Show TWO HUMORISTS f A Fishing Pal ty That Parted Their Friendship Up to Date I never knew just how mean a man could bs until the Fat Contributor who used to be a very very funny man on the Cincinnati pres came alonj and asked me to go up north on a fishing excursion I loved and reverenced reve-renced that man for years before I saw him On the way up to Petoskey I was willing to die for him He was so modestso blandso openhearted and gentle 1 I sat and looked at him and wondered if heaven had an angelo angel-o compare with him and when J tuought that Abraham Lincoln had ecn elected president in place of the I rat 1 Contributor 1 TrnnoTOrl TPI it the public could nave been thinking of I to permit such a wrong The next morning after reichrg Pctoskey I was up betimes to inquiie about the best fishing spot I soon discovered dis-covered that the Fat Contributor had been an hour ahead of mi He had rented the only bet from which fish could be caught and fe iced ir i in HeI I had engaged all the fish worms old Petoskey had on his land and had bribed the only boy owning a minnow net not to catch bait for anyone else I met him coming uptothehoteJ through the sand and I called him a bul y boy and explained under what obligations be had placed me How he asked Why well have all the fishing lo I ourselves 1 lVtr Of course Theres no we about it I have made my arrangements and you can make yours U And am I not lo fish with you Not that I know of I had to submit 1 sat on the bank and saw him pull in bass and pickerel by the dozen and If I moved down on him he uttered the most awful threats hat SOU ever heard On one occasion he drew his revolver and menaced me by firing over my head The Wand gentle angelic Fat Cantributor had become be-come a ho g When I remembered how I had reverenced his name and praised his talents I kicked myself You neednt look so ugly abouijt he said to me as he came up to the hotel with fourteen fine bass When I go fishing I permit no one to in terel with me You can go over to Elk Rapids or Traverse City and hire a dock for yourself and youd do it if you wernt so selfish You seem to want all the fish in Lake Michigan Its a wonder you didnt get up at midnight and hire the whole lake front I I looked around for a way to get even There was an Indian up there named Man WhoFeIIIn and he had a dog about a foot high and seven feet long The owner would tie this canine to a stake and let any person throw stone at him for a cent a throw and every time you hit thedog you got a toy bas ket full of maple sugar I went over to see the red man and without stop ping to inquire how he fell in or hovrbe rot out I hired him and the dog for three weeks with the privilege of contracting for three years We started in that evening and it was the proudest moment of my life when the Fat Contributor wanted to pay for 100 throws and was blandly informed that it would cost him 1050 a throw I let everybody in Petoskey have a shy at that animal and Ihe press of St Louis Louisville and Chicago Chi-cago were presented season tickets We took the dog down on the shore and Fat Contributor had to give up his fishing Hed have given more for ten throws at that dodging dog than to cat h a whale but it was not for him fee here he said as he came to me one afternoon what have I ever done to you that yon should lose me thus Nothing I answered only when I chrtera dog Fpermit no one to inter fere wth me You can co over to Chi caso or Milwaukee and hire a dog for yourself and youM do it if you had any manhood about j ou1 theWe never spoke after that We took the same train home but did not sit i in I the same carEm Quad in Detroit Free Press |