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Saying this, I held up the perch's gills with the fish- 

 hook firmly embedded therein. Tom gave one look, 

 bounded off the bed, seized my prize and examined it 

 carefully, the color meanwhile returning to his face. 



"Charley Johnson," he exclaimed, tragically, "you 

 have saved my life!" 



Twenty minutes afterward Tom was perfectly re- 

 covered and making a hearty meal of tripe and onions, 

 and unblushingly I was relating how and where I found 

 the missing hook in the fish's head. 



Three days afterward an old Thomas cat, the par- 

 ticular pet of Tom's wife, began to visibly pine away, 

 and within a week was a mere wreck of skin and 

 bones. Shortly afterward it died and Tom, thinking it 

 had been poisoned by some of the neighbors, insisted 

 on making a post mortem examination on its remains. 

 The first incision Tom made revealed to his astonished 

 gaze the identical fishhook which was supposed to have 

 caused him so much internal turmoil a week previously. 

 Really, I couldn't help laughing at the absurdity of the 

 situation when Tom, turning slowly round to me, gazed 

 with unaffected surprise, and said, solemnly: 



"Charley Johnson, I will never believe you again, sir, 

 as long as I live." 



Huntley's Lake is about four miles north and slightly 

 east of Hastings Lake, and is reached from Lake Villa 

 depot on the Wisconsin Central. 



The lake is deep water off-shore all around. The bar 

 shown in the northwest is very slight, and runs to the 

 deep hole. Around this hole, during chilly days and 

 also late in the season, is the best fishing ground of any. 

 The lake contains large bass and pickerel, but during 

 the last few years it has been little fished, owing, prob- 

 ably, to its being farther away than the other lakes. 



I am convinced a trip to this lake will well repay the 

 angler. The best way to reach and fish it is to procure 

 a rig and Smith Wright as guide, from the Sand Lake 

 Hotel, driving over in the morning and returning in the 

 evening. This would give plenty of time for a good 



