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Show I TIS JPRKE FISH YARN WEATHER MAN WINNER HE'S NAMED AFTER BASS ITh opening of th fishing won t alrmr brings to the urtac IU crop at flh tot1 nd tru tort-. but Ifeti bunch of city hall employe wtto )tUnd to Charlie B&m. local weitli-nr weitli-nr obowrvr thta morn In it. trly ad-'- it ratltled to frrat credit aa . jrhrynmut and an Inventor. Thaw v) doubted th yarn and Mild o. ftrr roahty rebuked and cennorntl oy ( Trile, who xld. "Jt t an tree aa I a u rtAitdlttg here. Anrway I am entitled enti-tled to be a good fUhermaM. A ruh wma named after me." Jinny "Venn Aco. "It happened many yearn ago In the Adirondack mounUini," Charlie -ld, "when lar trput roamel In thee , , ecrocmn and where the lancn owa weru darned aunpletouM of thlnw they at. At a certain pool near h bridge fin-ormen fin-ormen had Men a hugs trout In the -water, hot the flan would take no hind of ball." "li waa the hope of ovary fltihcrman la the territory to bring home that trout. We fished for him many time, hilt he refuaed fly. bait and everything Offored." "One Saturday afternoon a friend 8jtd I dodded to make another try for hint. Wo took a detour around tb bridge In order not to put our flth on the alert and In doing kj we I Ml ad through a field. Here we aaw field mouse dart Into a hfrlo anc I wan at ruck -with a lda." "We dug- down into the ground and at last found a next of little field mice. They were pink and had not yet rearhed the whlakercd age. Put-tin Put-tin two of them into our pocket wo hit for Ptr'-rtm and ittpped at a point ral rods above the hol tn which w knew our big prUe waited. We ech baited a little mouae on our hooks and then decided that putting put-ting our mice Into the water at thin point would mean they would bo dad bnforr they floetod downstroam to the poel near the bridge." Get an Idrn. It was then the nwond Idea dawned upon me. Men had been chopping down a large tree noar tho stream and had left large, flat chips noar the stump. I procured one rf those and mt my Uttlo mouse upon IU I pushed It gently out Into tho current and It becau flowing down stroam while I lot ot my line." "The llttlo mouiM had no apparont de.lre for a cold bath and stuck to his Improvised raft with all claws. My friend had also dona tho same thing and It was now a race to sco which would reach the pool first." "My mouse, riding his chip like an old sailor, wax a yard ahead as it roachod the deep pool, moro than bcv-onty bcv-onty feet downstroa.m. His boat rockod as he hit a whirl, but tho Uttlo pink rascal stuck to It as It tossed about. The chip moved to tho conter of the pool and I know the critical moment had arrived. I gave Mr. Mouse a. Jerk with th line and off he camo. The chip continued Its Journey down the stream." "Tho Utile pink fellow began striking strik-ing boldly for tho shore, and then my trout saw him. The fish made one leap and Mr. Mouse was no more. I had Mr. Fish securely hooked and pulled him in The biggest fish in the stream had fallen to stategy." |