The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-02-10

= l Was Waiting gentleman vhe lived
! the vicinity oiLos AnEelcs The nornis
!. vas beautiful The splash Of The It'll
= eascadss shos, The grounds, ,hs buss I
!. bees and the gentle moving oiths foiiss
!. q tho pepper trees il the scarcely Ter
eeptibls ocean hresse made NJ picsur
. which | thossht was eonplsie, ], va
not male wandered on the ssens
The scene, thought, could have 60
along without hin. He tool difIeren
view.
OF course mules are not allowed on th'
grounds That. Is what he know. Ths
was his reason for being thsrss
Recognised him. Had met him. Hi
lower lip hung down. He looked dissuss
Cd. II seemed he didpt like being ,
mule
A day or two before, while was trying
TO pick mp little child Who had gss scc
near this mules heels. he kicked me two
or three times before / could toll from
which way was hit. Imight.hsvs avoid
cd some Of the kicking. but il my con.
fusion began 70 kick Il the mule. !
didA't kick him long He out numbered
me.
He brovssd along on ths choice shrub
berry. forgot the beauty OF The morning
Remembered black and blue spst on
my right leg. II looked like the print Of
mules hoof There Vas another on my
right hip Where my suspendes crossed
were two more. a have been isformcd
They vsre side by side-twia blse
spots, land seemed 10 be about ths same
age ! thought Of revenge. l didn't
want 70 kick with him any moro. No.
But thought, il had him tied down good
and fast. 90 he could not move his heels,
how like sweet incense II would be TO first
saw his ears and tail smooth Of. then put
out his eyes with red hot poker. Thea
skin him alive. then ran him through
threshing machine
While was thus sinking and getting
madder and maddsr. the mule, which had
wandered up close to large bee hive. got
stuns. His eyes lighted up. As il that was
Just what hs was looking for. He turned
on tho bee hive and took aim. He fired
In ten seconds the only piece Of bee hive
could SEQ was about the size man focls
whom he has told a joke that falls on the
company like piece Of sad news. This
piece was in the air. 1t was being kicked
at.
The bees swarmcd. They swarmed
good deal. They lii on that mule earnest
ly. After he had kicked the last bit OF
bee hive so high that he could not reach
it any more he stopped for an instant.
He seemed trying to ascertain whether
the ten thousand bees which were sting
ing him meant il. They did.
The mule turned loose. never saw
anything to equal it. He was snveloped
in dense fog OF sarns,sness and stings.
The more. he kicked the higher he arose
from tho ground. / may havo been mis-
taken, for / was somewhat excited and
very much delighted, but that mule SEEM
ed TO rise as high as tho tops Of the pop
per trees. The pepper trees were twenty
feet high. He would open and shut him.
self like frog swimming. Sometimes,
when he was in mid air, he looked as
though he was flying and ! would think
for moment he was about TO become an |
angel Only for moment. There arc
probably no mule angels.
When he had got up TO the tops Of the
pepper trees / was called to breakfast.
/ told them didn't want any breakfast,
The mule continued TO be busy.
When mule kicks himself clear Of the
earth, his heels seem TO reach forward and
his hind log, backward sntil tho mule
Strengthened ont into line OF mule par.
allel with tho cart snl fifteen or twonty
feet thcrefron. This mules hind logs,
however, were not only r-i,ed into line
with his back, but they woald come over
until the bottom OF the hoofs almost
touched his ears.
The mule proceeded ~ II he desired TO
hurry through.
/ had no idea how many bees hive
would hold sntil saw that bee hive
cmpted on that mule. They covered hil-
20 completely that could not SEQ any Of
him but the glare OF his eyes. ! could
see from the expression Of his eyes that
he didn't liko the way things were going
The mule still went on in An absorbed
kind Of a way.
Not Only was every bee Of the disturbed
hive on duty, but think the news had
been conveyed to nsighboring hives that
war had been declared. coald 500 bees
and their moving on each othsr combined
in a sccthing hiss.
When he had kicked for an hour he
began to fall short Of the tops Of the pop
per trees. He was settling down closer 10
the earth. Numbers we're telling on him.
He looked distressed. lie had always
been used TO kicking against something,
but found now that he was striking tho air.
1t wa. very exhausting.
Ho finally got 50 be did not raise clear
of the graund, but continued 70 kick with
both feet for An hosr; first with
ono foot and then the other for another
half an hour; thon with his right foot only
every few minutes. the intervals growing
onger and longer, until he finally was
still. His head dropped, his lip hung
Iower and lower The bees stung on.
BE looked as II be thought that mean,
shsaking advantage had been taken ofhim.