The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-13
THE BUSY BEE.
A SIR ANeE ADvENTuR + Tn = T II = I'tfssS-
ED AT A PICNIC.

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An exchange has an article headed
bees and their Work for Man. The
heading reminds us, writes milwaukee,
reporter. of man that bee worked for
last summer 1t was out at the Soldiers
Home. There was picnic and dance
and lunch, and everything, on the grass
Among the gentlemen present was MT
Severance. He was around the crowd,
seeing that everybody was happy, and
when lunch time came he found himself
seated on the green grass, with white
pants on in party OF ladies, some OF
whom he didn't know from Eve.
1t is alleged that General Hicks, the
governor of the Home, is deSiTous of
breaking up this picnic business, and to
this end he caused the Commissioner OF
Agriculture to send him a quantity OF
the sassiest bees known to science, regu-
lar Sitting Bull bees. that are repeaters,
and know no such word as fall to Work
the stinging untensil. This may not be
true, but anyway, bees have been turned
into the Home ground to pasture, ana
thouph General Hicks may be innocent,
he is responsible
Well Severance was sitting on the
ground dissecting a sandwich and won-
/ derinp what was in the bottle that was
| looking over the edge of a basket, when
suddenly he felt something crawling UP
! the inside of his trowsers. He Is not as
/ denonstra ratiyesas some. but he noticed 1t,
/ and as he looked at the strange woman
opposite his mind wandered to ms trow-
sers leg. and the expression on hls lace
| was one of anxiety. He was calm TO all
outward appearance, but within hin
there was a vague longing TO Know ehe
nature of the beast. 1t kept. crawling
up. .,s,s
Severance is not wealthy, but he would
have given his note if he could have
known the species of bug that was going
mn him with so deliberate and business
like tread. He knew Hwasne netzan ant
because it was not small enough for that,
and il WAS not large enough for hen,
though when it stopped and scratched
with its hind feet he thought 1t resen
bled hen.
His thoughts seemed far away, and
when the lady asked him what time IT
was. he said from the feeling be shonld
think it was about three inchesbelox the
knee He alluded to the bug, of course.
She blushed and stified her emotions
with a pickle. Mr. Severance was be
coming nervous. He wouldn' begrudge
J a moor bug the right of way along ms
skin. but when it went so far his man
hood was aroused. He thought Here
/ am allowing an insect to trifle with my
feelings and speilmy days enjoyment
will rebel.o
He laid down a sandwich that he ha6
lust bit camel's track out of, and smIl
ed. He did not feel like smiling, but h'
thought he would at something that was
said. and slap his knee at the same time
as though tickled, and thus kill the bug
and no one in the party would know any
thing about it.
One of the women said something Gun
ming. lust as the insect was going UP sex
erance's thigh, by easy stages, and ID
broke out into laugh and slapped HI
leg. His face wreathed in a No. s smile
his lips were parted as though he was tn
happiest man in America ; but when hi
hand struck his hind leg he jumped u
about four feet and came down on
lemon pie. The smile froZe on his face
and his mouth remained open as thougl
he had the lockjaw. lie felt as thoug
bar of railroad iron had been she
through his leg out of a cannon. Th
women looked at him scared, the strang
woman particularly whispering to CON
panion that he was evidently in the las
stages.
He was about to excuse himself TO G
and see a man, when the strange woma
:, also jumped up, grabbed her skirts, an
). shook them, ran around a tree and sal
'.get out, - started across the road on.
run, and went up to one of the house.
1t is supposable case that there wa
just enough bees for two.
When she went away Severance WEI
up behind the cook house and invest
gated the matter and Tom William
said he kicked something into the groun
with his boot heel and jumped ON it eigl
or nine times. During the dance tn;
occurred in the afternoon there was OF
violin player that played with great an
nation, and strange woman danced +;
though she WAS hired to.