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Show IlEli 11HST BIG FISH WOMAN TELLS OF THE JOY OF LAN0INO A TUNA, Long and Hard Fight, Followed by Wearied Mutclct, but tht Fighter of tha Oeerf Finally Succumbed to Skill and Enduranct The champion woman fliherman to tar aa present chroolelee go la Mrt Kdward Mcholla tllckerano of New ork II ri Dlckermn la ihe heroine of one of Ibe mott Melting Ashing ei perlenrea eter related anl the lellt her atory ntltely "Wo ha I to get up at 3 In Ihe morn Ing lo get In the (lining rrounda by feeding lime In a Utile gasoline launch my husband the boatman and rnytelf made the Journey morning at ler morning In a iHitket In Ihe boat were Aylng flth which we carried lo ball the tuna Any other bait It would acorn We had twenty Ave three 1 reett and our llnet wcro very long 900 feet bilng ceceatary for dep-ea IIiMng "I waa about In tpcak to my hut. band when Ihe boatman whltpered iiutni look ahead and lo Ihe right!' "My heart gave a bound I Ictne I far forward lo look In Ihe direction he pointed A long dark line cut tho tumbling blue of the wavea Trlangu lar thapca pierced aword llko Iho air In the rlorlda waters I ha I tccn aharka whote outline wat viaclly like lhal The Dm neareat lit dipped and moved In rotary motion That distinctive dis-tinctive motion belonged only to one fish I waa looking upon roy first tuna Ho had come lo tho aurface, aa It their habit, in watch for flying flth I drew In my lino taut I glanced back ateallhlly over my ahouldcr There waa the flying flth bait, fnMowIng Ihe Invisible line. In tho wako of tho boat t looked back to Ihe tuna Ho wat Inking tlowly back Into Ihe wtvci Craftlctt of Ath, he chote lo mako no lounl lett ho frighten hit prey I grtipcil my roil with all my atrcnith "It wat nono too toon I felt Ihe rod In my hand quiver allchlly The (una waa rrconnolterlng and had glv en a tentative nibble I summoned all my reaerve force for Iho strain It came at though lomeono twice my weight wcro pulling with all hit strength at a rope tied about my ihouldcra The Ath gavo a long tteady pull that woull have dragged mo from the boat had I not known tho habltt of the tuna and been prepared pre-pared t tat ttralght, braced my feet agalntt the bottom of tho launch and matched my ttrcngth agalntt that ot tho big flth The long tlcady deeper al pull mndo my armt ache I fell at I might It Ihey wcro being drawn from their aoakrla It wnt torture "Onco he wat quiet nnd I thought Ihe battle wat over I waa reeling In rapidly nnd encountered no retltt nnco, when Ihe bnttlo began again. moro furiously than at any tlmo be-(oro be-(oro I had reeled In until the flth waa rloto beside the boat Its black length ahnwed plainly In Ihe water a few- feet away lly tho rules of tuna dining the boatman may at that dlt lance throw Ihe Iron hook It pierced the tide of Ihe Ash which Jumped out of the water then fell lulling the wates nnd turning from site to side I rieteil In fast and In another moment hid drawn him Into the boat lie lay there gatplng nnd I cried out In Irl umph ou ace I ve caught my "At though he rcallied that t wat gloating over lilt defeat the flth thrathed about In Ihe bottom of the boat for a tecond, then lo our amne-ment amne-ment writhed and plungtd and with a mlghly i (fort leaped hack Into tho ocean 'hortunately I hid never once ceased holding tho rod firmly When Ihe tuna slipped oier (he silo of Ihn boat and made back for hit deepeat ten homo I wat gripping the rod, for my reputation aa a fisherman depend ed upon lhat hold Suddenly j coll co-ll ceil that I wit In' a dangiroui predicament pre-dicament I wat In real dinger ot being be-ing captured by my prey Inttead of rapturing him In getting him Into the boat I had not reeled In Iho line fully and now I dltcovered teieral circlet ot It wound about me "Alter a flerce tlruggle I mmagrd lo clear rnytelf from the tangled line and felt ture of victory 'Tho tun wat riling now and by Hi flrtt light we rould tee the big blick body at (he end of Ihe line It wat within Ihe pretcrlbed dlttinre The toatmin threw n tecond hook It truck the tuna near Ihe right tide ot Ihe head The pain goaded him to a final fury Ho eprang from Ihe wa(er aa (h flying flth tprlngt high, at hough he dltdilned hit nitlve clement cle-ment "He fell but spring again Each lime I reeled In iwlftly Tho tecond time he link Into Ihe water he was clot betldo the boat With a flnal effort that let every mutcle In my body a-qulvcr I drew him Into Ihe toil Thla time be liihoj and beat about Impotent! In this battle (he luna bad lott My huibind slopped hit natch "'Seten forty he said The fight listed two hours and forty minutes Mutism the Vlctrlr, I salute you ' To conquer a tuna Is worthy Ihe metdo ot Ihe best fisherman My sears In my battle with the biggest tuna were most uncomfortable So terrific bad been the atraln upon my arms thst t could not use them for two weeks " |