Show Flost in Scrib-B Related by ner's II following most incident was related We by a very worthy word is as good as his af-Et among all who know giving it to the your widely-circulating I have thought it well company it by his sworn which will be found K ten or fifteen years just how long I do not while crossing in a boat river of some lave forgotten the man's name 1 think it was but I am quite nor do I recollect t name of the- river I never Se good at remembering At I am more sure of the tj made too deep an impression mind to be so easily forgot- in the as I was sad watch of saw it new and and quite out of made long but all in watch could not be found o says at but hungry just in that Has quickly seized it for Ms as quickly fled m despair he leaves the gives it up as lost years rolled when on a Eg-fortune led him round that Bd were he felt in-i if he some fish could But in unlucky stream- to the prize concealed from human ff with fair enough for one good He cast his but needs must And many times renew his The hours passed getting late And not one Such was his When to his He felt almost uncommon And hauling with skill and Lest from the hook the fish should Up at to greet his A salmon-trout of largest I in all honesty to say that I am not quite positive that this was the kind of fish he caught I only give my I am not versed in piscatorial never having caught a fish in my It was He did not stay For but homeward took his way With lighter heart but heavier Than when he traveled that same road The day he lost his you Some ten or fifteen years As through the streets he lugged 1 his prize It drew the notice of all And many wanted much to buy it But says wife shall fry I'll as rich a treat As ever lord or did lucky man was he to hold How sad indeed if he had sold But still the thought ne'er crossed his That in the fish his watch he'd It had been lost so long Some ten or fifteen you Right on he keeps his homeward Arriving just at close of He lays his load upon the And if you are Come dress this something Then cook it and in a The dinner hour is long since I've had a long and weary So now his wife Whets up a knife And straightway goes to dress When Need I You no will guess But this I'll At any take me but a She dressed the fish As he did And took out what was in Then with the you Believe it if you She cooked-the fish They ate the The is missing i Here follows the affidavit of my above referred but being a diffident be requests that his name be not printed in and I have in order to please given only the A Gi appeared before me on this the 1st of and being duly declared that the above statement of facts is true in every particular according to his own personal and that he is first cousin to 's wife and often at his and that hearing of his good he happened there on the very evening the fish was but not till after they had finished their and so he got none of the but they kindly gave him a glass of cider and showed him the head and tail of the which the cat was contemplating with great Nothing was said about the and he is morally certain if it had been found his cousin would have told April LAMPREY J. P. |