That Soul Harrerrin' Happen in' 



an* put there by a bass! But what a geewallopin', 

 goshawful thing he was! 



We went up the hill on feet o' lead. I was carryin' 

 in one hand ten bass, but sech was my pertibation of 

 feelin's I never noticed the load. In the other hand 

 I had some o' that there " killcare," which I was rap- 

 idly transferrin' to my innerds, an' would have finished 

 her if somebody hadn't said: "Have a heart!" 

 Mournfully I ansered : " Kid, I ain't got no heart 

 no more. If I ever had one I don't know it. They's 

 nothin' but a cavity where it useta be, an' that's full 

 o' chips." 



Will hope ever revive? Mebbe so, as the feller sez 

 after he bet all he had on a hoss by the name o' Hope. 

 EPPYLOG OR SEKAL: 



Five weeks to the day I went through all them 

 hardships ag'in gittin' to ole Grassy. I found ole 

 boy Kelsey a settin' on the bow o' one of his boats 

 with a good two-thirds of a bass layin* in the sand 

 at his feet. He had noticed a commotion in the fa- 

 mous cove and rowin' over there he found this piece 

 of a fish jest expirin'. They was a six foot 'gator 

 jest leavin' the spot. We weighed this piece up at 

 the commissary an' it weighed twelve pounds and a 

 half! 



Now what d'ye think ? That's jest the same as me ! 

 This fish jest wasn't to be took by the han* o' man, 

 that's all! 



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