Show TALL TALES M As told to FRANK E HAGAN and ELMO SCOTT WATSON the trolling frog tragedy BECAUSE hes so desperately fond of frogs legs albert mackey of detroit once owned the biggest bull frog that ever croaked a love song albert landed the goliath near grass lake mich and it measured 28 inches and weighed pre precisely bisely three pounds four auric ounces albert kept the giant alive simply because it spurred his appetite just to look at his pet lie named it Fre frenchy neby when albert owned frenchy 28 18 days to the hour he be permitted the frog a dally daily swim in the lake when he gave a certain peculiar whistle here the frog would come plowing the water like a de detroyer destroyer troyer an adventurously hungry fish followed frenchy home froni from his swim one day nipping at his aft propellers and spurring als pet leviathan to strenuous efforts that gave al an idea and it long until a little harness was fitted on the frogs body then al attached two short lengths of fishing line and a couple of good sized hooks with spinners and sent frenchy out trolling the very first trial a two pound bass struck al whistled and Fre frenchy neby churning the water desperately beached liis ills prize it was easy then frenchy ecby learned to troll the most likely places edges ot of need beds around illy pads and windfalls wind falls lied hed even live dive into deep holes where bass lurked course nothings permanent unknown to all a fierce muskellunge inhabited grass lake al had sent frenchy foraging when lie he saw th the e dive at the frog gulp mightily and vanish with him not to reappear id a whistles him home said albert sadly cut but aed put some persimmons on ice and I 1 was testing them darn it all my lips puckered on me arid and its well known in detroit that out of respect for his frog albert mackey eaten another persimmon since that dreadful day |