The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-07-01

tOO pfuuent 10 rush 10 the rescue and
the old man thus left to fight his own
battle, fought until the bees "sheathed
their swords through lack of argu.
ment."
81 ought to take limb and whale
you" said the old gentleman, smooth
ing out his i'll used hat. "Didn't you
know better than to bring the
devilish things here?"
81 wasn't trying to bring the bees,
the boy replied. 81 was trying to bring
myself"
After an application of whisky and
tobacco, effective remedies for such
ills, the old man said:
"Wall, its proved one thing: That
yer ken travel faster than creep. 1t
was the first time that / ever seed yer
strike er trot. There must be some
thin in you. Jingo, how my jaw
hurts Have you got any books?'
eyes. sir"
"Wall, gather 'em up aud in the
mornin' you may hull out to school.
A boy that's as peart as you are ought
to be eddycated."
The next day Abe arose early.
His father was surprised to see him
cheat the sun" for. as the old gentle.
man afterwards declared, 81 ulster
have to pull him out of bed every
mornin'."
When Abe arrived at the school
house, where a learned bow-legged
man smoked a clay pipe and he put
"hlm" in the nominative case, the
pupils threw up their sun-bonnets and
hats, and shouted, "Ho, here comes
lazy Abe Hurdle"
In disappointment of all expecta-
ton, Abe did not NOPE around the
grounds, but played with a vigor
which astOnished every one including
the learned bow-legged man who
often INDUCED in the false participle
of "having went" In the school
room the boy devoted himself to his
books, as though he had lost much of
his laziness, yet he was still too lazy
to relinquish his mental hold on any
thing he once learned. He became
favorite, and the learned bow-legged
man, who sometimes allowed singular
verb to follow two nouns, one day
said to Abe's father:
That boy is going to make his
mark. He is quiet beyond me already,
and l would advise you to send him
to town.
[ amt got the money.
Why, my dear sir, you have quite
a large farm here. You regard your
self as being poor, when in reality
you are quite well fixed. If you
haven't the ready money, sell part
of your land.
I'll be hanged if l don't do it. The
boy is so peart now that l can't de
too much for him.
Abe was delighted with the idea
of attending a large school. He
promised his father that If he felt the
old feeling coming back on him he
would find humble bee and sting
himself.
At the large school,. by leniency
called a college, Abe retained his
stubborn hold on every fact which
came into his possession. He entered
the law class and devoted himself to
the sheepskin books. He graduated
with honors, returned home and esta-
blished law Office in the neighboring
village.
Years have passed since then. In
the old farmhouse garden there are
two graves, side by side. Little
children spell the words on the large
stones, and at evening, a noted con-
gresham and his matronly wife sit
under the great elm that shades the
grass-grown mounds. In lite field
hard by, where every year the corn
blades wave in lazy whisper. stands
stone, bearing this inscriptian:
This is the spot, where years ago.
bumble-bees came from an old stump
and nominated a candidate for con-
gress.