St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-09

| seen i'll the vicinity of the Williams
| house. This information encouraged
] him. He had little tent by himself to
| which he retired to rest for tomorroW's
battle. Before he slept his friend was
requested to point out mosquito so our
| EngiiShman would know what to avoid.
A June bug had just flown in, and as
| that was the largest as we'll as most
| convenient subject, 1t was pointed out
| as Small-siZed mosquito by the wicked
| Minneapolis camper. L have no author
| ity for the statement that he came from
| that wicked place, but knowing no ST.
Paul boy could be so heartless, l jumped
to the conclusion that this bad youth
must have wandered i'll from over the
tails.
The bear hunter laid his weary bones
also the rest of his body-upoD his
three-legged couch, saw that his adj
Unstable sitz bath was in the right posi-
ton for his morning swim. then settled
himself for his we'll deserved repose.
He was dreaming of returning from the
| morrow's hunt triumphantly bearing
Us. Harrison pun] polar bear over each
shoulder, with another strapped to his
back, when the June bug lighted upon
his Saxon nose. With a wild Warwhoop
he arose, grabbed the invariable walk
ing stick-American cane, without
which no true Briton ever moyes-and
| prepared for Il hard-fought battle. He
| light his candle and chased that June
| bug all night long, while tine winsome,
enticing little mosquito Toasted at will
| upon his anatomy, slowly devouring
| him ~ piecemeal. Then he became des-
| perate, seized his gun and the quiet
| villagers were aroused about a. M by
the explosion of his fire arms. Suppos-
ing he had committed suicide in de-
| spair of ever making his American girl
see an English joke or fearing that he
| was i'll the clutches of a train robber,
| the near neighburs rushed to his res
| cue Oh, what sight met their aston
| ished eyes! He lay in the sltz bath,
| whittier he bad fallen exhausted. Both
| eyes were swollen shut, and his face
| looked as though he was in the throes
| of three cases of measles at once. And
the June bug? He lay UPON the floor a
| shattered wreck with four bullets in his
| brain, and the June buggeSS is now a
weeping widow. Judging from the stO-
rleS this young man tells about Ameri-
lean mosquitoes, one would think they
were first cousins to the vulture family.
-
The same brave Johnny Cow was in
camp one night when the boys were
awakened by snrilI screams from the
adjoining residence, where party of
| girls and their chaperone were domi-
clled. The crowd of boys grabbed the
first article of clothing that was nearest,
flew to their assistance with the wings
| of summer love, and routed the burglar.
| Then it was discovered that the bear
| hunter was missing. Had the burglar
| who had disappeared through the rear
! window carried off the little English
| man as his only booty? Johnny had
| had small loans from most of the boys,
| and they were SO tender-hearted they
| could not bear to think of losing him.
! They Scampered back to the camp to
| procure more clothing and weapons
| with which to pursue the cannibal
| burglar. When they eXcitedly raised
| the tent flap, there was Mr.. Jonathan
| Bull dressed III his best clothes, calmly
| shining his boots. He ''waS willing to
| hunt the tiercest bur lar single-handed,
| but no girl was going to have look at
| him unless he had his boots properly
| cleaned and his neckUie OIL"
~
l thought person could buy mos
quito bar canopy, put it over his bed,
| go comfortably to sleep and defy the
| whole mosquito family. That is what
L thought until L met Spreckles, or
! rather what used to be Spreckles; he
has grown very much in appearance,
| but III reality very little is left of the
| original SpreckleS. He came down
| WaOasha street with his face about
| three times its normal size. Hello,
/ Spreckles," l called i'll as sympathiZing
| tone as 92-in-the-shade thermometer
| permits; don't care to sympathize too
| much this weather for fear of perspir-
| ing away what little flesh is left on my
| bones. Hello. SpreckIes, have you got
the toothache?' NO" he growled.
Been in a fght?" l queried. No" he
| snarled; wish people knew when to
| keep their mouths closed; cause a man
| happens to nave his eyes swollen shut,
| is h. obliged TO wear a placard an
nOuncing the cause to every monkey he
meetS" knew he was suffering, and
| mentioned that l thought he might be
! thirsty. He became somewhat moill-
| fed, and told me the disease from
| which lie was suffering was caused by
| the bite OF all insectus mosquitoeus.
he eApldlnou IHuSly. Il SJOOu the
| torments for few nights, and then, i'll
an unlucky moment for myself and
| family, purchased a canopy for our
bed. put it up and crawled content
| eddy in; so did the mosquitoes. Before,
| they had the whole room to soar In,
| now. was in 9X6 space shut in with a
| million little singing, biting devils. In
| stead of shutting the mosquitoes out, L
| only shut them in. L stayed there until
| both my eyes were swollen shut, and
/ my ears were so big they met behind
| my head, then l crawled out and gave
| the mosquito trap up to its rightful oc-
| cupants. The only advantage | de-
| rived from that canopy was being able
| to spend the rest of the night in COM
| parative peace on the floor" His tale
was told i'll such heartrendiug accents
| that was compelled to take him into a
| thirst-quenching establishment and
| comfort him. E. II. K.