The Silver King 



the matter? I want to go out to the net 

 this afternoon." 



" Matter enough," he replied ruefully. Tic Douloureux 

 " I've been nearly dead with neuralgia from 

 going out to the net day before yesterday. 

 Look at my face ! I wouldn't go to-day 

 for all the fish in Sarasota Bay. You must 

 be made of whit-leather or whalebone! " 



Next morning the storm subsided and I 

 returned to Tampa. At the fish house of 

 Mr. Savarese, I found my specimens in fine 

 condition in an immense icebox. We at 

 once began to pack them for shipment to 

 Washington. As the tarpon lay on the 

 floor Mr. Savarese asked, " What will he 

 weigh? " 



"Well," I replied, "you may guess his A Sure Thing 

 weight, but I have had a Graeco-Roman 

 wrestling match with him and I know his 

 weight to a pound." 



Mr. Savarese then measured him with a 

 tape line. 



" Six feet and three inches," he an- 

 nounced, " and he will weigh one hundred 

 and fifty pounds." 



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