mere preparations for this consumma- 
tion that only real men can know, 
S I watched, an understanding 
came to me of the companionship 
of these two men. Sperry, guiding the 
boat with the accuracy of inspiration 
with every muscle taut with eagerness 
to add to the perfection of his com- 
panion’s art; and Gray responding to 
the artful movement of the boat, his 
body swaying in rhythmic unison with 
its motion. Somehow, the night seemed 
filled with music, distant at first like 
a fairy’s dream, soft and seductive as 
a siren’s song. My whole being seemed 
to become attuned to the higher emo- 
tions of the true lovers of nature’s 
allurements. 
Until that moment I had not thought 
of Dinty Hyland. So enthralled had 
I been that I had failed to notice his 
bulky form moving through the shal- 
low water some distance down stream. 
I turned in his direction. It is said 
Milton wrote his greatest work “Para- 
dise Lost” during the lonely years of 
his blindness, and that Homer sang 
the sweetest of his saga songs while 
going alone from town to town to beg 
his bread. 
T is said with great truth “there are 
times when man wants to be alone“ 
—it is then man really reaches the 
‘heights; it is then the deeper emo- 
tions of life thrill and fill him. There 
is joy in companionship, but there is 
real happiness in the companionship 
with one’s self. The joy of companion- 
ship brings its pang of parting, but the 
happiness that comes with commuting 
with one’s soul has no lingering mis- 
givings of. regret, but rather awakens 
a spiritual hope of deeper and sweeter 
and more lasting joys in some great 
realm of happiness to be. So it was 
with Dinty. If ever a man reached the 
borderland of paradise on this earth, 
he had. He was using a heavy bait- 
casting rod. His movement was quicker 
-and more impulsive than the other. It 
seemed to have a sprightly joy. From 
each thigh swung a goodly string of 
three and four pound bass while from 
his shoulders swung another half-filled 
line. Every fifth cast seemed to add 
to his conquest, and the fish seemed to 
cease their struggles quicker than those 
caught by Gray, as if the very thrill 
of his hold told them they had run 
their course, and ended at the hands 
of a true sportsman. 
Y very soul thrilled at the sight. 
A deep feeling of shame came 
over me. My ignorance, my lack of 
sportsmanship, my very insignificance 
seemed to contrast itself with the scene 
of superlative beauty. On either side 
of the waters stretched the long moun- 
tains, like the arms of the gods hold- 
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