Show A story full of interest U UP P AROUND spooner wis it Is natural of course that spoon fishing should be popular not only with the natives but with the visitors who inhabit the region every summer at least that Is the assertion of fred record of barrin barrington t on one of my friends fished a lake in the spooner region fifteen years ap ago but with indifferent success says record ecord It this man used a spoon but for some reason the lure of its whirl tailed failed to attract the specimens with which tile HIP lake abounded sly illy friend was quitting in disgust and leaned over the side of his boat A 10 gold piece for in those days the possession of gold was no misdemeanor fell from his pocket spun in the water and was seized and swallowed by a ish fish which darted away five years ago this friend and I 1 returned to the same lake again my compan companions lons luck was poor but just at sundown rundown hu he landed an enormous pickerel we took to camp for our dinner you con can imagine the delight of my friend on cleaning the fish to discover a 10 gold piece in its belly the treasure was slightly tarnished it Is true but to offset this my friend also removed three 2 bills from the fish the 3 6 we figured out later represented 6 per cent interest on the gold piece tor for ten years it pleased us to learn that the amount was exactly correct 6 0 western union |