. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. SISTER ELLEN'S FISH STORY 177 Now I could answer my father's call, for the dazed fish had found a corner, and a groping thumb and finger had found the back of his neck. My repressed feelings broke forth in one long, ambiguous, feminine scream. There were bigger trout up the canon, as Uncle Sam had promised. And there was noble sport in catching them according to rule. But my enjoy-. "a life-sized, wooden effigy of my first brook trout" ment of trout - fishing reached
. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. SISTER ELLEN'S FISH STORY 177 Now I could answer my father's call, for the dazed fish had found a corner, and a groping thumb and finger had found the back of his neck. My repressed feelings broke forth in one long, ambiguous, feminine scream. There were bigger trout up the canon, as Uncle Sam had promised. And there was noble sport in catching them according to rule. But my enjoy-. "a life-sized, wooden effigy of my first brook trout" ment of trout - fishing reached its zenith in the dusk of that August night when, dripping but triumphant, I went to meet the rescue party on the shore. By my father's torch I read astonish- ment and admiration on all faces. And the wonder grew when I held up my struggling prize, and they saw in the yawning mouth two hooks, and impaled upon them two grasshoppers, still strug- gling to get free. Theoretically, I do not approve of the souvenir habit. Chips from monuments and splinters from historic trees I esteem not. But above my desk. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Miller, Mary Farrand (Rogers), Mrs. , 1868-. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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