THE LADY AND THE TUNA 



the line to the fish. I then grasped the sec- 

 ond rod and fought the fish to a finish in half 

 an hour. 



When the dying fish came to the surface, 

 having handed my rod to the boatman, I 

 brought the victim alongside to be gaffed 

 on the original tip which had been for thirty 

 minutes in the depths of the sea. 



As I said, I was thinking over this experi- 

 ence and wondering what would have hap- 

 pened had I not had a second rod with me, 

 when a fellow-sportsman came to me and 

 asked if he might present me to Miss C. of 

 Los Angeles. Miss C. was a buxom young 

 woman who complimented me on my suc- 

 cess in taking tuna, and informed me that 

 she had been fishing for a month for yellow- 

 tail with light tackle but was most keen to 

 land a tuna, a feat no woman had ever suc- 

 ceeded in accomplishing. I told her she had 

 better go fishing with me that afternoon, 

 never thinking for a moment that we should 

 find fish at that hour of the day, but know- 



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