A True Angler 



The Founder of 

 Naples 



Favorite Fish and Fishing 



I handed my card to her, with the request 

 that she take it to Colonel Haldeman, or 

 General " Cerro Gordo " Williams. They 

 departed in great glee, but with furtive 

 glances at the devil-fish on the beach. As 

 they started off, the corpulent cook shouted : 



" Good-by, mistah; hopes to see you 

 soon. Say, mistah, we all's gwine to 'tend 

 lak we cotch all dese fish wid we all's fish 

 lines." 



" All right, Auntie, I will not give you 

 away," I replied. 



She evidently had one of the qualifica- 

 tions of the true angler. 



Late in the afternoon I saw a lady and 

 a gentleman coming down the beach in a 

 handsome carriage, drawn by a pair of 

 trim-looking mules. I soon recognized 

 Col. W. N. Haldeman, of the Louisville 

 Courier-Journal, and his good wife. Col. 

 Haldeman was the founder of Naples, 

 where he had a charming winter home. 

 (His sad death through a trolley-car acci- 

 dent will long be regretted and mourned 

 by his many friends.) 



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