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|HOW IT HAPPENED. 



La Fayette, Ind. 



Editor Recreation: In a recent num- 

 ber of Recreation " Tamarack " told 

 about 2 of his party getting lost. We deny 

 it. It is true we got mixed on distance and 

 did some extra walking; but we had no 

 trouble in finding the place we started 

 from. 



There is no question as to the number 

 of trout Tamarack and his partners caught; 

 but their methods were questionable. On 

 leaving camp that morning they were re- 

 solved to bring in more fish than we. After 

 leaving us, they started down stream. 



Separating, they fished, with fair luck. 

 An hour later, Tamarack, working his way 

 down the middle of the stream, was almost 

 paralyzed by an unearthly scream, followed 

 by a crashing of timber. Before he could 

 recover, Chickaree rushed up to the bank, 

 his hat off, coat torn, rod gone. 



" Climb a tree, quick," he could just 

 stammer out. " The biggest bear I ever 

 saw is after me," he panted. 



With one bound Tamarack was on the 

 bank; an instant later he was looking down 

 from a safe retreat in the fork of a birch 

 tree. Chickaree was only a second behind 

 him; but where was the cook? Chickaree 

 was sure the bear had him; but Tamarack 



thought the fellow too tough for an or- 

 dinary bear. 



When the branches of the birch began 

 to grow tiresome to the fishermen, they 

 thought to inquire into the fate of the cook. 

 A few war-whoops were answered from the 

 distance, followed by the cook, who was 

 surprised to see them up a tree. When 

 asked what they were doing, they said they 

 climbed the tree to look for him. 



After finding Chickaree's hat and rod, 

 still being timid about bears, one of them 

 asked the cook if he had seen any. No 

 bear, he assured them, but he did see a 

 mighty big porcupine. Tamarack looked 

 at Chickaree and Chick looked at Tarn. 

 Then they bound the cook to everlasting 

 silence; but it leaked out. 



How they caught more fish than we, is 

 the question. It was only what might be 

 expected of them. They whipped the 

 stream unsuccessfully, for a time, finishing 

 their efforts at a pool fairly alive with trout, 

 but not one could they coax out of the 

 wet. So the bold fishermen bound to- 

 gether brush and twigs, making a seine that 

 reached across the pool. With this fiendish 

 machine they hauled in everything, picked 

 out what they wanted and threw the rest 

 back. Then Tarn and Chick smiled at each 

 other, as they said, " We have them." 



Loon. 



