Show SETTLED HIM THIS TIME lie truit had V ione gone 11 enli ing once loo often no 1 ill not do am ally gioie aniol pa fibbing this thim ear I 1 haye a marked capacity foi rational enjoyment and a weakness toi foi the tha rod and i eel but a wise fisherman knows knos when to the line the speaker did not continue these pet aon bonal al abstractions but proceeded to leibo his mind of that which ang was ippei uppermost most sas the detroit free rree press frees A friend ot of mine invited me to accompany him to a delightful spot in the northern part of the state whole the alith bite greedily and nature dla dis her charms I 1 resist we made the trip through heat dust and other dis comforts you are liable to encounter when sou set off the main line of a ralli oad we had a sleeper in which litch you sleep unless it was to dream ot of piloting it a lumber wagon over a corduroy road dul but be e had bad to have some of the finest sport the country affords and a man will endure much to realize upon such a prospect but the fish were not biting that day I 1 fall all to recall a time that they ever eer were biting when I 1 was mas soliciting such consideration on their part we ancie liberal with vath bait of the most alluring kind as mute as the stones on which we ae mat eat and observed all the other rules for successful angling even een to caving within leady reach the curi cum for chilla or fible aman s ciamp champ we wal hooked an occasional perch just enough to hope but not enough to keep us its in that retired section I 1 but I 1 could have stood all ahli with stoicism my chief disappointment tame came hoin other causes I 1 t had bad gone there with visions of snowy linen a pure air laden with the scent of t the pine forests food to tempt ti the e gobs gods and comforts such as can acer be sound in the busy rush of the city we both slept on one and the same cot and it had evidently been long in commission the room was too small tor for a city closet and we had to go to the creek to perform our morning ablutions the fare was aas that of a lumber cima and the prices very cry like those of a summer hotel I 1 swear oft off on fishing every summer and this time it goes I 1 |