SURPRISES 



haps they might serve a better purpose if 

 they became a part of the armament em- 

 ployed by safe deposit vaults. The reason 

 why such fences and why such gates exist 

 no one knows; gentle-eyed kine are the only 

 wild beasts about, but 'tis so because 'tis so, 

 and this is the only perfectly clear explana- 

 tion. 



The people of Newfoundland are thrifty, 

 taciturn and modest. Their simple homes 

 are kept immaculate. 



Surprise No. i arises, de novo, from the bil- 

 lows themselves. Seated in one of the dories, 

 bobbing up and down on the waters, the 

 smallest flies, cast on curling crests, are 

 seized by you will not believe it seized 

 voraciously by trout; real, honest, true brook 

 trout. Hundreds of them, too. Each one 

 quick as a flash of lightning and agile as a 

 hawk. 



Each year they follow the salmon up the 

 rivers during the spawning season. Like a 

 real Lothario they flirt with the tides and 

 linger until the silver sheen bestowed by 

 the ocean is lost and the many hued spots 

 return. 



Surprise No. 2 the color of their flesh is 

 blood-red; not pink or reddish, but an abso- 



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