Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-02-08 | Page 12 | The Catfish and the Ice Section

V A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A sies T copyright mii abeth langsdorf 1902 by C AND THE ICE lj 7 little was frozen over THE and the fishes that lived in the stream were plunged or sev cral weeks into by the thick layer of ice that shut out the sunlight one young cat flau whose inquisitive little eves were continually prying into affairs that should have caused him no concern was the moat curious in regard to the new conditions food waa pretty because odds and ends that used to boat down from tho villages and farmhouses along the stream were hard and fast in the ice and so th fish were on short rations some of them crept down to the mud and took a nap hoping that the ice would soon melt not BO the inquisitive small catfish he wag sure that the entire river was not covered over and went about look ane tor a placa where tha came through beware said his mother of holes in the ice it la through them that men CATFISH UNDER THE ICE and boys try to catch us in the winter it you see a streak of sunshine penetrating into the water flee as you love your life but the cattish merely ameled a brolle with hla large mouth of course he thought ho knew better he swam along ay iy close to the ice that hla flat head waa pressed against it and his little sly eyes were turned up in search of an aperture in the frozen roof oi the stream his gray body kerluke feelers about his mouth bristled aggressively whenever they encountered the obnoxious ice one day he spied an opening A nice fat worm was floating in the water tho inquisitive catfish had a row 0 sharp teeth on his little jaws that chattered with longing but he was a good little fellow was his only BO he merely gulped down ats own hunger and eald 1 I will take it home to mother she Is so fond of worms and has not had a nice on tor a long time with a bound he grasped the glang bait in his jaws there was a sharp hook attached to the tidbit and it sank deep into his mouth in a minute ho was gasping on the ice while 0 boy adjusted another worm to the hook and prepared to drop it through the hole in the ice which he had chopped out in order to catch hungry and credulous catfish