Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-26
THE CURES BEES.

Tho most delightful ruucn Whlrh
have over known was TINT oi the village
cum. with whom ~ n little boy at school I
used ~ spend my vacations Such fine
cabbage bcds. h1ricrcd with crisp, green
lettuce. and an so cip'ully woticd, naked
and swept They wcrc watcrvi morning
md evening before suurlac uui nftCr sun
~ from un old sandstone fountain, gron
with mosscs md water cnes from which
escaped by thousand lit'e holes threads
OF crystal and tiny singing rlvulcie sar
rasin, Che Rmv,llergr iHld tho oll'cc Of
rnf,lcncr Atnrst this idea WIS offensive
u my childish mind. Tho grass scrmcd 20
smell " dcath and tho curunt bushes g.
taste NJ tho cemetery But n % short time
forgot nhuut th.t us thrn was mnly
death On tho village sarrisln often NJ.
marked That his title NJ gruvcdiggor was
muru joke than anything else
AZ the top NJ the garden, l1rk VI the old
fountain, wasn narrow 'ripol land. rather
lonely snrt oi place. whcn' w. lo Cun
uaod 10 pnes every moment mt occupied
with tho duties of DIE lcrd office. FROM
. distance / could watch him ln company
with the Rrlypiiger, always moving about
in an excited manner and mnkinrtn most
remarkable gestures They forbade my
approach
IN 10 Curr docs not wan, you" sr.
fusin nid. "1hcnnro only loUhivus thcr,
In truth, these mysterious hives nlld
The gunicn with husfing hucs darling herr
and them tho liycinng day, intoxicated up.
inwntly with pollen irpm tho htlri of the
hollyhocks But why was forbidden o.
look at Tho hIytaG 40 what naugr work
wcrr the lgcs cnrigol in tir r1mnmyof Dc
priest aud a rfuyudlgnff one afternoon
N ~ Cufu and s1rnsin wcH' uillcd quiic
% distance nWHy tn bury nu uld woman.
Thus lcit alone, I could not control my cu.
riusity another tomrut With a boating
hcnrt went Straight Oh tlo forbidden
ground hgcs OF thr fluutiu Them I
found plot ui dry, iiudY mil planted
with rlsomnry, lavender and every variety
Of herb an having nlyish time and Hiy.
Ing forth % delicious udlr ns they cmrhiod
unlcrfuot A thick cloud ui hocs. shin
ing lil.u gold In the sunlight. indicated the
cornrr virr the hives wou located. Tor
Sirrign had not lid Ia in,-hiyus thuru
wrrsindrsd, hut whit hiyrs'
They h1m MT the slightest resemblance
% tho elegant ilttlcpolntpd hnusoa undc ~
straw Va which thu bourgeois bccs lived.
nor yet 10 the hollow trunk OF tr'o. with
a bic NJ hrpkcn tile over the ontmncc On
serve ~ roof. the onllnafy hahitntiun NJ
wild swnrns Picture 10 yourself an odd
array ~ buzcs. pnppcd up one against an.
other and oBly held In their plncos rs
mimcleof equilibrium, long hoNcs, nrrhcd
boxes. hnxta looking Ike fabulous mon
ntCrs with arms and honksl They worr an
pirvcdwlt holes through which tho hacl
went In and Out HT tunqullly ns thuuri
thoir hunns WEN ordinary hives, but this
iuct did not runsHur mo. and terrified Nv
Tho unnatural Appearance Ut % an I fed
back to the pucciul vegetable iurdcu
That evening, my NaWiinu over. 1 was
taken hack Ia school A. timc won't ou
almost forgot this incident. Sometimes "
happened to think ~ IL 1 asked mys,lf "
II was not the hnllucinntiun NJ childish
brain
lcn years later O. chnucc walk took no
again ~ tho village found tho cur,
hrukcn Ia health aud much older IN NJ
pCimnoc The Ttayciliggur was dead Tho
little Hlricn was almost wilderness of
herbs, but In tho distance ! heard. W. w
former days the hum ~ hcA This r'cill.
cd my adventure, aud resolved 10 mako
clean hrust of ~
On questioning the old cuv he bcrmn Co
laugh and insisted upon showing mo his
hives Ihurr they VEN la the saiu1 lonely
little strip VI land bohind the fountain, all
having tho sime odd shapes which had
startled my childish cyci years bcfur'
1t Is an Idea u minc. said the CURE
u nyowurkod over II Tor 20 yours Il has
Gust mo quito sum ~ money and "a gr,nt
deal Of time but SIN hops Tor succcss "
Can you guess what the old mnn WIS
working for AMI what had turned his hair
pnimaturcly white
win bet 10 to ! That you must give Il
up
lie was determined o. mako his bres
write In testers II honey. "Vivi l'ompo.
rcurW II was Tor thliond they had dipped
the dew OF morning, darting hithcr ard
uithcr In tho grcn valley gur;ng thcm.
sclycsw with pollen and gathering liquid ann
bcr. An, " the lroes hnd knownl Hut the
bcca did not know
In his onlcc Of cum, the old priest Ind al.
ways had "a certain amount of ambition.
and IN tho evolution NJ what he called his
Idea had nuurishcd the most rhlmcrical
hopes Tho ~ letters onco completed. be-
Intended 10 nail them, yellow ua tho sun.
shine and embroidered in fino hcxngunnl
cells, ON a boarl, tho front OF which should
Ia carved 10 rvpneunt tho "Anr dc Fri.
umphr. This achievement should hc tx.
hAhANNA ~ a 81 20 anu ANN fiNIhNNf ANNlNl
not do les than accord him medal aud
make him an honorary canon.
but what endless trouble he had 10 ar
rive at this vsult, Thrsc iiuplsh bccs won,
~ capricipusl Certain loitcrs displrnasl
thcm-no one know why The Inhabitants
OF an L. or an T. would lind their winding,
twisted dwelling unnntuml aud incon.
Vcniunt and would desert H. and thcro
wcre other unnoyAncoA Tho V of yiyi was
already spoiled aud running 10 waste,
while the h OF cmperour had hardly bcgun
tu MI
Hut at last the day came whom all of tho
10 lottcrs wurc finished In good Shape The
worthy inventor, however having ono
swarm over, decided 60 add an exclamation
point ono month later tho uinpio' fell a.
Sedan, and the rrpuhlir was proluimcd
What shall day aid the cirv Civ
other letters TO my hcrHl Alas, 'Niyo Ia
rvpuhliquc' Is rather long, and thcn mon
soigncur would not permit H. From tho
lpncl.
TRUSTED To nis Imagination.