Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-07-19

Hath III her ruddv torch
". m,s NV. sne peace Of a sne twilight hour
And ouiet tbsre zach J S dav,,sh. c.,s
That on my spirit prest,
That my heart might DO unfettered. frss
anu ike natures near'-as rest
oo'u'n ne''
arrow -,r---,....o
Miss bELlNUAN BEES.
0o~ Anos ASslsVeo mo Aittie ooo
OF Love.
When the city visitors who swarmed
around Maple Center and registered
their names BY the score In the books
u the village hotel strolled out on the
Maple road they always stopped at the
Bubble farmhouse and cried; How ex-
quisitel How picturesque!" And, for
tne iiie OF ner. Miss belinda Bubble
dla not KNOW wny
n.,nt N tho o,d hovsa y .a;a ~. ''s .r.,.
iust a sloto hro.n ,r;.,, ,',;ntas 49,. w.
and .um,nsr svrs. nnd ~ s.. w. .a
ana summer suns ana the grape ar
oor 8 all a-tnmolin down Tor lack OF u
GRACE or TWO OF solid timber; and the
Mrs Clarhoru's new chain numn no
woy YOU can fix Il: and the stnn' WALL.
all overerowcd with them pesly run.
MIN vines and briorsl To be sure. the
four o'clocks and mornin' plories are
sort O pretty bv the fence and there
amt no prettier hollvhochs in The
country than them dark.red and cherry.
colored ones lest this side Of the near
tree. As for the beehiyes | always did
like beehives, even Il Il wasn't for the
honey. Nv mother set heap q store
by them beehives and there they've
stood. nine OF 'em in a row. ever since
| can remember And there Amt no
honey in all the county ma has o Of the
flavor Of ourn. I don't know whether
it's Squire Carbuncle's bucswheat field
Or that there clover medder of Mr. Oar
nell's as does IT. But Won can fairly
taste the sunshine and the flowers
in i'll"
And II was a genuine SIGHT. at swarm.
ing-time, when Miss Belinda issued
forth into the black and booming
clouds all gloved and yelled and tied
up in MOSQUITO netting with a tin
pan and skinner in her hand.
II Qinerally have first rate good luck
with the swarms," said Belinda II
don't know when I've lost one. II only
folks would let mo alone But its
the lneddlin' people that come to offer
their help that upsets mo and the bees
SQUIRE Carbuncle, now he's real sensi.
bic. lie don't never come round inter.
ferin. II he sees the bees maxim IN
their minds to swarm he lest pets M
off his garden chair and goes into the
house, For bees they're dreadful sen.
sible They have their likes and their
dislikes, Jest as human ere eturs have
and they never could get along with
Squire Carbuucle.n
Sou,rc Carbncle was n ouiet crizzle.
headed man of flftv. who farmed a
model farm. with all tho new ma.
cbinerv natents librrallv oiled with
cold, rand tbe auricultural naners and
wa. always Gust going to- write an
article for the Gentleman Farmer
Miss Bubble herself was not much
Younger She supported herself in a
renteel wsy by vestmakiur for a fac
tory in the neiphborhood.
II s'pose," said Miss Bubble "Souire
Carbuncle III get married some dav and
| do hope he'll choose sociable wife
that can take comfort with. exchanr.
inc patterns and chatti NO Of an even.
inc over the garden fen CO, i
"ps,;ndo prbh,s "a . sors;h,a uo,n
m nsaid Souire Carbnucle IN bis dser
sororous un;ca "ro nv, osrta;r lror
Isdos sbs has rsfused one or two
shit.I..s ta,,ow. wbo rortad 20 now,
hor msrslv 10 he sunnortsd Shes =
good deal better off single than mar
RED"
Miss Belinda never said a word when
Squire Carbuncle's superb livsr-colored