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Show i:emioi Show tlillj u Trick. William Sparks ami Hemun Urainard were exchanging lish tales, when Henian suggested hat he should show his friend how to catch black bass. The offer was accepted. ' Well, l hen." Mi id Henian, before we go I will let you into the ! Beciet We 1:111 it have tit least two dozen I shingi-H of t ie ordinary length and about 1 four ii.ches wide The lines should be j about ihn-c an I n half fee t long, passed ! llirou;'i a hole in the center nf tliu ! bhing'"." j "What do you bmt them with?"' in-j in-j quiicil Bill j "I was just going to tell you thnu ! Bait toe hooks with live frogs, so that i they eun swim about iii the natural wny. j Attach one frog to each hook, and when ' the line, shingle, hook and frog are all urranged jusi drop 1 hem overboard and the big bass will go for the frogs." The day for the fishing expedition arrived ar-rived The hooks were all baited and put into the water together, and Hemun proposed that they should row away and lish for pore 1 1 acinic, and then row back , to pull in the lines The water was a little rough, but the instructor said that I was just what the occasion demanded ' and he anticipated great spurt a little ' later. Said be. ;As we row down you will see shingles bobbing up and down, and as you reach Mill, alter one it will duap-pear, duap-pear, and then you w ill see it on top of ' tlio water again, perhaps lift v feet iiway and so on until we ge; iheni." I They decided wiiai lo do with ihe bass 1 and then rowed back The shingles were ! coming i:i sight ugam. and as llemau j pulled the oars Billy held hi lireiith and I gazed forward. j He thought he saw a shing-le dive, but il was only bis imagination lm there, placidly and unconcernedly on each and every shingle sat a baited f rog. New HaviMi New s |