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Show A "Catch" and a Run Anglers meet with sundry ludicrous adventures, the narration of which causes much amusement after the day's work is done. A most laughable one, involving an extraordinary "catch" and an exciting run, occurred to a trout-fisher while refreshing himself at a wayside inn. He had stood his rod, with a tempting worm on the hook, against the inn-door while he took a "bite" within. Suddenly he was startled by a crash and a grunt of pain. Rushing to the door he saw a pig making off with his rod. The bait had proved too tempting for piggy. Snapping at it as it hung just above his nose, he had hooked himself. The grunt and face showed his pain and fright. The fisherman seized the rod and followed the running pig. The race was also a contest. Both wished to get out of the hook, but neither was willing to let the other operate. The fisherman, not wishing to break his line, played his "game pig" with a gentle hand. Piggy not knowing what to do , ran as fast as he could, trying all the time to rid himself of hook and line. A low-bred cur, seeing the sport, joined in and thought to aid the fisherman by biting the piggy's legs. Thus he set, a hook in its mouth, a dog at its heels, and a man chasing. Pig ran his best. "A stern chase is a long one," thought the fisherman, as the run told on his already tired body. So with a dexterous turn of this wrist, such as anglers learn in fly-fishing, he snapped the line and left piggy and cur to continue the race. |