We lumbermen should stand together and not make it hard
for each other. For instance, your scale of wages is totally
disproportionate to the present high cost of manufacture and the
mediocre market; yet just because you pay it, you set a precedent
which we are all forced to follow. However," he concluded, "let's not
talk shop. I imagine we have enough of that during the day. Besides,
here are the cocktails."
With the disposal of the cocktails, the conversation drifted into a
discussion of Shirley's adventures with a salmon in Big Lagoon. The
Colonel discoursed learnedly on the superior sport of muskellunge-
fishing, which prompted Bryce to enter into a description of going
after swordfish among the islands of the Santa Barbara channel.
"Trout-fishing when the fish gets into white water is good sport;
salmon-fishing is fine, and the steel-head in Eel River are hard to
beat; muskellunge are a delight, and tarpon are not so bad if you're
looking for thrills; but for genuine inspiration give me a sixteen-
foot swordfish that will leap out of the water from three to six
feet, and do it three or four hundred times--all on a line and rod so
light one dares not state the exact weight if he values his
reputation for veracity. Once I was fishing at San--"
The butler appeared in the doorway and bowed to Shirley, at the time
announcing that dinner was served.
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