. St. Nicholas [serial] . muskellunge, and she had never before fished for anylarger fish than brook trout, so of course she thoughtshe had a big fish. He did not fight much for a muskie,and shelanded him in a few minutes. We weighedhim, and he weighed but three pounds ; but as he washer first muskie we decided to keep him, as she wantedto have her picture taken with him. When we landed we washed him by the boat-house,so that I could photograph him. He seemed lively forhaving been out of water so long. I took his picture, and then we de-cided to let him go. We put him inthe water by the landin
. St. Nicholas [serial] . muskellunge, and she had never before fished for anylarger fish than brook trout, so of course she thoughtshe had a big fish. He did not fight much for a muskie,and shelanded him in a few minutes. We weighedhim, and he weighed but three pounds ; but as he washer first muskie we decided to keep him, as she wantedto have her picture taken with him. When we landed we washed him by the boat-house,so that I could photograph him. He seemed lively forhaving been out of water so long. I took his picture, and then we de-cided to let him go. We put him inthe water by the landing, and watchedhim for a few minutes. We thenthought he would not recover, so westooped to lift him out of the water,when he suddenly darted off for themiddle of the lake. He did not leave his name or ad-dress, or we might have sent hisphotograph to him, so that he couldshow it to the other fishes when hetold them about the wonderful adven-tures of The Fish that Got Away. IN CAMP. BY SUSAN WARREN WILBUR(AGE 12). AFAR oer t
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