Florida Fish and Fishing 



near. Turning to the fat woman, I asked: 

 *' When did you leave Kentucky, Auntie? " 



*' Good Lawd, mistah ! How'd yo' know 

 I fum Kalntucky? You must be cunjah 

 man." 



" Why, Auntie, as soon as you opened Old Kentucky 

 your mouth I knew you were from Ken- 

 tucky; I'm from Kentucky myself," I an- 

 swered. 



" 'Deed, honey, I'm pow'ful glad to see 

 yo'," she said. " Why, dar's lots o' people 

 fum Kaintucky up to Naples. Kurnel 

 Haldeman and Gen'l Sarah Gordon Wil- 

 liams is bofe dar; and Miss Rose, Pres'dent 

 Grove Cleveland's sistah, she dar, too, at 

 de hotel." Then she added, " I'm de cook 

 for Miss Lizzie M'Laughlin; she keeps de 

 hotel." 



It seemed that the cook and her party A Good Catch 

 had come down to the pass to fish, but as I 

 gave them more fish than they really 

 needed, they concluded to return at once to ' 



Naples, especially as the jolly cook declared 

 that, " Dat debblefish dun spile my appe- 

 tite fo' fishin'." 



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