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VTNOPcilS OK FHUVlOL'tf INSTALMENTS.
. DONALD BUELOW, a Ud of almost 14.
K ltvins in New York, la In HI health.
, i I'ncle Hubert take, him and his als
' ter. Florence, to hi cottaite In Nova
' fecotla. not far from Halifax. Cousin
Xiougia greets the boy and girl, and the
three play "Indian" until the time ar-
. live lor Florence to return home and
i.ounla to no to school In Halifax. Uncle
llubert. who I an artist, then take
Ronald with him upon a hunting and
fishing trip. Into the wild of Nova
.. Geolia Together with the guide. John,
and the cook. Peter, they paddle up-
stream In blrebbark canoe. Camp
Rowling' Wolf la established, at nrt In
: a tent. Ronald examine a beaver dam.
, watchea the cook make a real campflre
ad then "turn In."
CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.)
CHAPTER IV
A-TROUTINO
"A"
IX outl" cned Uncle Hubert
the next morning at 6
'o'clock.
Ronald, rubbed his eye
and blinked. At home he would have
complained sorely war he obliged to
nee at sucu an i
T camp It vai different, and he rolled out
tT Hi blanket Willingly enouan.
Atter a, shivering , dip In the stream
nearby, followed by a brisk rubbing
, wnico set nia uiuuu -unti, u
" ready to do Justice to the appetizing
areaiii'aBt cook au iiicicu..
"Now," said Uncle Hubert when the
' meal waa finished, "we shall set to work
building a cabin so that we can make
cur headquarters here."
SKILFUL LOGQEKS
They brought their axes and soon were
- engaged in tire lass 01 selecting trees
- for cutting. Then John and the cook
' would take thelt stations at opposite
aides of a trunk and the rhiDa would
' fly, as with rapid strokes they deepened
the notches until the tree, being de
" .prlved of sufficient support, would crash
-, to tbo eart.l.
' Ronald was admiring the precision
with which the guides could make a
tree fall In exactly the position they de
Sired. "Yes. they have extraordinary skill,"
commented uncle Hubert. "Watch this,"
aid he, as he drove a stake Into the
rtibOJft IhC Dwarf
B1
BURSTING Into the shop, his eyes
sninlng with excitement, the tailor
cried unto his wife:
. "Hurry to prepare the very best
upper you can! I have Just been
to the palace to deliver a waistcoat
to Jhe sultan, and I have Invited the
ultan'a Jester ! dine wlu nio this
. evening." -
" You mean the dwarf, Maboul?" re
"r""d the wife.- "Rest assured that I
Lull have a supper be will long re-
Bifinber.". . .
And 1 1 such gc;4 purpose did she
Jaipur it hat when - Maboul Arrived, an
mur or so -later. he rubi-rd Ms hands'
In , ;he u-niutlng array of dishes
!. )! -.before him. , , '.
t rif-niinat -lv. however, hardly had
. I'-ti iui.ru ipv r:i; tnotit.iful of
11 s .iehHoua liviit. which lay silstetiinc
12 MTk a bone stuck
" " tfcr.at ar.i h choked. In vala
ground some distance from a tree tne
guides were felling.
The men grinned at Uncle Hubert and
the next moment made their tree fall
directly over the stake, driving It deep
into the ground.
This work of cutting timber appeared
so easy tjiat ths lad begged his uncle
to be allowed to try. Uncle Hubert
smiled In a curious way, but said
nothing. W'nen Ronald started to swing
his axe, however, he found it to be not
quite so simple a matter as he had ex
pected. In the first place, he handled
the axe awkwardly, and then, when the
edge landed upon the trunk It usually
glanced off or bounced back, scarcely
leaving an Impression.
Finally he threw down the axe in dis
gust, exclaiming: "lt'd take me a whole
day to cut down a single tree."
"Oh, don't despair; It takes practice,
you know," his undo replied, consoling-"
ly, - - .
For two days Uncle Hubert, John and
Peter cut down trees and trimmed
them, Ronald aiding in hacking off the
branches. And on the third day they
notched the logs and placed them In po
sition, so that a roomy cabin rose in
. place of their tent. A hearth was fitted
up for the cook, the kitchen being sep
arated from the living and sleeping
room by a canvas partition.
"That's as comfortable a dwelling as
one could wish!" exclaimed Uncle Hu
bert, as he shook his head approvingly
after a last inspection.
And as Roland looked upon his new
Home in the forest, and watrtied the
chattering squirrels as they scamper
ed across the roof In mad pursuit of
one another, a great happiness stole
over hlm-in the thought that he had
escaped from the restralnment of city
life and now could enjoy the glorious
freedom of the woods to his heart's
content
At breakfast the following morning
Uncle Hubert announced:
"We're going trouting today, my
lad. The fishing season for trout
closes here on September 30. so If you
the tailor pounded htm upon the back
and applied every known remedy. Fi
nally the dwarf ceased to writhe, his
breathing stopped and he lay motion
less on the ground.
"What shall we do!" lamented the
tailor. "If we admit the death of the
jeeter, surely the sultan will demand
my life."
But his wife already had a plan In
mind. Acting upon her suggestion, the
tailor wrapped the dwarf in a sheet
and stole forth witlj his burden to the
house of a doctor. Tb ductor, roused
from sleep, called down from a win
dow above. Explaining that he had
brought a patient, the tailor propped
the bouy against the door and then
hastily betook himself away.
After the doctor had niiickly UonneJ
his clothes, he came uonustaiid. impa
tiently opening the door, he sent the
body of the uwarf hurling Jovm tn
steps. Cursing the darkness, the phy
t:cian descended to the bottom of tne
fl.ght, and there discovered to his dis
may that the dwarf was dead.
"I must have killed the sick person by
knocking him downstairs," was the doc
tor s limt thought. He dragged the
body upstairs for a further examination.
Then, assuring nimself thut the dwarf
was, indeed, liteless, he lowered the
body ovtr a casement to the pavement
beiu w.
Some hours later a barber was return
ing home from an evening of revelry,
when he perceived what he believed to
be a thief in the shadow of the wall.
"Stop thief!" he shouted with all his
might, grappling with the supposed
burglar, goon tne police came running
to his aid.
"You have killed the man!" exclaimed
the policeman.
The horrified barber was arrested.
Next day he was condemned to be
hanged. But just as the noose was
about to be placed around his neck, the
physician stepped forward, crying:
"Hold, the man is innocent! It was I
who killed the Jester."
So the noose was placed around the'
neck of the physician. Just at this mo
ment the tailor appeared.
"Do not hang the man!" cried he.
"Maboul was killed by swallowing a
fishbone in my dwelling."
Thtreuiion the astonished officials sub
stituted the tailor in place of the doc- ,
tor. Jn the meantime, however, . word
was sent lo the sultan concerning the
men, and he commanded them to be
brought before nlm.
Now. when the three appeared before
the sultan, groaning and wailing, the
body of Maboul was brought also. And '
when he saw the dwarf, the royal physi
cian stepped forward, asking the sultan
If he had not better make a closer ex
amination of the body; - - -
Assenting to thlsiv the court doctor
tickled the soles of Mahout's feet
instantly the- .supposed dead: man re-
vive-anu. almost bursting with laugh
ter, yelled:
rHa! ha! hat Quit tickling me!"
The fishbone was dlstodgedSmd Ma- '
: boul was himself again, greatly sur-:
prised to find hlmteji ia jjb, nccaene.
e Ut suKan.1 . . , .1 - .
THE . OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,'- SUNDAY
RONALD FISHED
want to make use of the fishing li
cense I got for you in Halifax you'll
have to be busy. Now, let's have a
look at our fishing, apparatus."
He drew out rods, fly book and
tackle box, proceeding at once to ex
plain their various uses to Ronald.
Selecting a rod for a subject, he
began:
FISHING LOBE
"The trout in this region run to a
pretty good size. Three pounds is a
good weight for a trout, but I've
caught trout around here that weigh
ed at much as ten pounds. Now, my
boy, in main strength I've no doubt
you're a match for any ten-pound
trout alive. But you must remember
that the rod Is quite fragile, and that
it is skill, not strength, that counts.'
This rod, you see, is about eleven feet
in length; It weighs about seven
ounces; and iLls provided with at single-action
click reel. You will And
that the tip is very flexible. In put
ting the rod together, the tip is first
joined to the middle portion and
then the end is firmly attached. Fas
ten the reel and run the line through
the guides. A word more as to the
strength of your equipment: Your
line will lift at least ten pounds
weight; the snell (that piece of cat
erut by which your hook is attached
to the line) will support say, three
pounds; the hook Itself, more than-the
Troubles
a T CANNOT bear," At once a change, - The bird, they say,
I Complained the pear. Most passing strange, To his dismay,
"To always be .Came o'er this rare, No victuals found
Just stupid me 'Ambitious pear: Upon the ground, .
A pear unknown, He soon became For, please remember.
Forlorn, alone." -A robin tame. 'Twas in December.
MOW the Ambitious Pear became a robin on purpose to give Tolly Evans' friends among the little girls
A1 and boys a nie drawing-lesson. And the Pear especially asks that you try your very best to change
him from his first form to a dainty robin. Next week the Ambitious Pear will give another lesson which every
one of you will be able to copy.
t : - ...Untidy Streets. . . .
At tlie age ct Ruy made her first
visit to a large City, and haying pre
uirtaial v learned something of neat house
. keeping, she, on observing the largi
number of telegraph, telephone and
electric light wires, exclaimed, "Papa,
what makes them hcv so many-cob-v-sgeha
ia.'.Ui. atreel ' .: ' ) ;
FROM THE CANOE, BALANCING HIMSELF IN THE BOW
snell; while the top of the rod will
rarely lift more than two pounds dead
weight. Bo, If your tip is safe when
fishing, you may be sure that the rest
of the tackle is standing the strain.
"As for flies," continued he. select
ing several from a pocket In the fly
book, "there's a great deal to learn,
and very few hard-fast rules. Flies
with which some persons fish with
success are of no use to others.
However, as a general rule, you may
use small, sober-colored fellows when
the day Is bright or the water Is very
clear, and large, gaudy files when the
sky Is dark or the water iq muddy
and discolored. I prefer files that re
semble insects the most close', y.
Sometimes trout will not rise at all
for files. And then, too, some streams
have been fished so often that the
fish become very crafty, and it takes
an expert fisherman to meet with
great luck. Indeed, I've found that in
any stream or pond, where fish are
plenty and the waters are rarely fish
ed, the trout wll-Tlse to most any
kind of bait, and quite readily, during
any hour of the day."
After these preliminary Instructions
Uncle Hubert called John, and don
ning wading boots, the three started
off toward the stream upon which
they had Journeyed from home. Fur
ther up the creek they went, being
obliged to make frequent portages.
Some time later Uncle Hubert di
of an Ambitious Pear
Pitv Wasted.
A Tm. sorry. WUlle." . alt -friend,
"that your father's house was; burned
7 down yesterday ' Wae there nothing -
;i avedT-':v :.-'.r-,. . .'..-'
' "Don't-yeu waste . no pity on m,V
was the' quick reply; "paW old clothes
was all burned In that fire, and now
m can never wake "em lup for mi"
MORNING, NOVEMBER"; 29,
rected John to make for shore.
"Here," he ald, "Is where Ronald
Is going to catch the twenty trout
which the law allows him for to
day." "Well, I'm going to try to catch one,
even if I can't land twenty," stoutly
replied the boy.
UNCLE HUBERT LANDS A TBOUT
It was a wild-looking place. Firs
and pines edged the . banks of a
stream, which for the greater part of
its course careened over rocks and
dashed against boulders, forming In
numerable cascades ayd miniature
waterfalls.
Uncle Hubert walked along the bank
to where' the stream seemed wildest,,
He cautiously waded out In shallow
water, and. motioning for Ronald to
attend his actions closely, made a
cast downstream, where there was a
little eddy formed In the shelter of
rocks In casting th line Ronald ob
served that there was really a dou
ble motion. First, Uncle Hubert
swung the line backward until It was
straight out in the air; then, with ft
twist of the wrist, it was sent flying
forward to about the height of n'"
head, when the rod was thrust for- ,
ward and th- fly settled gently upo n i the
surface of the water. Then the nsn
erman gave the fly a slight flutter in IT
motion as a drowning insect would
have, avoldinsr any churning or dno
lns: motion. He rdvanced slowly, fl-h-
Why She Didn't
V r
"' Prlscllla Whenever. Jonas gets angry
with me tie pullc my balr!
"Fond Uncle Too bad 1 Do rou pull hi.
tOOt. . ; W..::;
: rrlscllta No, air. . '
Fond Uncle (pleased) And why, dear?
Prlscllla Because 'taint long enough!
J908
Ing every spot thoroughly and using
only about twenty feet of line, al
though Ronald saw that he could
throw to a distance of forty feet
without the least difficulty.
AH at once there was a bobbing of
the line, and the next Instant a sil
very form leaped from the water. At
the same time Uncle Hubert quickly '
lowered the tip of his rod a foot, to
relieve the tension of the line. Then
he began to play the flsh. When the
trout darted fiercely away, he per
mitted the line to spin from the reel,
but as soon as the fish approached
and there was a slack In the line, ha
quickly rewound It. The fish becom
ing exhausted, slowly but surely he
drew it closely in. At last, after min
utes of excitement, during which time
the game trout would renew Its ef
forts to escape again- and again.
Uncle Hubert drew the prise to where
John was standing with landing net
In hand.. Another moment and the
brave fellow was a prisoner.
"Four pounds to an ounce!" said
John tersely, while Ronald examined
with admiration the crimson and yel
low spots along the back and sides,
contrasting wlt:t the gleaming silver
underneath.
"Brave as a sea trout," added Uncle
H ert. as he tied to the leader (cat
gut between the line proper and the
hook) of Ronald's Una two flies a
couple of feet apart.
Stealthily the boy waded out. Imi
tating his uncle's cast as nearly as
possible. For some minutes he fished,
and he was beginning to feel some
what discouraged. Then he decided to
make a try under an overhanging
bank along shore.
No sooner did the line sink a little
below the surface of the water than
he felt a fierce pull.
"Let out your line! Give the fish
room!" cried Uncle, Hubert, warn
ingly. Ronald s fingers trembled with ex
citement as he matched his wits
against the craft of the fish. But
after many narrow escapes, when It
seemed that the fish would get away
among the treacherous rocks, he
icRmejiir Den
THERE was ever so much to do at
C'armoustie, near Dundee, Scot
land, where Roy Mortimer was
rpendlng a few weeks with his Aunt
Abigail. A golf course lay by the sea,.
' ?Jendlrg over grassy reaches. And,
then. It was very interesting. Indeed,
to walk among the sandhills, which
were covered with fine yellow sand
blown by tse wind Into little wavelets
and sand billows. And among tufts
"f reeds sea-gulls made their nesls
little holes in the sand, over whlcn the
birds flew, screaming warnlngly when
people came too near the nest. Some
times, too, the gulls were disturbed by
the target practice of the volunteers at
Barry. Roy found on the sand a .40
pound shell, and very heavy It was to
carry home, too.
But most enjoyable of all was a trip
long the roast among caves and cliffs.
Those st Arbroath were eepectaily fas
cinating. Under the guidance of his
cousin. Emma, who had often explored
these cavernous recesses, he was shown
Mason's Cave,- after having examined
the rock called the Devil's Head. At
the end of this cave, which ran back
about 100 yards, there was a bubbling
spring of clear, cold, water. .
"Suppose we lunch here," suggested
Roy. setting down the lunch basket,
which by this time had grown un
usually .heavy, and handing his cousin
a drink from a silver cup.
"There's a csve nearby that is much
nicer," replied Emma.
8o they trudged to Dickroan's Den. A
little channel from the sea ran up to it
by which, Emma said, the smugglers In
the past used to bring thi oods
Illegally to land, under the very noses
of the coast guardsmen.
Having enjoyed luncheom the two
started for the entrance of the cave. As
soon as thev stepnud oii'ilr ihev ob
served that the rain clouds looked very
threatening.
"We're going to have rain within a
few moments." predicted Kmmft. "but
I don't believe It will I art Ions). ' Sup
pose we spend a little time In the cave
Sjntll the storm blows over."
Hj the mesntime the wind had risen
and the wave now hcran to beat
a gainst the rocks and cliffs with some
violence. Shortty the rln fell and the
bov and girl were only too glad to
retire o the shelter offered by the ,
cave.
It soon began to grow very tiresome,
however. Roy -strolled toward the rear ,
of the cave. Stooping; he -picked up a
fragment of stone and flung' tt-care.-lessly
toward the wall. To hi great
surprise, the -stone. Instead of rebound
ing, seemed to have gone right through
the wait Roy walked quickly toward
the spot at which he had aimed. Here
; he found, by lighting a match, which
lit -up the dark, gloomy: walls, that a
tiny round door seemed to have been
let ilhto the rock. It must have rotted
because of great age. Inasmuch as the?
stone had crashed through 1 so read
ily ' ' '" '- -.
' "Come on: Wf see what this place
Is'" cried he, cxcltedlyJo Ills cousin.
With a large rock he succeeded Itv bat
tering In th rest of the door, effecting
a large enough entrance. From ;
brought the flsh to where John, witU
a dexterous swegp of the net, had
the flsh safely caught
"Two flsh! Two flsh!" grunted John.
"By George, uncle, I've got a trout
on each of the flies!" shouted Ronald,
leaplnsr up and down In Joy.
"Well done, my boy!" said Uncle
Hubert, congratulating him on the size
of the flsh, each of which weighed
quite as much as that captured by the
man.
They now made a portage of the
canoe some little distance upstream,
where, In more sheltered water, Ron
ald fished from the canoe, balancing
himself In a way that brought a compli
ment even from the taciturn John. Here
the boy was again successful, and land
ed another speckled trout
Luncheon was eaten ashore. After
ward Uncle Hubert and Ronald went
to Inspect a waterfall about a mile
to the north.
While they were examining It Ronald
suddenly cried:
"Look at that flsh trying to leap the
falls,- uncle!"
A SALMON'S VAIN ATTEMPTS
They watched the big fellow try re
peatedly to scale the wall of water.
Vaulting into the air, with twisting of
fins and tail he vainly endeavored to
clear the barrier.
"It must be a salmon, come all the
way up from the sea," explained Uncle
Hubert. "They travel great distances
from the estuaries, stopping only when
some falls such as this, or a lumber
man's dam. Impedes progress. You
know, they can't leap over a cataract ,
or falls more than eight feet In height.
"But come, I fear we shall have to be
starting fop Camp Howling Wolf if we
want to have supper In good time. And
the fish should be cleaned and cooked
as soon after' they're caught as pos
sible." With the three trout Ronald had taken
keeping company with the five landed
bv Uncle Hubert. Ronald felt that the -.
wicker basket slung over his shoulder
representee a nne day s sport.
(CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY,)
apartment beyond tbem came such a
rush of evil-smelling gas that the boy
and pirl wei-M almost overcome. Roy
wisely took some paper from the lunch
. basket, and, after lighting if, tossed it
into the secret chamber.
s When it was sfe for them to venture
in, they crawled through the littlo door,
finding themselves In a room apparently
cleft from thf solid rock, about eight
feet square a.)d aeven feet high.
AH at onca Roy discovered, by means
of l he lighted paper which he csriied,
an old chest in one corner. It was a
matter of only a few moments for him
to drag It out through the door into tho
main cave Again the large rock was
utilised to break In the Ud. Although
rather difficult this wae at last accom
plished. , : ;- L 0
Then, exposed to the eyes of the as
tonished boy and girl were alt manner
of rich silks and fabrics, carefully bun
died and wrapped, in-oiled silks.
- Delighted with their discovery, they
took some of the goods, putting the
chest back -where they had found It,
and started for home, now that It had
stopped raining. ,
; "I'll bet the things were left by smug
glers!" 'declared Roy. And so said the
, guardsmen when Hpv showed them the
samples of the goods contained in the'
cjiest and reported where the rest-of the
goods were. " ,
Of course, the chest of silks was con-
' flscated by ' the government, but Roy
and Emma foil more thsn repaid hy
; their adventure and - bv- the tcompll-
wenta ef the coast guardsmen. . .
HSalfl
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