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firmly in the goat's hindquarters and commenced to do 

 the chasing. 



The ungrateful goat, unable to appreciate the humor 

 of the situation, refused to be chased, for after one 

 swift run, and the eniittance of one heartrending 

 bleat during which he made almost superhuman 

 efforts to extricate the hook he returned at express 

 speed and commenced a most malignant assault upon 

 Tommy. My beautiful Bethabara rod was reduced to 

 splinters, and Tommy when the goat was through 

 with him was the most dilapidated small boy for 

 many miles around. The tribute of the neighbor's 

 boy to the goat's fit of indignation was the quickest 

 sprint of his life, and one of the neighbors who hap- 

 pened in at the finale informed me confidentially that 

 he never saw a kid make better time in a flat race in 

 his life. 



I am deeply thankful I have never encouraged 

 Tommy to go gunning. His nature is so imitative and, 

 withal, so extremely ardent in everything he under- 

 takes, that I feel sure he would have taken my shotgun 

 and borrowed a few of the neighbors' babies to practice 

 upon. 



Deep Lake and Sun Lake are two others of the 

 several lakes located in the near vicinity of Lake Villa 

 Depot, on the Wisconsin Central, whose waters afford 

 good pickerel and bass fishing. 



Many of the best fishing grounds in Deep Lake are 

 comparatively open and free from surface weeds, en- 

 abling the angler to use a spoon to advantage; in fact, 

 several of the oldest frequenters of Deep Lake, who 

 are noted for their big catches, fish principally with a 

 spoon and short, bait-casting rod. 



There is quite a knack in using a spoon with the bait- 

 casting rod in those places where surface vegetation 

 occasionally appears. The spoon has to be cast lightly 

 (great care being taken that the reel does not over- 

 run), and then recovered quickly and brought toward 

 the angler before it can sink and catch the weeds. 



