Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-02
wasn't asleep. He had black eyss and


am convinced now that he was mad.
ne was the grand outer guard, the ex-
terror muc-a-muc pro tenn, or some
thing Of that sort, suppose.
l had never before seen a hornet with
such an impudent countenance. and /
thought would just pick up stone and
nit him between the eyes, and then run
before his friends and fellow-citisens
found out the cause of the trouble. /
was an impulsive boy at times, and ]
did not always stop to reason 4 thing
out before did it. Usually I'ca4ght
the conclusion suddenly by the, slack
OF the trousers, and then, if found
that it wasn't the conclusion I wanted.
! just let it 60,
There was a nice, smooth stone ",
ing at my feet. ! picked it up, ana,
with all the vigor 81 youth and an i'm
pnislve arm, threw it straight At 4,
Old bald-headed doorkeeper. 4
do not think I hit him. It iA Siy
impression he saw me stoop dowa.A Vi vi
the stone and Immediately whistled for
four millions of his relations, who wero
holding q family reunion or rati6ca!
tlon meeting, or burbar, or something
inside the nest, to come out and Aelp
me 60 away from there:
All that distinctly remember atbut
the Occurrence is chat something
stabbed me IN about nine hundred bla.
ces at one and the same time, aud that
l left the scene with considerable IN
petuosity. loEged for some solitude
in the midst of which I could COLLECT
my scattered thoughts, and went n
search for solitude. But every hornet
in the congregation seemed determined
to go with me to the end. had neve,
before had anything so much attached
to me. The warm desire of those hor.
nets to remain in my society for an in.
definite period was affecting to nv
young and tender mind
went through the harvest-feld sc
fast that the harvesters got only q
glimpse Of my yellow hair as it flashed
through space like a frolicsome meteor
on its mad career. When they learned
who it was that was going SO rapidly,
they could hardly believe that theil
eyes were not deceiving them. They
had never seen me in a hurry before,
and naturally they were surprised.
They had noticed that when 1 came
from the spring | usually meandered,
but on this occasion turned aside fol
no obstacle. lowered my record fal
beyond the. expectations of my most
sanguine friends; and as the last and
best-winded hornet reluctantly gave
up the chase and turned back to report,
fell over the fence surrounding the
orchard, and the thought came into
my mind that it was very, very hard
to die SO young and fair, when the
world was so bright and full of prom
Use, and the early apples we're just get
ting ripe. :. 49,.
A travelling phrenologist who. came
along that way next day was deeply
interested in me. He made survey
of my bumps, and declared that had
the most remarkable he.d that had
ever come under his notide. My love.
of-home bump and my, Language bump,
which was about the size Of goose-eggs,
particularly surprised him. Then there
were many other remarkable bumps,
he said, that were not laid down in the
books, and which he could not place
without some research. He had never
seen so many bumps by half on any
boys head as had, and he declared
emphatically that Iwould grow up te
be either kleptomaniac or a great
moral reformer. He felt that he woulc
like to say definitely which / would
be, SO that my friends could feel easy
one way or the, other he concluded
but there was such "a. confusion O
bumps that he was nonplused, ane
time, the great revealer, would have
to settle the matter. !. 4,
Since that day I have seen the hor.
net in his native lair a number of times,
and 1 have invariably let, him alone.
He is not the sort Of warm persona
friend ]. I.likesand I therefore avoid him
II l crowd him, and he will just throw
out a gentle hint that he wants more
room, he can have all he wants.
Puck.