AN EYE FOR AN EYE. 



Mr. J. B. Rose, of Chicago, known as the modest man of the chib, 

 told the following story : In my youth I was a more persistent and enthu- 

 siastic angler than at the present time, and I shall always keep vividly in 

 mind the exciting incident I am about to relate. After completing my 

 college course I devoted three months' time to out-door sports, principally 

 fishing, and during my rambles with the rod, located a very large fish in a 

 deep pool, below the rapids of White River, so called on account of the 

 breakers and foam along the frequent cascades. 



I had observed, on more than one occasion, the huge form of this fish, 

 always in the same pool, breaking the surface as he feasted on the natural 

 flies, or leaping in play when the rising or setting sun tinged the waters, 

 but he seemed insensible to the attraction of my best lures, and most taking 

 ways. My summer outing was nearly over, and I determined on a final 

 effort to catch the king of the pool. As I approached the spot I observed 

 that he was taking his morning meal in dignified leisure, but to my con- 

 sternation a colored gentleman of African descent was just preparing to 

 cast his primitive hook and line, he being partially shielded from view by 

 the overhanging boughs and a huge boulder which intervened between us. 

 The colored angler evidently had the right of way in the fishing line, 

 and I decided to watch developments. His bait was a live minnow, and he 

 prepared with due deliberation to make his cast where the large fish had 

 been rising. His first cast was unsuccessful, and he retrieved the line by 

 jerking the pole backward, evidently intending to throw his bait a little 

 further up the stream at the next attempt. His whole mind and energy 

 seemed bent on the capture of the fish, and subsequent developments 

 proved the mastery of mind over matter. By some means the pole struck an 



overhanging branch in its backward 

 cast, and the line wasdiverted from the 

 course intended. The minnow was 

 jerked from the hook, which flew 

 backward and struck the angler 

 fairly in the eye. The pain must 

 have been excruciating, but sojntent 



