Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-09-10

st,Why, how spleniidS l never knew
You eould' make pets of them y ex-
claimed. "And here yon sit these pleas
ant days getting the very heart ofthc sum.
mer into your head, while Belle and rush
from place to place, and get dizzy and
tired, and don know what we are about"
"Oh moi" she said, smiling. "Just
think how much yOuscan get from every
place yod go to. | went on q Journey once
to the mountains, and | remember every
tree and cloud and the very roads we
went ", aud the people we met, such diff
ierent aoharactersi | felt rich when l
came home with so much put safely away
in my life to think Of"
NYou're regular bee yourself" said,
as watched some Of the little winged
things flying home with the honey they
had gathered far away.
My flights were almost always like
Dots, them" she said; and her contented
look struck me more forcibly than ever.
He always goes to the nearest flowers.
But honey ishoney wherever we get itn
And this is one of Bellies gray people |
thought, with no sparkle, nothing in her
character to take hold of. why, She is as
GOOD reading as one of Auerbach's ro-
manceSi
,TfMy headache is all goneS said, at
is great deal nicer to be sitting here by
the bee-hives than riding under the hot
sun with Belle and Mr.. Brooks. l don't
like gentlemen very well; do you?
think love makes three-quarters of-all the
trouble there is"
"Why, no; l think love is the most
beautiful thing in life ~ she said, earnestly I;
but at the same time the color rose in her
face, and she looked slightly uneasy.
u ,Nf .,l1 f,,,a lp'I trr1,t
again and she sits here thinking love the
most beautiful thing in lifcl
While we were talking the hum and
buzz of the bees increased rapidly, and
there seemed to be a perfect cloud of
them issuing from. one oflthe hives and
lowering over it. Some of them flew so
near their wings almost brushed my cheek,
and I started .H'.i taI -l5-E.
"They're swarming" said Sarah, in a
low, excited voice. 'Don't move quick
or act frightened; they won't hurt you.
Oh, hope they will settle in our own yard
somewhere. Last summer one swarm
went a mile off"
There was a clatter of horses hoofs
down the road. d.
"There arc Belle and Mr. Brooks" ex-
claimed
Sarah had risen and stood with one hand
resting on a low limb of the apple tree,
while she looked first at the bees and then
at Belle in her pretty blue habit springing
to the ground.
Belle saw us, and came running round the
house with her little whip in her hand,
while Mr.. Brooks fastened the horses.
ooh, we had such a splendid ride !" she
exclaimed. "But, mercy, how these bees
act Do come away; you'll be stung."
Rnl1
| il you keep STILL" said Sarah. Weren't
you pleased with the cliff? II is so fine in
summer, with the laurels and rhododen.
drons all in bloom"
"Bees swarming, eh?" asked Mr..
Brooks, joining u.s. "pll hive them for
you, if they settle soon, Sarah"
ooh, thank you," she said; 81 was just
going to blow the horn for James; he is
down in the meadoW-lot. But if you will
dobit, Hugh,yo had better ask mother
right away for the glovcs."E ~
The flying and buzzing grew SO formid.
able that was alarmed they seemed to
darken the very air before my eyes
60 away, you wretchr cried Belle
striking with her whip; ooh, oh! I'm
stung! oh, they are killing me"
"Sarah, Sarahp screamed Aunt EN-
from the window; "don't you stir hand
!
Belle, run in here as fast as you can, and
I'll put some saleratus water on those
stings."
Poor Belle had been stung twice on her
lip. I she was crying, and did not know
which way to turn, till Mr.. Brooks led her
into the house.
was trembling all over, for the bees
were on every side of me, flying toward
Sarah, and there was already quite large
black bunch of them clinging to her
sleeve, as her arm rested on the apple
bough
q "Pm sorry,t she said, softly, "but you
had better not Stir away yet, or it may dis
turb them, and you will get stung but as
long as you keep perfectly still they won't
harm you"
EsSoT stood, and thought Of Joan of Arc,
and Pocaliontas, aud all the iheroines l
could remember, to keep myself from
fainting on the spot Mr.. Brooks, with
his hands in great buckskin gloves, was
waiting little way off with one of the
! new bee-hives all ready. r-,-s-r--,
E at is fortunate have ON this loose
Psacque," said Sarah, for can slip my
arm out of the sleeve so easily, when the
bees have done coming"
| looked at her in admiration, as she
lfpOsture,} resting on the bough, her eyes
bright with excitement, and her cheeks
the loveliest pink, her lips just little
| parted, and she without an atom of terror
almost tenderly watching her pretty brown
! beespS they crowded to her. -, Z, 80, Eg
u II seemed an age that we waited there,
| but at last the swarm had all settled, and
| Sarah confessed she was glad, for they
hung so heavy on her sleeve.
Is "plI take care of them nOw," said Hugh
| Brooks, and he looked at Sarah anXiOusly
"you must be all tired out dear Sarah
but if you can manage to slip your arm
out of the sleeve as 1 hold it, / think you
can get away safely"
| The words "dear Sarah struck me.
felt very much enlightened, and began tc
! move cautiously away, but | could moi
help hearing him say, as he bent toward
her, releasing her arm from the sleeve
something about her avoiding him for SO
Hong, qnd he certainly asked herPopething
about bye, and Hheafdhiml say @dArling
house, and she hooked radiantiy happy. L
he was Corydon She was Phyllis-evident
| ly no one else
In the kitchen sat poor Belle, her lips
swollen, and her eyes red with tears o.
vexation. But Aunt En- was bathing the
poor linstwith her famous5sale water
and theEpain was ute Soneknow, Belle
said. The swelling began to disappear
too, so her spirits revived, and we sat to
gether by the window watching Hugh
Brooks hive the bees, with Sarah at hi'
side.
~ seemed to take them long while
ana when all was done, instead of coming
hintO-t tha- -hauss- they Wandered slowly away
down the lane.
1At0kiWaitJ Jor me- called out BeIle; 81
want u gotoAwalk toO9n q ] 10 4 /
Hush, hush !" aIswhispered, vehement
s5sa o asp s1d Ia &c GcoJS tst cb9H G
7 yp M NJ starSaA Aaf fUe, me, ss7iis,m sH'I'
ir Sts as ny 5rgab
ia1i heEildsrmant : Mr. Brooks a anC
\ Sarah ifnk s14tiod-ar t7ur y3HuH
= Inodded, and there was silence for 1
kfew moments aTuu = t7su1i llW lsiE
sy@AV'fiata a Httlelgoose have Beenl" eI
| claimed Belle at last with a merry latinh