A FISH STORY 
 
 (In four parts) 
 Part I. 
 
 *1. “In the Trough of the Sea” 
 
 2. “The Sea Nymph” 
 
 3. “The Enchanted Mermaids, Fishes and Nymphs” 
 
 4. “The Hurricane” 
 
 The running figures (groups of five) repre- 
 sent the waves, the boat is rocking to and fro, 
 while the fisherman is singing his song. 
 
 He is eagerly waiting for a bite, presently 
 there is a nibble, and then a big bite; the bob- 
 bin on the line goes down, and the fisher- 
 man pulls in a fish. There are other bobbins 
 bobbing up and down, and more bites. He 
 soon commences to sing again, while the boat 
 rocks on, when suddenly his anchor breaks, 
 and the boat floats away. In his excitement 
 he drops his fishpoles, and his fish gasping, 
 expires. 
 
 Price 50 cents 
 
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 E. E. HARDER, 175 W. Washington St., Chicago, 111. 
 
 LYON & HEALY CO: CHICAGO CARL FISCHER: NEW YORK 
 
 
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 A Fish Story. 
 
 Part I. 
 
 “in the Trough of the Sea,” 
 
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 And hours and hours I lay and wept, 
 
 
 
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 A body, that had been shipwrecked. 
 
 
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 And here within a lonely hut, 
 
 
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 A Hermit dwelt two score and ten, 
 
 
 
 
 Who through misfortune comfort sought. 
 
 
 
 His silent language told a tale, 
 
 
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 As he crept upon the shore, 
 
 
 
 Beheld his aged mother, 
 
 
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 His sobs were lost, in the wild winds wail. 
 
 
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 Louder and louder howled the winds 
 
 
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 That soon became a hurricane 
 
 
 
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 Leaving no tale from whence they came. 
 
 
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