Life — November 7, 1907 — page 45: what you’re looking at

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golfer, layer € said ogetice 3 tit to ar- 1 ver: ap too Fishing in a Fog ECRETARY TAFT and Justice Harlan, of the Supreme Court, while recently playing golf Murray Bay links, near Mr. Taft’s summer were approached by a photographer, who sted them to sit for a picture together. Justice | removing his cap, disclosed a thoughtful | idedly shiny dome. You want to look out, Judge,” said Mr. Taft; 1'll fog the plate.” peaking of fogs,” said the Justice, “reminds me of the game of golf I once played at Chevy Chase Jinks. It was a thick, muggy, murky morning, with a lieavy fog rolling in impenetrable banks across the lava. I drove off straight into one of these opaque Having a general sense of the direction the the way, it was headed toward the desired green—I walked on and on, probably one hundred and fifty yards or more. At last I came up to my little negro caddy. *Where’s my ball?? I asked. “oh de Lawd, Massa Harlan, hit done gone in he exclaimed. concluded the Justice, with a twinkle in clouds. ball had taken—b here was an ominous silence, broken at last by cretary Taft clearing his throat and beginning: Your remarkable performance in this fog, Judge, rerminds me of something that occurred to me one not on the golf links, but with a hook and line, ‘The story has been told and retold in many parts of this prosperous and veracious country, but I was the original fisherman to whom the follow- cident happened : my favorite fishing-place is some ind a half miles from here on the river, and my avorite hour for this sport is before sunrise. I therefore, one night, had all arrangements made, a se and buggy ready, and left acall to be awakened ».30 o'clock the next morning. On getting up I found the whole countryside enveloped in a thick ay fog, but as I was familiar with every foot of T drove ahead undaunted. At four o'clock I concluded I had reached my destination; in fact, I recognized dimly an old tree in the neighborhood. little closer to the bank, baited my hook gon seat out into the I drove up J cast blindly from my y over the river. Luck was with me from the start. I yanked in big five-pound bass inside of two minutes. Tn her minute I had—believe me, Judge—landed fine trout. Next came a bouncing salmon. After that, the fishing, as they say in pugilistic circles, was and furious. In less than two hours I had »pletely filled my buggy with the most remark- fe catch of my life. he Justice sat bac Hut that is not all,” concluded Mr. Taft. “At nrise the fog lifted and cleared. I found that I was over half a mile from the river, and had been fishing in the fog all the time." —New York Times. Susie Had Listened LITTLE girl of four or five was quietly playing on the porch one afternoon, while her father and one of his friends were enjoying a smoke and a chat on political matters. 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