Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07
ON A HONEY HUNT
A PHASE OF LIFE IN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF FLORIDA

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etrolling IN the woods Looking for Bee
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Homs-snecess-Brsnding.
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- oo"ei ano "hoes Kew nai
ne1lse9 Pesses " nus s'oeU Socks' tugge
~ nn o,o"n Deeiu' ana with squint a
me sun ms remarked:
pretty nne morning, aud l thin
us mignty COCA time 70 look after m,
oee oeiI wouidnt you like to 60 Ion
WIN mo ana ne p me course some beesr
VI course, answered, 1T would amor
me great pleasure
we guiped our breakfast OF brown corr
bread, dried venison and black coffee, AM
set on across . stretch OF pine barren
toward ths dark line OF woods that marked
the confines OF Cedar hammock.
In the tWiilghf gloom OF tho hanmocl
the stiffness was oppressive The who'll
word was mass OF Wild and bewtlderint
beauty.
Ihar they are, shore 'nough, exciaimet
the captain, as We emerged from tn
snadowy forest into the edge OF greer
glade, where the shadows still lay On tn
green gras.
I'm han rotten stump was piece o.
pine bark, In the hollow OF which was
chunk OF honey comb, and swarm OF buz
nng yeil'w-1ackets and busy brown bee:
were feasting on this general free lunch x
conveniently placed before them
FLYING OFF ON A ABEE LINE"
Yes, Jest as l expected, they're takin
zee matt lie good feiierx Now, il you'll
jlst watch me III show you how to foller q
bee by his course. You see, when one git
his mess he files In straight direction fol-
his home. That's what makes people say
bee line when they mean to take straight
course rom one place to tother. You kin
nus tell ef It's near by or lar ways on BY
tne way tne pee niea FL ne goes straight
uP'ards, you may Know his home amt fun
on Out et ne KINDER rises gradually, In q
SLOW, unsartin SORT O way, you VIII under
stan tnat u.s. mle or Two on. NOW,
watch me course TINS ere one He's most
got a pait, an wnen ne Is satisned neA &c
OH IKE bullet
CareIuiiy We watched the banqueter as be
rose from the least. poised himself for
moment, ana was on 30 swiftly that failed
70 see nun START Inc captains more ex-
per1enced eye, however, followed the brown
speck as II disappeared In the distance,
snading ms eye WIN MS nand as he gazed
long ana earnestly IN the direction OF the
cypress swamp that lay beyond the little
giaue on whose margin we stood
yH exclaimed me- III bet two bits
ma that Tree us one o them big cy-
presses yonoef IN tne swamp Como ON,
tney TO aplayh out tnis tine O Gay, an Ell
we KIN Keep .ne course were dead shore 70
hno .ne 'feo.
away We "ent, spiasnng through
marsny savanna, ana tearing our way
tnrooSI INC 'anSleo thickes oeyond- Vuite
through ene swamp We passed, ana as we
emsrsoa on VIC pune ie'ei oeyono, covered
WIN dwarf paimetco and gouoerry bushes.
'ne captain StopPo0 snor' again, ana re-
harkeo' "eu' III % snos II couidn's
s"are 'nein oees were IN 'nat swamp, out-
memo. mere Iney aiie agh thought
.nat ias' course was NOT straiSnt enough up
tor tne swamp nor ON minit In GIT Q
Aresn course OH one tness o1tters Q
sucAin 'nese ere eonDeITy oiossoma most
intentiy he watcned the one selected Tor the
experiment Inc gresdy nttie epicure
puA1eo from ono httie wniss mower 10 the
otner, until ne was SO !uii ne could hardly
ny. men, Win treinpnng hesitation he
aroe-' WIZ evident regret Deing poised Tor
an Instant 10 Is 70 recover ms e4uihoriun,
tnen piump in1o the ar ne won't, disappear
ing among tne interiacing pine bouShA
ana! eJacuia1ed tne captain, i knowed
1t; 'eii you Rno"ed IL ine tree can't
oe iur on now, ana III ma II In no time !"
IN ANorhoLE OF FINE.
nad become deeply interested in the
proceedings nov, ana l "atched the captain
WIN increasing Anxiety, as ne eareIuly ex-
amineo every nkeiy looking Tree. suddenly.
Will on aa,noni.ofy ou-n ne s'oPped ana
assumed listening at.ituda Inc suspense
was PainIu', ou. couid near sort OF low.
Instant roar, hxe Tue murmur OF many
VOICES !na' 'nen near ems said tne
a Win ms yes leaning WIN pleasure
usin tno uionos pay ou- ,ne "ork-
ers don nave no time u play less n they re
agwlne 70 swarm Ihsm dandy fellers are
out for a froiic, and alter ards they'll go in
an fatter the silly Old queen Let's go,
we've as good as got en- now
Very cautiously and carefully we made
our way forward At last the captain
stopped and gazed earnestly at a tall pine
tree some yards in 'front.' 1t leaned slightly
and about forty ieet above the ground there
was q weil-worn knothole, at which the
captain kept gazing.
vi, vi" he said at last Il knowed it