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Show iMuntdauijM fciliiWUMW CHATTER. and gives them more effect to spell them out This tin trunk was turned of the the oyer to the writer to take along as (Being personal opinions writer, and for which no one else is baggage as far as Morgan, where the earn met us. I plead guilty to beat-n- g in any manner responsible.) the express company out of a dol-a-r After three days fishing up in Moror two, by checking that trunk as one in of the little creeks county, gan wearing apparel. The baggageman at that combined to go to make the the Short Line came near detecting imposition, however. Included in Weber river great, I am of the opin- my trunk was the knives and forks, he ion that the man who doesnt go fish- ;ne tin cups and other articles of ing once a year at least, is a chump. kitchen ware necessary for the proThere have been times when my duction and enjoyment of meals. It that these were loosely judgment was the other way, but happened when the baggageman and after the stupendous success achieved packed stood that old box up on end to check by Harry Finch, John Robbins and t there was a rattling of tinware and son and myself, I am prepared to state silverware that was suspicious to say that fishing is the greatest sport on the least. I had my hand on my earth. True, we are all sunburned, ready to produce on the inwe were tired, slightly mosquito bit- stant if it came to a show down. The ten and flea bitten, but what of that? rank smasher, however, contented We caught fish, plenty of them. As himself by asking me: What have a matter of fact either Recreation, you got in that trunk? Clothes, I Sports Afield, Outing, or any of the replied, with my fingers clutching an field sport magazines, edited by the- ron dollar. Clothes, retorted the oretical sportsmen, who imagine that minion of the grasping corporation because they live in a country where which had furnished me free transa trout is a sort of rara avis the same portation for the trip there and back. condition prevails everywhere, would What the h 1 kind of clothes do designate us as fish hogs, for we you wear; armor? But he handed brought back one hundred and thirty me the check, and as I left the bagspeckled beauties, and not one of them gage room I heard him tell his underweighed less than half a pound. This study that hed bet I had a mess out-i-t isnt a fish story, either. Its a fact. and all my supply of grub in that The beauty of the trip was that the )ox, and he would have won had catches were all about even. It wasnt there b.een any takers, as already apa case of one man having all the luck, pears. It was the same way coming but honors were equitably divided, as ack. The well built young man who well as the size of the fish. Each acts as station agent for the Union mans catch averaged up Vith the Pacific at Croyden, tried to sling that others. The boy, however, should not box around a time or two before putbe forgotten, for with the proverbial ting it in position for the trainman to worm he dragged out the biggest get hold of. It didnt sling worth a trout of the lot. I am not prepared cent. He looked at me with a curious to say what that trout would weigh, sort of look and asked me if I had for its flesh has long since been been out collecting ore samples or turned into blood corpuscles, and any whether I was a drummer for a brickstatement concerning the number of yard and carried a complete line with pounds it would pull down a scale at me. Now, of course, in a case like would be laughed At by these wise fellows here in towq who know nothing about fish, except what they read pock-etboo- in the papers and the meager knowllitedge they get by looking into the cafe in the trout of tle glass cases windows. Sufficient to say we had splendid luck and are happy and satisfied. If it were not so this little bit of stuff would not have been written. Jl . At the outset I would like to remark that when one goes fishing he should select a restaurant man as a side partner. The amount of proven der resulting from such a choice is simply stupendous. Finch has been hearing people tell about how much more they can eat when out camping for weeks and Weeks, and the impres sion burned Into his brain that it was fact. So he prepared for a few days of ravenous feeding. He loaded a tin trunk, of a size that would make a standard Saratoga look like a hatbox with something of everything. When he had that packed, his partner threw in a roast loin of beef as lagnalppe and we had enough for a regiment. Bread. Why, we left bread enough for the birds to run a village bakery a week. We had to gorge ourselves on choice fruit in glass jars in order to avoid .incurring ridicule by bringus. I noticed ing it back home with one trout dinFinch cogitating after ner and interrupting his chain of thought, asked him what was roiling that from lip his think tank. .He said eaten and had of the number troutyre went with it, stuff th$t the other us had of four if lhe he had computed his counter or meal that ov$r bought at one of his tablqp nit would have dollars netted him just forty-sevecents. I havent usel ami fifty-fiv- e in any qf the mathemati-oa- l any figures calculations and statements xfiade, because they are deliberate. . And in deliberate assertions It looks better -- 4 ' k, that one cannot talk back, because by simply throwing that trunk on a scales he could have knocked my eye out for half a weeks salary for excess baggage, for inside was four pair of wading boots, those fish, encased in a can wraped around with wet blankets to keep them cool, four pairs of other blankets, all the crockery and glassware, the coffee pot, some fruit jars and plates and a necktie. The last was put in so I could say it contained clothing without lying. Ift8 & & Through Service TO ST. LOUIS EAST AND THE VIA ,9 Up the canyon where we camped there lives an individual, who for the purposes of this narrative, shall be nameless. He discovered coal about twenty miles up the gulch several years ago, and has been waiting for the railroad tQ build up to him ever since. During this time he has acquired a thirst that some men would give all kinds of money to own. He has a clear view of the road for miles down stream, and whenever he sees a wagon full of fishers coming,' he lays for it, stops it, bids the inmates the time of day and asks them how far up they are going. When he. gets this THROUGH SCENIC COEODSADDO KAI1SASAM MISSOURI PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS, OBSERVATION DINING CARS. Electric lights. Electric Fans. Reclining chair cars ... (skats free), information he then declares the fishday Coaches. ing up the creek abominable, while For Berths, Tickets; Folders, etc., address down where he lives it Is good, and invites the fishers to camp with him and to make themselves at home. Some people, with booze and beer in H. C. TOWNSEND, the wagon, have been known to acM V (T. MN'L MMENOeil cept this generous invitation, and the the way in which he has surrounded adwet stuff has excited both wonder, miration and consternation. He met us and tendered us the glad hand of get out of the city once in a while and fellowship, but we were warned, and have a good time. Oh, man of money, declined to listen to his blandish why do you sit in your office day after ments. JC JK day and year after year, and never What a blessed good thing it is to take one of . the man chances you have, to get right close down to the bosom of old Mother Earth; to sleep in her lap, lulled into slumber by the sound of the whispering winds? To be awakened in the morning by the sound of the robin calling his mate to get a hustle on for worms for the nestlings or the. magpies chattering round the remains of' last nights supper? To get out cool and chilly and hustle round after wood for a fire, ...TODAY ONLY... and at every movement feel your blood begin to tingle and your senses become so animated by the sights and the smells bacon frying for instance Underwear. that by the time breakfast is ready could eat half a horse. And then n A line of underwear you balbrlggan regularly sold for 12.00 a suit will be d? 1 flfj rod in hand to toil up the creek castclosed out at qll.UU ing carefully on this pool and that ripple, finally chucking the bait sucShirts. cessfully under the willows on the onnosite bank to be gladdened by the Was 13.50, now 11.35. Was 13.00, now SI. 00. sound of your reel singing like an Made up In soft and pleated effects, and are the latest angry' Infant. To land the big fellow style. We guarantee a fit. in great excitement and feel him We will offer a silk and mohair mixture, thump around in your creel.-- Ah, but in pongee color, made up soft and with col- - d I1 rn v thats living. ( Why the plunk of a lar attached, regular $3.00 quality for trout as you land him on the bank is We have a line of flannel shirts with and d? 1 ETA without collars. The $3.50 quality, for.... P 1 VU better than satisfying a mortgage any 14.00 quality for S3. 75 I ought to know for I have dav and Black sateen shirt, regularly sold for 7C two satisfied or three and the thrill J Lla 11.50, now that goes through you when you feel vou have him safely hooked and null Mens Hose. him through the swift water does a mans soul more good than instructWe have just received a shipment of which we have concluded to TET ing his attorney to bring suit on a add to the specials for today, for note. Then, too, there are times when vour fly catches on a limb across the stream just when you see your particular fish between, you and the nlace' where it is snagged, and as you try to unhook it you see him get a movement on up stream, when you can swear good and plenty without Thats hurting any ones feelings. better than cursing the office boy or some poor devil of a clerk. And at night, when you come in all tired out and eat supper, you can light, your The Mens Up-to-da- te AND TICKET AOCNT, LOUIS jr&xi , . Furnishings Section. bon-bo- , . L-l- . |