat Instinct warned her th that t this new nen angler rn 11 n th the J lake ke would fish In In otner other words WONS he lie seemed seamed not to notice anything save ave hi his own o particular business Miranda was slightly slight Irritated that onen one ot n of the opposite sex should journey near h br her r domain yet et fall fail to t observe o the ruler Tn Til nearly all casts cases m men n looked once at least Ir t at Miranda It was either the lire copper cop cop- per EI cf her hair or the deep violet of her herC'S eyes CS that caught the ma glance dance Perhaps the stranger was has Indifferent to feminine charm pe perhaps Miranda for ot t that her attractions as man many as the eye CC see see consisted of or a El huge e sunbonnet a n dress and a great length of or drooping loo fishing rod roo She fihe erected her rod suddenly nh and felt much mollified After all fishing under the iho present p circumstances would prove provo at nt- least interesting Sh She even went so flu fat as Ali to disregard her complexion and h to forgive her fathers father's taunts about fickleness Moments stole b by and over the tho lake take the s stillness ss of tt a dream held sway An occasional iona lured urea b oy proper unit bait I found It Its way a into either Miranda's Mirandas basket bas bas- basket ket or 01 tl that at of or the man It was long IonS after alter sundown that she I finally pulled pulle up her anchor anchor- and rowed toward camp Miranda watched 1 the stranger In hi his boat as RS sho she drew away but he lie seemed 1 not to have known she was lIu there re Would he lie be there thele the following day W was wag I the this question uppermost In the girls mind as she f fell II asleep Fishing after all an is healthful she decided led when sho the awoke to another da day Her father rather had ono gone for a a. few tew da days 5 to a neighboring camp to hunt with friends for small email game Miranda Hran la made malIc up h her r mind to go fishing early A delicate deli dell delicate cate ate tan tl had already crept over her fair akin and her nose revealed many tiny fr freckles ckles The girl only Inu laughed hed at her inflection and end ran out ont to her boat with two great braids of or copper hair hall exposed d to sun un and wind She did not leno know whether she nhe he waited Impatiently for the tIle nibble of or the bg big site he had determined to catch or for tor the man who v had failed to look at her When hen he lie Toun rounded a R curve ClIre of the lake take Miranda Uranda ln know knew w which It U had hart been In wEI nay ny days dais flew new swiftly Into a no week e k Miranda had entirety entirely forgotten her r complexion and sat at for hours with the hanging down her back bark Apparently her mind hAd centered on fishing f The day a the th bl big fish snapped her hor ball bait was a never to b bo be forgotten otten one ono In the memory of or Miranda and the bronze Apollo p lo Instead of or th the that fish taking the bait on her pole Un line It had chosen choson the tho morsel on one of r her drop lines and when t Miranda Miranda lifted the great weight at the tho ride aide off ot her boat It was u either the excitement excite excite- ment m nt of sport rt or the tho weight weicht of the game i f that sent suddenly Int Into thor the tho i r water I r She hud had not screamed nor had bAd she sho so 80 much touch as seemed trl frightened at nt the tho unexpected un- un l' l ex expected bath but the stranger had hl n leaped swiftly In art after her and d carried her to his own boat and put her safely within I It t. t When hen lie ho h had climbed In he looked at tier her with a laugh In his eyes You should hould never go 10 fishing In a round bottom boat boat boat-a. a tub like this Is far safer Miranda da threw the tha wet hair Bair from her face faca and laughed Evidently uE EI she admitted ad admitted ad- ad mUted and glanced nl nt her lter overturned d bon boat t Do you suppose In my lily fi fish h Is la still sUIl on the honk hook she he asked r Vf will tow your our boat hOlH to camp came the till roan man raid aid and nd picked up the tho oars After a few moments Miranda Miranda- spoke again They were rowing laboriously shoreward torIn towing her boat behind them Sho She felt curiously shy about speaking and wondered won won- dered ered Q at t her unusual timidity If JC there re Is a fish weighing over o five pounds on m my lino Une I wont won't have to fish any more slie he told him I I know said eald tho the man He lie looked at her Ith a 11 queer quel light in his blue eye oyes Miranda felt peculiarly warmed even e though her hel were dripping cold with lake halo water atel Your father told me mo nil nit shout It It He lie even cn commissioned me Ine to fl Ir near nEer you ou so O that I 1 ml might ht ho bo on when anything like events happened He looked again at Miranda and this time limo he her he ryes ayes cs drooped Papa Is Js er very thoughtful she found I vol voice to tell hint him I They rhey rh ha hall had l r reached I I ut the tho shore shoren and n nd th the man leaped I out l 11 e a waded r first f along along- side r Miranda's Mirandas 11 tn lid as boat and felt the drop drop- Ull line hoc c. c ll HI lla i I I here all nil right he cried out oyt mId and h held ld up lP a cre great t shining fish ho has swallowed hook hool line an and and bobber bob bob- bobber ber ber Wo We will wilt co eo O n. n Ashing n. n again tomorrow from her new found happiness that was ulso also the tho bronze Apollos Apollo's Tomorrow no the nc next t day arid and the n next he added and helped the sun sun- hur burped hurto e J freckled and an and no ito longer fickle fickle Miranda from her boat |