Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-16

Auc uvfuft " an MterVstiug study
alter ne y dead /, Tor one, want no in
tercourse with the swift-soaring WARBLER
commonly called the hornet, until | am
convinced that he . thoroughly deceased.
| can recall the time when family Of
hornets forced themselves into my 90
clety without waiting tor AZ INTRODUCE
uon. md \ don,t want y q occur again
The details OF the Amir are quite ipdell-
ply liked ~ my meu,orys archIves ]
shall never forget how i feels % be
pierced 70 the heart BY the red-hot
dagger OF the baldieaded hornet fuutli
mcmory's page Y obnterated, and the
congregation has passed around my De-
rnct remains, and rendered On honest
decision ~ 70 how 4 look 10 complete
ropose' 49,. y. \, X 80 q.
was but = sat-eyed. theuehtlal boy.
with faxen HAIR and Q tired east Of coun-
tenance ana | ordinarily moved about
with considerable elaboration, because
elaboration seemed to agree with the.
When was sent to fetch anything |
sort OF moandered, and IT met any
thing by the way that was alive, would
stop and throw a stone at it. That is
inc manner IN which my genius budded,
and drove the person who would send
me on errands to evaporation and pro-
family.
One beautiful summers day, when the
rcapcrs we're IN the field and the golden
gram was falling before the flashing
scythes, and the catbird was warbling
merrily in the hedges, and | resting, oh,
so restiully, under the tree that bore the
early harvest apples. a summons came
from inc commander-in-chief OF the de-
partment that a iricndiess boy bearing
my name should go down through the
orchard to inc ou6biing spring at the
loot OF the hill and fetch the harvesters
a brimming bucket OF water. | had not
meandered Tar when | saw beautiful
hornets nest upon low limb which
hung almost directly over my path. 1t
challenged my admiration for 1t was as
big as peach-basket and as SYMMETRY
cal as an old-hshloned jug.
l vast IN much OF hurry, so ] SGT
the bucket down and put my hands in
my pockets, and made careful and
critical observation. At the time there
was strong love OF natural history in
my ardent nature, and when saw some
thing that didn : iuiiy understand !
was prone to investigate. Now that
am older am not much that way.
noticed that there was m Old hornet
sitting ut tho nam door, and no wasn't
asleep. lie had black eyes and yellow
mustache, and he looked mad. tie was
the grand outer guard the exterior nue.
a-muc pro tom., or something OF that
sort, suppose.
had never before seen hornet with
such an impudent countenance, and
thought would just pick up stone
and mt him between the eyes, and then
run before ms friends and fellow-citizens
found out the cause OF the trouble. |
was an im,pulsive boy at times, and
ana not always stop to reason thing
out before | did II: Usually l caught
the conclusion suddenly by the slack OF
tho trousers, and then IL found that it
wasn't the conclusion wanted just let
IL Co.
There was a nice smooth stone lying
AZ my iec.. | picked 10 up, aud, with
all the vlgor OF youth and M impulslve
arm, | threw 1t straight at that old bald
headed doorkeeper.
L 40 not think that hit him. IL Is
my impression nc saw mo stoop down
Tor the stone and Immediately whlstled
Tor Tour millions oil his relations, who
were holding family reunion or ratiti-
cation meeting, or burbar, or something
inside tho nest 70 come out and help
me 60 away rem there
All that distinctly remembered about
tho occurrence is that something stabbed
me IN about nine hundred places at one
end ana inc same time' ana that | LETT
inc scene win considerable imPetuos!ty
longcd Tor some solitude In the midst
OF which couid collect my scattered
thoughts. ana l went IN search OF soli-
tude' but every hornet IN the congre-
CATION seemed determined to go with me
70 inc end. nad never before had
anything 80 much attached 70 me. The
warm desire OF those hornets TO remain
IN my society Tor an indefinite period
was Affecting 10 my young and tender
MIND
l went through tho harvest held so
last that the harvesters gos only a glimpse
OF my yellow hair as u flashed through
space ike irolicsome meteor on its
mad career. When they learned whoi
was that was going 80 rapidly, they