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Show A Straight Htorj. ll Frank B. Coombs wns listening to Ell tho words whlcli were fulling In rapid rL succession from the mouth of William I B. Wackerhagcu. An Incredulous I look overspread Mr. Coombs' face ED nud then it gave way to n smile. Ait U acquaintance watched the expression I on Mr. Coombs' face, nnd when ho I moved to within hearing distance M heard Mr, Wuckenhiigcu say: fu "I hnd a man with me, who suw I It." f "Is he like Bill Jones, dcadV" ' 1 "No, ho Is Jlmmlo Iluested, and ho sat In the boat with me." ' I Mr. Coombs smiled and nodded to i I tho bystander to gather closer. Then ho had Mr. Wnckcrluigcn repent the L story. jj "Wo went out on Luko Chnmpltiln ij Rooking for bass. A school of perch 1 'came up. I dropped my Hue over- H board with a bare hook, ami, do you U believe It, caught it perch. ns quick as It struck thu water, I repeated the operation several times ami caught a I llsh each time " H "Without halt?" i "Yes; without bait, nothing but the 1 bare steel hook, and tho llsh came to H tho surface, each seeming anxious to I be tho first one to be euught. We tried ! to drive the perch uwuy, for we went f j out for bass, but we could not frighten rt 3 them. They hung nround our boat, I nud wo hnd to glvu up trying to cut el. I j buss. Yes, Jlmmie Iluested will tell j 2 you tbo snmo story." la Mr. Coombs hnstened nwny to get 'f the latest quotations for rye. Albany it tj Journal. H |