The Evening After My Splendid Catch, General Stanley Said
That He Would Like To Have Mrs. Ord And Me Go
With him up the stream
several miles, and asked if I would be willing to give Mrs. Ord the
stream,
As she had never used a fly, adding that she seemed a little
piqued because I had caught such fine fish. I said at once that I
would be delighted to give her the lead, although I knew, of course,
that whoever goes second in a trout stream has very poor sport. But
the request was a compliment, and besides, I had caught enough fish
for a while.
The next day we made preparations, and early on the morning of the
second we started. The department commander had gone to Omaha on
official business, so he was not with us, and Faye did not go; but the
rest of the party went twelve miles and then established a little camp
for the day, and there we left them. Mrs. Ord and I and General
Stanley, with a driver, got on a buckboard drawn by two mules, and
went five miles farther up the stream, until, in fact, it was
impossible for even a buckboard to go along the rocky trail. There we
were expected to take the stream, and as soon as we left the wagon,
Mrs. Ord and I retired to some bushes to prepare for the water. I had
taken the "tuck" in my outing skirt, so there was not much for me to
do; but Mrs. Ord pulled up and pinned up her serge skirt in a way that
would have brought a small fortune to a cartoonist.
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