The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-07-09

stand. broke his ~fastenings and made a
bee line for the National. nor did he re-
quire whip or spur to hurry him forward
towards the stable Of refuge.
After T.. called a halt, he discovered
near by a hazel thicket, into which he
cragled, and thus so~liloquized; ~ Won
der if this is one of that scoundrel's7-
Just at that moment a blue bottle fly
come buzzing by. 'Chew l believe
that is n of those striped devils hunt
ing for me- The hy passed on. ''It it is
III wiring the burned che ~ Two or
three ilies-yery low: 'Id best be still.
Well, the son Of a. More tlies-after
a minute or two-''and this is som of
the pleasures of the far west. No more
of it for me. I'll go back-what had |
best do now ? I'm as blind as was old
Jonah in the whales belly. and in about
the same fix. believe I'll shout help
here, but that might bring the whole
nest on me. I'm in torment. l couldn't
suffer more if | was in hill. Whoop
who goes there, that scared the flies,
chew the whole d-mned tribe is after
me now Very softly-'what shall, or
what can | do 2"
Mr.. I'm. who was on his way to
Lexington, land by the way, was as
fond of a joke as mine host) heard the
call, replied, and in a loud voice asked
"Whatll yer have-what's the matter
over thar in the bresh 7" p. in rather a
melancholy tone of voice, informed him
that he wanted assistance, he was stone
blind and suffering all the tortutes OF
perdition. H-n started to P.'s relief,
when he discovered the battle ground,
the hornets in full possession. Knowing
the vindictiye nature Of the little, white
faced imps, especially when their habi-
tation was partially demolished, he gave
- them a wide berth. Coming to where
L. Was hid in the thicket; he wished to
know what was the trouble. Z. gave
him a very brief account Of the attempt
that Green and he had made to gather a
bees nest. HIN got down off of his
mare and proceeded to make an exami-
nation of P.'s condition. lie informed
p. that them things warn't bees, they
wuz ball hornits, and as pizen as rattle
snakes" Whereupon P.'s physical tenn
perature arose to about one hundred,
y while his mental fell to zero. He asked
I'm in scarcely an audible voice If he
" thought he would die. H-n replied
that "the chances ar agin yer, but eff |
can git yer to town before yer go over
y the ridge (die), we've got a ALTERED
!, good doctor, that he's used to doctering
u rattle-snake bites and hornit stings, he
may pull yer through after considerable
trouble. Z. growing weaker as ii. pro-
y ceeded with his consultations. He man
" aged to mount p. up behind him on the
mare and started for Lexington, z,
urging IL. to ride fast for he believed he
y. was dying. ii. replied almost dead
" with suppressed laughter) that ''th;
road wuz new and full uf stumps, tina
gu it would be'dangerous to go any faster
" fur eff the mai should stumble and throw
~ them of, swelled up like yer ar, yer't
bust wide open" p. thinking there wa
%, truth in his logic, desisted and let hin
,hV have his own way.
nv The battle having taken place in
~ couple of miles of the village, they wer
not long on the road. On arriving a
the National, the first man to gree
: them was DIR. b., who had just orderel
= the wagon driver to 60 and hunt p. an
wv bring him to the hotel. In a very shor
10 time DIR. b. had p. considerably relieve
both mentally and physically. The lane
lady did all she could to alleviate p
as sufferings. The villagers called an
Inc sympathized with him and showed b
their kind acts that they were real sorI
ok that he had met with such a stingin
rye and burning reception from those il
Ugh fernal bald hornets.
lie 1t was quite a while before Z. four
OF cut that it was n of mine hosts pra
SKY tical Jokes. lie was so kindly cared Il
slst during his temporary confinement thi
put he became somewhat reconciled to Mi
The sour's striped pests, as well as mir
,er- hosts jest. Ills fowling piece, as well
ana the remnants of his fine beaver hat al
II a handkerchief were returned to him; h
OF doctor and board bills were settled by
aid particular friend, so mine host informt
IN him. He did not return east. but Il
his stead migrated to the state of matt
ey' mony, marrying one of Lexington's a
der complished young ladies, and becon
ND one OF the wealthiest and most respects
lest of her citizens. lie remarked TO DIR,
gh' during his temporary blindness:
iuy That he had read of the soul that had
lem rest
cut He believed that it inhabited that hornet
nest.
ALINE GERTRUDE.
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