Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-05-15
THOSE PESkY BEES.
HIS Policy Of Like Cures Like
Worked Charmingly.

Worked CharmingIy.
II was a still. frosty evening in Oc-
tober. with the moon Just old enough %
cast ruIdy light on the leafcarpeted
path. AMI the ancient Stone wall all
broiIerpd over with lichens and moss
The air was instinct with sweet ar0-
matte scents. and one red light burned
like a bearou star in the cottage window
on the hill
~Look said FleIa Fenwick- Nam
ma has lighted the lamp Its high time
We were home.
And you haven't sail yes- mourn
fully uttered Jack Trevelvn-
And don mean 70 say yes,-
Jack seated himself On the stone wall.
tust where the bars had been taken
down lie was 4 handsome. sunburned
follow. with sparkling. black eyes and
= rich. dark complexion. a IL. in his far
back ancestry. there had been some
olive-bruwed >paniard. Fleda leaned
against the bars. the moon turning her
fair hair - gold and lingering like blue
sparks in the deeps Of her laughing
c~eS n ever oppositcs existed in nat
Ur'. they existed there. and then.
I've a great mind 70 20 away %
ssa said Jack. slowly and ~ven-efally-
Do saurily retorted FIedA
"Aad never come back again.
.-Oh. jack
The idea 10 cried. raising both
hands rs II to invoke the fair moon her
self by way ot audience. of a girl re-
fssiHg 20 be married simply because she
hasn't got some particular sort Of a
wedding gown % stand M in
III 1 cant b. married ike other girls.
! won't be married AZ all declared
Flesia, COMPRISING her rosy lips.
The idea 81 Keeping a man wasting
tor h,u grsaneI Jack
1T a. BE- long eoaxed Fieda.
But. ieok here. FIe,ia why can't We
- qsietIy T. church and BIZ married
any lag, and get tie gown afterwaris?~
pleaded Iark
"but. Jars. il wouldn't be the same
thing AT ALL \ girl gets married but
ouye IN her life, and she wants to look
decent then
NY own darIing. gou would look an
ansel in eng t55ag
Nos, quit that, Jack laughed
fleia- Its what my sehooI-children
call -tafy
4 hate your sehooI-ehildren.- said
jack venomauslv. y hate your school
ldespise the trustees. and | should like
u see the building burn down Thea
you would have - come to me-
No, IshouIdn't. aYerred Fleda. Il
should take in millinery and dress
making until l had earned enough for
the white silk dress. never would
Oh. Jack. Who's that"
y tramp2 I'll o settle him with
my bIackthorns" cried Trevelyn. spring
ing un.
Ne, don't.~ whispered Feda. shrink
ing close 20 him. its Mr.. Mfugden.
Hes on his own premises: these woods
belong % him. Its we that are tres
passeys Wait. Stand still until he has
gone by. He's very near-sighted and he
viii never see u.s.
And who, breathed Jack. as A stout.
elderly person trottei slowly across the
patch Of moonlight. and vanished be-
hind the stiff laurel hedge. lis Mr..
MinrIeuT'
~Don.Tou know? Our neighbor. The
new gentleman who has bought smoke
Hall
The old cove who IS always a
relIng with y0UFr
1es-the very man who hates bees
so iu~tOlerably. and wants mamma 10
take away all those lovely hives. down
By the south fence. He saws he can I
take his constitutional In peace. be-
cause he's always afraid OF being
stungT
Why don't he take it somewhere
else, them
That's the very question: said
FledA
~AIngden eh2 I believe be must Be
Harry Mingden's uncIe-its not such a
very common name said Jack. re-
fecEively- And HarrTs nv COLLEGE
ehUm-and I'm going 70 ask him to be
ny best man AZ the wedding
-Oh. Jack, I hope he isn't As disa-
greeable as his uncle cried EsedA
-Hsisa trump
Besides ! don't believe his uncle
VIII let aim Gomez added the girl
Not let him Gomez Why shouldn't
he2-
Because he hates Us So
-On account OF the beess-
"fes. on account OF the bees
It's a regular Montague ard canuIet
business Is IL eh%'
Rather 50. In afraid sighed FIeda
But say, Fleda- cried the young
nan. this complexities natsers Iprom-
ised to go and see Harry Mingden when
! was down here"
Go and see him. then, but don't men
tiou che name % Fenwiek. for your
life.
Indeed ! shall Isn't II the name ct