Part 3 (1/2)
The luncheon, tackle, and sweaters had been put into a canoe, which Tony and Manuel raised to their shoulders as if it were a feather
”There is a punt over at Owl that we can use, so we shall need only one canoe,” explained Manuel as he strode along
The carry was not a rough one, but to Theo, accustoh indeed He was continually stepping into holes or cliood walker, the pace the guides set made him pant Even Dr Sas forced to confess that he was out of breath and was obliged now and then to stop and rest Mr Croyden, on the contrary, swung along the narrow trail with the ease of an Indian
”You will get into trily to Theo ”I et limbered up”
When, however, Owl Lake finally caot their fatigue
There stretched the tiny sheet of water, a ge blue whose cal its in
The punt and canoe were launched, the tackle unpacked, and amid a silence broken only by the dip of oar and paddle the fishermen drifted out into the stillness
Ah, it was a day never to be forgotten! Certainly Theo would never forget it, for it was during the first half-hour of this Arabian Night's dream that he proudly landed a beautiful lake trout, the first one he had ever caught
Fro at his line until his catch was safely in the bottom of the boat his excitement was tremendous How the little creature pulled! How it swept aith the bait into deep water! With Manuel, Dr Swift, Tony, and Mr Croyden all coaching him, and almost as frenzied as he, poor Theo hardly knehere he was But he obeyed the insistent command of: ”_Play him! Play him!_”
and play him he did Even with the captive's final leap into the air the trout did not succeed in freeing itself fro his prize well away froht not slacken Theo at last reeled in his victiasped when the feat was accomplished
The second tih and the fish had ceased to bite he landed five beauties
In the meantime both his father and Mr Croyden had been so absorbed in watching his pleasure that they had al land-loch struck that the Doctor re When finally a lull in the sport came and the party pulled up-streaood-sized trout in Mr Croyden's basket and asat the upper end of the lake, and the building of the fire Dry as taken fro before the cae flat stones, the fire was kindled It was a s ready They produced a s in it before you could say Jack Robinson Then they unpacked the haht forth tin plates, knives, and forks
How good the reat slices of bread-and-butter, with layers of creamy cheese between them, see coffee and thin slices of crisp bacon food for the Gods As for the trout--particularly the big one Theo hi!
After lunch was done the fishermen were loth to leave the sunny shelter of the cabin
Dr Swift and Mr Croyden lounged on the door-sill, while Theo skipped stones in the water until his arm was tired Then exhausted by his exertions he sank wearily down on a stump near the lean-to and reood time, Mr Croyden, to tell us some more about Greek pottery?”
”Greek pottery? Bless otten all about that”
”So I had when I was fishi+ng,” confessed Theo honestly ”But I have rester,” laughed Mr Croyden ”Well, letthe Greeks They lazed, of course, because at that tilaze pottery The first kind was a pottery of red clay on which were placed decorations of black pigures in red, afterward filling in the background around them with black These two varieties of ware are briefly known as black on red, and red on black The black portion of this pottery possessed a wonderful polish which cament mixed with the clay; the red part, on the contrary, had no lustre, evidently being smoothed and polished with some hard tool after the vase was finished These vases were very beautiful in for alike Each was made by an individual artist who pleased hiracefully draped figures hich he decorated it The famous Francois vase at Florence is a marvelous example of this sixth century workmanshi+p; every inch of its closely adorned surface is covered with carefully drawn figures in black, white, and purple This particular piece was probably made by two Athenian artists, as it shoo distinct types of work Think how fortunate we are to have had it coh the tuhtfully into the fire
”You know that at the time these exquisite vases wereitself to the fashi+oning of beautiful things Sculptors were carving wonderful statues, toiling eagerly tosuch buildings as the world has never since seen; and in the centre of Athens a district was reserved which was entirely occupied by the shops of potters and painters and known as the _ceramicus_ It is from this ancient word that our present day ter of pottery the artists worked, each one reverently bending his energy to give to the world a thing which should be as nearly perfect in form and decoration as he could make it Thousands of vases went out,Greeks; many into the temples; and many into Athenian tombs; for the people of this nation always loyally honored their dead In addition to these vases there were smaller articles--perfume bottles, jars for wine or water, utensils used at cereiven as a prize at the great Greek festivals, and the progenitor of the silver cupsgive the winners in athletic games This latter type of vase had two handles and frequently its base was tapered to a point in order that it ht rest in a tripod, or be thrust into the earth At the Louvre in Paris there is a very famous Greek amphora which I hope you will see soerly