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FLY FISHING ON AMERICAN RIV ER. TROUT SEASON OPENS NEXT MONTH
RETRIBUTION
A trapper friend of mine relates a
very laughable occurrence that once
took place at his cabin in the moun
tains. He and his chum were camped
in a small shanty not far from the edge
of a mountain lake. Radiating from
the shanty were several lines of traps
in different directions, and these trap
pers often slept out at night while visit
ing and cleaning out distant traps, says
a writer in the Field.
On their return from one of these
trips they noticed that things looked
somehow strange, yet they could not
tell for a moment what was wrong. On
opening the door things looked stranger
still, for on the floor was a mixture of
all their belongings, which had been
pulled down from shelves and the walls
—flour, matches, moccasins, tobacco,
soap and numerous other things, with
ashes sifted over everything.
Inexperienced men might have
thought a hurricane had come down
the chimney and blown everything
loose, but the two trappers knew bet
ter. Some animal had done this devas
tation, and, being professional moun
tain trappers, they had no difficulty In
reaching a conclusion as to the name of
the animal. A wolverine had been
there, and they fell to calling him some
appropriate names, inventing others us
they found their vocabulary inadequate.
During a momentary lull in the tor
rent of abuse they heard a slight
scratching under the table, and there
they found the worker of all the mis
chief. A blow of the ax finished Win,
and he was pulled out into the light.
Their surprise was great to find most
of the hair on his head singed off, anl
he was blind in both eyes. Then they
set to work to read by the signs how it
happened. They found that the wol-
DOWN NORTH FORK ON A RAFT. LEWISTON, IDAHO
BY WILLIAM BRINK
LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY MAGAZINE
verine had clambered up on to the roof
and had entered the cabin through the
low, wide chimney. Once Inside, he
began to examine and Investigate
everything, fach In turn to be cast on
the floor. The last thing to attract his
attention was a powder horn. It was
one of those old-fashioned cow horns
with a piece of wood tacked in the large
end and a small stopper stuck in the
small end; it contained about half a
pound of powder. With this blight and
shining article the "Indian devil"
started to clamber up and out through
the chimney. But, alas! he must have
held the large end uppermost. By dry
ness the plug dropped out, and a fine
stream of powder found its way to the
center of the fireplace, where a few
coals of fire had been kept alive. A
flame shot up, an explosion followed,
and down came the frightened, blinded
beast. No doubt from agony and fear
he crawled under the table, where they
found him and put an end to his
misery.
HE COULDN'T TELL A LIE
"Well, good by, dear!" said Mr. True
boy to his beloved spouse. "I must
go and dictate those letters—twenty
six of them—so you mustn't expect me
home very early."
"All right," was the response. "But
I wish you wouldn't work so hard.
Half an hour later Mr. Trueboy en
tered his club and sat down, with three
others, at a card table.
"Just a moment, you fellows, before
the first hand is dealt. I've got to
keep my word with my wife. One of
you just take down what I dictate:
'Abcdefghijklmnopqrstu
v w x y z.' There! Those letters are
off my mind!"— Exchange.
THE PASSING OF THE WOODPILE
A Lewiston gentleman, who lives m
the upper part of this city, has been
sorely at loss of late to account for the
mysterious disappearance of a wool
pile, which hus gradually been growing
less in proportions for the last few
weeks. He had been on the lookout for
sneak thieves, but not a human being
had trespassed near the woodpile as far
as he could ascertain. But the depleted
remains of a' once big woodpile stared
him in the fact, and at length, a few
days ago, he stationed himself within
easy gunshot of the woodpile and vowed
that he would watch till the real cul
prlt appeared if he had to wait til.
doomsday. After he had watched all
• lay without any sign of life in the
vi( inity of the woodpile, and the even
ing shades were falling thick and fast
.'.bout him, peering through the dark
ness he siw a neighbor's Newfoundland
dog walk coolly up to the woodpih,
single out a big stick, and trudge away
toward his master's house with an air
of innocence which was surprisingly
vexatloul to the proprietor of the fire
wood. The dog played his little game
on the woodpile for the last time that
night, for it Is rumored that one more
dog has pained from T.ewiston to the
happy hunting grounds during the last
week.—Lewiston Journal.
♦-•-•
A Great Relief
"Well, how did you like the sermon?"
"Very much," replied the man who
had attended eleven banquets in rapid
succession. "It was a great relief to
have the preacher get up and begin his
sermon without saying: 'The remarks
of the previous speaker have reminded
me of a story.' " —Chicago Record-Her
ald.
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MARCH 14, 1909.
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