Show HERE S TO SERGEANT 1 l THE MAN IHO ACTUAllY TOLD TOED TRUTH ABOUT II FISHING EXPEDITION If Mr Diogenes the Greek gentleman who borrowed a lantern and spent his valuable time spying about the shady places of ancient Athens to find an honest lonest man were a resident of Salt Lake today he would be able abl to dis discard discard discard card his lantern and say as did the Eureka If a twentieth century Diogenes were to begin a search in Salt Lake for an honest lonest man he would be directed to the police pollee station with instructions to seek seele Sergeant John Hempel Hemr el When Then they had md met the new Diogenes would be beable beable beable able to blow blowout out his ancient search searchlight searchlight light ight and report to the world that he had found one man who would not tell tella i ia a lie even to ave raye his as asa asa a n fisherman Police Sergeant Hempel returned a afew afew few ew days ago from an outing of two weeks spent in the upper waters of I Provo Prove canyon Upon his reappearance at the police station the usual ques question question tion was asked How many fish did ld you catch John The answer was startling so un unusual unusual unusual usual in fact that it had to b bp be re repeated repeated repeated I never caught a fish said Ser Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant geant Hempel that cried one of the ques questioners questioners questioners I 1 never caught a fish I fished and fished and fished all aU of one day ay and never got a bite Then I fished and waded m in the water and bruised my feet on the rocks for the half of an another another another other day da and never lever got a bite ex except mosQuito bites and then I gave it up u That is the true story of a fishing expedition us told by the sergeant It possesses this advantage which s snot snot not had by many other fish stories The teller be accused of ex cx exaggeration exaggeration |