Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-29

ID not well acquainted with the entome
r ogy of the country, and concluded 1t
v be only q bumblebee But | notice
II Hippolyte turned pale and waved the II
# flag with frantic exci;,nont At tn
moment another bumblebee few on
and joined the may circles Of its pre-
Y ecessors.
4 "What noise these Lumblelet
maize, - said I, Sin this confined space
r and don't thinl; ever saw such Ii
5 ones
"Hush!" said Hippolyto. "Do 10
enrage them: they are hornets. | laf
no doubt that we are sitting rpon Les
Of them. "
Imagine our position, in aGiminutiy(
sentry box, feet high by 4 feet wide
tenanted by hornets, and the only mean.
Of eeross exposed to the n.ulderous fire
Of a mailman.
"If this reptile stings my nose, it will
be double its size in half q minute, y
said Hippolyte, with the caln!noss CT de-
spair.
knew the poor fellow was thinking
of how he could present himself in such
Il condition to his beloved object. a
lady's lip is mono the worse, as the poet
tells us, if it does look as though "a
bee had stung it newly" but the case is
widely different in respect to gentle
man $ nose and hornet.
Still, the gallant captain did net lose
his presence of mind.
"lf you Can find the little hole from
which these Internal villains c-capld, -
said he, stop it quietly up with your
finger or anything!"
"Not with my finger if l know it,"
returned l. endeavoriny to pacify tho
hornet that was devoting itself to NE by
blowing gently at it, "but Twill try the .
handle Of my penknife, -
This brilliant idea was executed with
the most complete success. There was
n noise as Of about IL church organs in !
the seat beneath us, but it was nuilled. |
Ihe penknlfe exactly fitted, Agitated,
have no doubt, by the stinod voices Of
heir relatives, the two outside hornets
whzized about Us like catherine wheels.
we cared not move Il muscle, except
hat Hippolyte kept on waving the red
lag, which only seemed to have the
anne effect upon O'Shaughnessy as on
ONE savage bull--namely, to excite him
o frenzy. He appeared to fire about 20
hots minute, and all wide ones
"HoW many cartridges has tho vii ,
Mn got"' inquired l. ,,
Enough for twelvemonth. " croau. +
the adjutant "They have put the ,
selMental chest under the walnut tree. r
'hat time is it? If this unutteraLle i
lot does get me late fer dinner, III n
ring his neck" y
Wlth the utmost caution and with an n
'oloeetlc glance at my hornet, | drew ',
rth my watch. 1--WE have 10 time to ,,
'e' SAID l. "Wo have already been 4
re half an hour and indeed it seems Fl
If a day" g g
i IL chance it,, -" cried Hippolyte, set e.
Is bis teeth and gathering himself IN. h,
ther for rush.
You will be dead man." said T. w,
I you do Think Of your Margaret II,
l don't leave a poor fellow alone in Or
$ horrld' place with a couple Of hor-
$. See, thar scoundrel has already 81,
three bullcts through the red fiag, i
'ou had been there, they would have WI
e through you insteadn -,
he argument was unanswerable. ~,
'polyte CRASHED his teeth in impoteut vel
o. am sure, said | soothinglv, foa
hen Cid Irllion comes to understand ,r WV
very peculiar circumstances Of orr to. Wv
tioh be VIII perceive that punctu. the
was cut Of the question. This III. low low
gated scoundrcl, 'shaushnessv"- aa ="
Array, captain jewel, and ain t il 70
ny this timc:" calculated qrer. Gro,
S voice, and at the anlrture Of On, u. =
III mousse appeared the hateful fea- fg,1
OF our jailor, distorted by an adula. and "a
grin. ana
throw tho red flag in his face. to fort
OUT OF the markers butt ard fv
la the gate at which tie spcedv
ID was teth're v as but the work "
moment and the next Captain sion
was LYING across the country in Cam.
Venlng dress in tho direction Of rr J.,
inner. u IL
fnr MO ,oso. ,,, by {:
recover from his amaxemeut ! into
'rked the ponknifo ont of the bolo r 'a'SY
vas running homewartl at finn ,ro,,l
leaving that gallant volunteer c'',,
s 1b,t ,r'n,, !" -''1' VI ihl0flated true {
'oo4'O>' " oaiAen the have
C,,t,;,, o., injurt
,ot in ,; '-" A"jutaht lIlppolyte The
'oI IN tine for dinner and for cover,
ret after aIl.-.Iallns H., 'NlN