Outing . tion the fish more than rivaledthe previous capture, it was met by un-feeling scoffs and jeers. Finally, half anhour later, when the selfsame creature,recognized by its lacerated jaw, yieldedto the allurements of the Commodoresanise and cumin, I was compelled toadmit the justice of the remark of itscaptor, Ets ony n ornary middlinfeller, and I straightway became a con-vert to Charles Dudley Warners theory that Fish lose in weight materially bybeing taken from the water. Nightfall found us in possession offive goodly namagoos, not one of lessthan twenty pounds weight, which wereostenta
Outing . tion the fish more than rivaledthe previous capture, it was met by un-feeling scoffs and jeers. Finally, half anhour later, when the selfsame creature,recognized by its lacerated jaw, yieldedto the allurements of the Commodoresanise and cumin, I was compelled toadmit the justice of the remark of itscaptor, Ets ony n ornary middlinfeller, and I straightway became a con-vert to Charles Dudley Warners theory that Fish lose in weight materially bybeing taken from the water. Nightfall found us in possession offive goodly namagoos, not one of lessthan twenty pounds weight, which wereostentatiously displayed at the settle-ment. It was not deemed necessary toannounce all were the product of theCommodores skill, since he had yieldedall rights for, a monetary , I know of nothing so utterlyhumiliating as an empty-handed returnfrom a fishing expedition, and we areled to believe the serenity of suchphilosophers as Isaac Walton and KitNorth did not always rise FLYCATCHER. A Tale of The Hunt Cup BY HAW LEY SMART, Author of Breezie Langton, The Great Tontine, Long Odds,&c., &c., &c., &c. Chapter VI. CHARLIE MAKES UP HIS MIND. YHE more Charlie pon-ders over the pur-chase of Hop-pickerthe more convincedhe is that the horsemust have been pur-chased with a viewto test something inthe Broxmore stable,and from his figur-ing among the can-didates for the racein question, togetherwith Flycatcher, hebegins to see hisway. Flycatcher, no doubt, is the horsefor whose benefit Tom Skelton made hisrecent purchase ; if Charlie considers thecolt well in when the weights appear, thenhe will at once take a long shot abouthim, and be guided by the market andwhat he may hear as to the further invest-
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