The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-04
Hom Immr Brown riudIed v.

N~ hAeHAAhF va" ~
lot oiidols, tho We before. ~ -
tnre was all about wlsps and beetles "a
such, and the lecturer had a magic laSl
tern and a microscope, and everything
that was adapted to improve and yitriiy
the infant mind, as oaI minister said
when he introduced him. believe the
lecturer was a wicked, bad man, who
came to our place On purpose 10 got
me into tronble. Else why did he urge
the boys to study wasrs, and tell us how
to collect wasps' nests without getting
stungS The grown mp people thought
1t was all right however, aud Mr.. Ira
verse said 10 me, "lis,en 10 what the
gentleman says, Jimmy and improve
your mind with wasps."
Well, l thought l would do as | was
told, especially as / knew Of 2 tremendous
big wasps' nest under the caves Of our
barn. l got a ladder and a lantern the
very night after the lecture, and pre-.
pared to study wesps. The leclu or
said that tho way TO do was to wait TIL
The wasps go TO bed, and then TO creep up
to their nest with a piece of thin paper
all covered with wet mucilRge, and TO
clasp it right over the door of the nest.
Vi course the wasps can't get ont when
they wake up in the morning, and you
can take the nest and hang it up in your
room and after two or three lays, when
you open the nest end let the wasps out,
and feed them with powdered sugar,
they'll be so tame and grateful that
theI never think of singing you, and
you a study them all day long and
learn lots OF usefll lessons. Now Is it
probable that any real good man would
put up a boy to any such nonsense as
this? Its my belief that the lecturer
was hired by somebody TO come and
entice all our boys to get themselves
stung.
as was saying, | got a ladder and a
lantern, and q piece of paper covered
with mucilage, and after dark ] climbed
up to the wasps' nest, and stopped up
the door, and then brought the nest
down In my hand. | was going to carry
1t up to my room. but just then mother
called me 80 / put the nest under the
seat Of our carriage, and went into the
house, where l was put to bed having
taken the lantern out to the barn /; and
the next morning l forgot all about the
nest.
forgot it because | was invited togo
on a picnic with Mr.. Trayers and nv
sister Sue and a whole lot of people,
and any fellow would have forgot il if
he lad been in my place. Mr. Traverse
borrowed fathers carriage, and he and
Sue were to sit on the back seat, and
Mr.. Traver's aunt, who is pretty old and
cross, was to sit on the front seat with
DR.. Jones, the new minister, and | was
to sit with the driver. We all started
about nine o'clock, and a big basket of
provisions was crowded into the car
riage between everybody's feet.
We hadn't gone mornamile when
MIR. Travers cries out my good gra-
cious Sue, I've run an awful pin into
my leg. Why cant you girls be more
careful about pins ?" Sue replied that
she hadn't any pins where they could
run into anybody, and was going TO say
something more, when she screamed as
if she vas killed, and began to Juno
up and down and shake herself. Just
then DIR. Jones jumped about two feet
straight into the air, and said, "Oh, my?"
and Miss Travers took to screaming,
''Firel murder! helpl" and slapping
herself in a way that was quite awful.
L began to think they were all going
crazy, when all Of q sudden I remem.
bered the wasps' nest.
Somehow the wasps had got out of
the nest and were exploring all over the
carriage. The driver stopped the
horses to see what was the matter, and
turned pale with fright when he saw
Dr.. Jones catch the basket of provisions
and throw it out of the carriage, and
then jump straight into it Then Mr..
Trayers and his aunt and Sue all came
flying out together, and were all mixed
up with DR.. Jones and the provisions
on the side of the road. They didn't
stop long, however, for the wasps we're
looking for them ; so they got up and
rushed for the river, and went into it as
ii they We're going to drown themselves
only it wasn't more than two feet
deep.
George he's the d~river-was begin
ming to ask, "Is thisyer some swimmin'
match that's goin' on !" when o wasp hit
him on the neck, and another hit me on
the cheek. We left that carriage in a
hurry, and ! never stopped till l got to
my room and rolled myself up in the
bedclothes. All the wasps followed
me, so that Mr.. Travers and Sue and
the rest of them were left in peace, and
might have gone to the picnic, only
they felt as ii they must come home for
.arnica, and, besides, the horses had run
away, though they were caught after
ward, and didn't break anything.
This was all because that lecturer adj
vised me to study wasps. l followed
his directions, and it wasn't my fault
that the wasps began to study MI.
Travers and his amt, and Sue and DR..
and me aud George. But father,
when he was told about it, said that my
was SUCH" and the only thing
that saved me was that my legs we're
stung all over, and father said he didn't
the heart to do any more TO them
with a switch.
A Just Tribute.