Show I 1 1 HE LIKED FISH san sam wanted a whal le ud oad 0 o U I 1 u X short of it t A party of young ane men n w who h 0 were on a fishing elc excursion dision on the ohio river some y years ears aa ago were joined by an eccentric man skilled as a fisherman known in that region as barefooted sam he was a good cook and made himself useful in so many ways that his bis presence though uninvited was tolerated by the amateur sportsmen en oue one morning two members of the larty arty returned to camp with their ap elites etite well swell sharpened ened for breakfast nd were greeted enthusiastically by y a hird bird man who said you just come alon and see the finest baked perch ion ou ever laid eyes eye on oa they hurried cd to the table but saw aly a rick of bones from e h every iber of meat had been tal taken em sam was nowhere to be seen when he returned ao comments were made upon the cir lum s stance ta n ce but in the afternoon wh when en the company were lounging on the bank sam drawled out id like to have all the fish I 1 could coul at jest const I 1 aint had a s mess sence pete follet fetched that big catfish h ahree years bade sam remarked d one of the group dryly r v ly 1 11 I thought thou you had quite a fair mess this morning that perch weighed e d about ten pounds ive been informed 11 oh yes replied sam with no s sign ign of embarrassment on his placid countenance te nance 1 I ate that but what I 1 mean is a reel regular mess mesa the company pondered on this remarkable 17 statement in absolute silence for some moments until at last the man who had caught the per perch c h ejaculated well I 1 and lio nothing thing more was said aid |