XI 



AMONG THE CUT-THROATS OF 

 LAKE CHELAN 



be frightened! The writer 

 has not turned desperado, neither 

 has he fallen among men of bloody 

 practices. In order that all minds 

 may be set at rest before we go 

 further, be it known that this is 

 but a fish story pure and simple. The brother with 

 the melancholy mind and ossified piety will do well 

 to stop here and turn to " Foxe's Book of Mar- 

 tyrs " or some other literature of that order. The 

 elect few who love the open, rejoice in God's out- 

 of-doors and the beauty of lake and mountain, may 

 safely venture to read this frivolous story of a side- 

 trip made by one of the delegates to a church con- 

 vention. 



What have cut-throats to do with fishing? 

 Patience for a moment, you who live east of the 



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