The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-30
JUVENILE COLUMN.
THE DISCONTINUED BEL

There was a terrible commOtion in the
beehive. The sentinels at tho doorway
ceased to fan with their wiDgs, that they
might listen the drones murmured with
hoarse voice. the bees ran In and out IN
great confusion the work all stopped in
the honey kingdom. What was the natterf
After . great deal Of noise and clamOr it
was discovered that the bees had crimi-
nal before the Queen, to know what thoy
should do with her. Tho queen turned
around ;lowy and. and nsje;sssaiiJ As queens
/" What 10 the matter Why have you
brought this young bee before me- I"
"Please, your majesty, abe won't work"
"WOn't work A bse WON'T work I"
"No, your majesty; and she 10 not only
idle, but all the time complaining and find
ing fault with rybody and every thirg,
and thus she makes the whole hive unhap-
"Hebe, 10 this sol What have you to
sayi"
f" I'm the most unfortunate OF all your sub
jects. The fact is, I'm not handsome. Ny
face is snall, and one Of my eyes seems to
squint, and though I'm an italian bee, yet
my dress is not gold, but has dim leaden
look, and my feet are large, my arms arc
hairy, aud my ears are to big. In short,
Pm so plain that nobody ever notices me,
and I have no admirers, and actually
heard gentleman say, 'How homeiy Heoe
growsp Those who are pretty, and have
admirers, can afford to work but to me
there is nothisg but chagrin and grief"
"Fool;sh one! !" cried tho queen. "Now
hear your sentence. You will, hope,
have long lite, even nine moons long.
You have already wasted four bright days
condemn you to rise at early dawn, to go
out and wash your face in the dew that
gathers in the clematis. Thep you are to
20 from flower to flower, and bring in
honey sufficient to feed ten young bees. 1t
will take-you but twenty-five journeys
every day, and require the honey Of one
hundred flowers each journey"
go, dear :" cried Hebe, "to think of suck.
ing twenty five hundred flowers each day."
"Yes, and you must nurse ten young
bees, and thus mature one every day ON an
average, and you must do thla during
three moons. This is my sentence, and you
are not to appear before me tiil at the END
of that period"
The queen turned away, and the sister
bees led poor Hebe to the door of the hive,
and pushed her out. At first she was be-
wildered and cast down. But the sun
shone bright, and the birds sang, and the
dir was filed with her sisters coming and
going, flying and singing.
So she spread her wings, and away abe
won't, over fences and trees, till she found
patch of white clover. Then she came
down, and to her amazement found it easy
to work. In short time she had drawn
from the hundred clover heads, and then
went straight to her hive. In she came
singing, and began to feed her young
charge. Aud then off again-morning,
noon and night, she was coming and going.
Her young bees loved her, and sang with
her, and went On in company a. last "a
grown. Sometimes she bathed in the dewa
Of the eglautire or sweet jesamine; some
times che swung on the raspberry blossom,
Iii nd JnnA nj,
the crest of the mountain upon the linden,
or the locust, or OF q lofty tulip tree, or
rushed into the woods fragrant with tho
honeysuckle.
But every day she grew happier. Her
songs were now cheerful and loud. She
laughed at her former dread OF work, and
what was curious, just in proportion as she
worked, she grow handsomer! The bands
that encircled her body grew wide and
bright, like leaves of silver. Her eye
grew bright, aud lost its squint, if it ever
had any. Her feet, kept clean by the
In short, there was not q happier or more
beautiful bee in the whole hive. Then the
lazy drones bowed and hummed admira-
ton as she passed. At the end OF her sen
tence she stood once more before the
queen, "Hebe the beautiful" as she was
then called.
"Ah !" said the queen, 'T sec how it 10.
1t is u law of God that she who is willing
to do good to others shall be happy and
grow beautiful by the process. Beauty
casts her mantle on the industrious and
good.
THE USEFUL LITTLE ROCKING CHAIR
"Well," said a straight backed, straight
legged chair to q cosey little rocking chair
by whose side it CHANGED to bs placed, "be-
fore would DO such drudge as you are,
1 would be q stool, or, if possible, some
thing still more insignifcane. People are
not content with making you nurse every
person, be they big or little, but you must
also be continually rocking them to and
fro"
ITO be sure" answered the little rock
ing-chair pleasantly 81 am always busy
and on the go, for the qualification of 9th
ers; but thereby have L won for myself
many friends, and appear to be a great
favorite with ALL This we'll repays me fol-
my trouble"
And SO it is with persons; those who
cheerfully and willingly do for others are
the ones who gain for themselves many
| friends.
I FIRST ATTEMPTs.-"It will do" is a very
bad saying. What costs little labor seldom
Aasarvaa rnnch Draise If we acnnire tbs