Show I I I WEARY BUT TRIUMPHANT NT By Thornton W Burgess Burgess ho lio ho sli struggles on andon and on wont t give gh c In 1 1 at last will win wm tho the My Iy in IU mv ml such a LS as I there I was as on oil the Ille sand bar that ran rail out from one Lank bank into the DIg I DIgI ci How the ss water ater ater did fI er the Osprey had suc in g getting the big fLit n h ho he couldn t ti Ilet let go ea of out of oC deep cheep lItel into th water that cot CO red thit j sand and barow bar bat Now ow oa lie he was wa as no frightened The fhe wasat t deep I enough foi lot him to b be drowned ne dro If Ithe I he coul could 1 just keep that thai big bg fl fish from Crom getting h-ck h b into deep dep water ller I he lie know knew that he ho woul would 1 win In the tho bat battie battie battie tie for tor lila 1113 hiI JIl life I lh I big ble fIsh Ili li knew the same thing 1 Mv v how hol ho hu did nap flap and lIe He did his very sery bet best t get get hack bark into deep y i ater and drig Plunger with wish him Plunger was as by I time so 50 tired that his Ills w liltS begs w v ti incas cat But If it he uie g-uie 1 I up he hi would Quid be bp dragged back bael backI I hr hp must drag ut-ag ut tIt 11 it it to 01 os the tho fish lish would drag hint him into deep r So be he flapped I and flapped Clapped hits his great y i logs ings and andi i struggled with JIb all his might wIght to get that fish a I At las last a with two t ta 0 or thice ce hard floJ flaps of lila his great wing wIngs lie he h drag drog dragged I ged the tl e big fish rl h out on the shore Such a I eller as it Jt ws wis to toI tobe tobo I be deal ot or the th lIe He Still I let Jet go co of that big fish but butI buthe buthe I he knew that pt after r he lie had rested I hi h a be bo able to tear his great I I claw cla clas s a free The bIg bis fish was doing his hia brat to Hop flop bade back into the wa waI a I He Plunger this av I and hit way av Plunger felt as Ir if his legs would bre break brak k But Dut now lie he was as where where hePe he hi could use that Ihal I hat great heI I hooked bill of ot his and in a few the he big ble Oth hoh stopped flap Clap flappIng flapping ping II Plunger didn t e even esen en try to get lila his claws elas s free just then I 1 ve ye got cot to rest ho he panted I 1 must tOI I meat est In all my may bite lit I never was wasso wasso liS liSso so tired But Dul an anyway way Ive I've 1 e got the fISh and its it's the biggest fish I ye ve ever caught Wont Won't Mrs Plunges's e ees es open when hen she sees it Weary as liS he ho was as Plunger was as experiencIng the most glorious or of orall all the feelings feelings the feeling r 4 av 1 1 II not n t eat more of f this fish now sa d Plunger M Sure lIl tint t the struggles of j fish it I ci e C at an all end enl Plunger a aj content to just ju t lie he there and r re for a while HelIS He lIe was lIS so tn ban haa ion come along and eln him Oli au would ba have base e thought hought that both he and the fish fish CI wele I dead ger get s a great cla claere claws clas s were ere stilt still burt I lit III the back baek and sides of if the flab He wis ivis still a But he h was as asno no longer looger a IL on led When n he hi was sufficiently res d dhe he got the tho ela claws elas s of oC o one foot Coot li and it we was o to get the tile claws of or the other foot loot tree free Such a ie i-a- f lIf lief r as aa it was as to be ible to stal stanlon on lii his u feet and arid to know kaow that ho he was wa flee His Els toes tos toe ached but he didn't mind that no now a mile lIttle Of et the he fish and then Ir lie tiled his hIV hi V wings lOgs ings NOVT V that he lie was as Te rested rented ted j g strength had come coon back to themI thorn them I n 11 not Hot eat cat mOl mole e of ot this fish now saul salil Plunger III I II 11 go get Mrs to share In fn it U and we sye will ha ha have haI I e a feast together Up up up he circled Then he started up the Big DIg t In starch aTch of s Mi-s Plunger good it was as to be b high in the alls I I I wish 1 wish Ish I could ha have haie e brought th fish along alon said he But after alter all I It doesn doesn t much I II soon be bide cle with Mrs atU then is we e w will ill HI has hol hole have e a tent feat to n Cops COP right 1925 by T W Bur gessl SMS gess wit The net neit story A Dinner tot One Instead ot or Two I |