The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-02

stunts. isn't II. when one boy does some
thing and all the rest try to do the same
thing7"
"Yes-girls. too" said Mollie.
wen. that was the way ! did with the
bees. / tanned the king bee, and when
he had learned all sorts Of funny little
tricks such as standing on his head and
hummlng tunes, l let him go back to his
swarm. He was gone n week. and then
he came back. he had grown 20 be so
fond Of meas we'll he might. because
fed him well, giving him a large basket
OF flowers three times a day. Back with
him came two or three thousand bees,
and whatever Jang did they did"
who was Jang?" asked Jack.
That was the first bees name. King
Iang. Jang Is Siamese for Billie, and as
I was always fond OF the name Billie |
called him Jang BY and by every bee in
the lot could hum the Star Spanged
Banner and Yankee Doodle as well as
YOU or could, and II was grand on those
soft moonlight nights we had there TO sit
ont on the back porch Of my pagoda and
listen 10 my bee orchestra discoursing
sweet music. OF course as soon as Jang
had learned TO hum one tune II was easy
enough for him TO learn another and be-
fore long the bee-orchestra could give US
any bit Of music we wished TO have.
Then | used 10 give musicales al my
house and all the Siamese people from
the king down asked 10 be invited, so
that through my pets my home became
one of the most attractive homes In all
Asia.
And the honey those bees made! 1t
was the sweetest honey you ever tasted,
and every morning when ! got down 10
breakfast there was a fresh botteful
for me, the bees having made IT In the
bottle itself over night They were the
most grateful pets ! ever had, and once
they saved my life. They used 10 live In
a hive / had built for them in one corner
Of my room. and | could go 10 bed and
sleep with every door In the house wide
open. ana not be afraid Of robbers. be-
cause those bees were there to protect
me. One night a lion broke loose from the
Royal Zoo and while trotting along the
road looking for something TO eat he saw
my front door wide open. In he walked.
and began 10 sniff. He shifted here ana
he shifted there. but found nothing put
a pot OF anchovy paste, which made nm
thirstier and hungrier than ever. 80 ne
prowled into the parlor and had his ap-
netite further aggravated by a bronze
statue Of the Emperor Of China l had
there. He thought In the dim Hight that
II was a small sized human being, and
he bounced on IL In n minute. Wen, OF
course he couldn't make any headwty
irving 20 eat bronze statue, and the
more he tried the more hungry and angry
he got. He roared until he shook the
house. and would, undoubtedly, have
awakened me had It not been that am
always a sound sleeper and never wake
until | have slept enough. Why, on cne
occasion, on the Northern Pacific rail-
road, train / was on ran into ana
completely telescOped another while
WAS asleep I'm the smoking car, and, al
though was severely burned and hurled
out of the car window 10 land sixty feet
away on the prairie, didn't waken UP
for two hours. ] was nearly buried ahVe
because they thought I'd been killed.
| lay so still.
''But to return TO the bees. The roar
ing OF the Hon disturbed them. and Jang
buzzed out of his hive to see what was
the matter Just as the lion appeared AT
nv bedroom door. The intelligent IN
sect saw I'm an instant what the matter
was. 20 sounded the alarm for the res.
Of the bees, who came swarmlng out Oh
the hive I'm response TO the summons
1ang kept his eye on the lion meahWhiieI
and lust as the provler caught kisht VI
your uncle peacefully snoring away on
the bed, dreaming OF his boyhooa' anu
prepared TO spring upon me, Jans pu1seu
over and sat upon his back, putting MS
sting where II would do the most good:
Tho angry lion. who in a moment would
have fastened his teeth upon me, turned
with "a yelp Of pain, and the bite when
was TO have been mine wrought havoc
with his own back. Following Jang's ex-
ample, the other bees ranged themselves
In line over the lions broad shoulders,
and stung him until he roared with pain.
Each time ne was stung ne would Whisk
his head around like dog after hea,
and bite himself. until finally he had
literally chewed hemself up, when he
tainted from sheer exhaustion, and / was
saved. You can imagine my surprise
when next morning l awakened TO find
a dying lion In my room.
But Uncle Major" said MoHe. 81
don't understand one thing abut IL. II
you Mere fast asleep while all this was
happening how ala you know that Jang
did those things"
why. Jang told me himself" replied
the major calmly.
''COud he talk?" cried Jack, I'm amaze
ment.
"Not as you and DO" said the major.
4
taught him how. You see. / reasoned IL
out this way. IL n bee can be taught TO
sing a song, which is only story In
music why can't he be taught 10 tell a
story in real words? It was worth try
ing anyhow. and | tried Jang was an
apt pupil. He was the most intelligent
bee | ever met. and II didn't take me
more than month TO teach him his
letters. and when he once knew his let
tiers II was easy enough 10 teach him
how 10 spell | got a great big sheet,
and covered II with twenty-six squares,
and In each Of the squares painted
letter Of the alphabet. so that finally
when jang came TO know them, and
wanted 10 tell me anything. he would
fly from one square 10 another
until he spelled out everything
he wanted 10 say. | would fol-
low his movements closely. and We
got so after q while that we could con-
verse for hours withut any trouble what
soever. / really believe that IL Jang had
been little heavier so that he could
push the keys down far enough he could !
have managed typewriter as well as |
ANYBODY. and when / think about his |
wonderful mind and delicious fancy / |
deeply regret that there never was a |
typewriting machine so delicately made