The Newtown bee., 1900-06-01

he was wild bee. It was but the other day when, having occasion to im- press the tender mind of one of nv grandchildren with the wisdom of alwavs selecting proper associates, that I chanced to refer to the exceptional man. Not that l alluded to the same as one to be summed he is a rock that any man, sailing on any social waters, may strike though few actually do strike him-and is not to be avoided by circumspecti What did say was this:
 My boy, formula, whether for busi- ness or social purposes will doubtless carry you safely through life; neverthe- less, as mere matter of precaution, when constrained to thwart 8 man, con- Slider your man before you apply your formula. For it has occasionally hap- pened that an engineer, we will say, af- ter having grown gray at his engine, by neglecting once, and once only, to look at the indicator before letting cold water into the boiler, has-well, has"
 Has raised Cain, guess you mean, grandfather" asserted the boy.
 Exactly, my boy, and Cain, when he is raised, will resume business at the old stand"
 10 return to Curley. Discerning Cieaver to be an exceptional man, "s man with the fur on'-and fur, at least on it's native grounds, is commonly as sociated with claws and teeth, to say nothing of horns and tusks-Curley, ir his own interest, should not have applied n1s formula. Roderic was a man-no,
 much more than 8 youth-of one idea
 This idea as 8 seeding had probably
 shown signs of life at about the time he
 shed his milk teeth; 1t was sapling jus reaching out tentative branches wher
 Curley first met him. Tbe poor honest fellow was ambitious to become an ar'
 decorator; and to this end, by denying
 himself all the pleasures of his age ant
 class, he had scraped together few
 hundred dollars that presently he in
 tended to apply to the technical study O. I art. How Curley found the hive, drug | ged the bees, or rather the faculties 0.
 the bees, and carried off the honey ar, particulars that were best known to him
 self. For Roderic, though he appeared 8 practical and wide-awake enough young fellow, we do not need Milton tt
 tell us: Though often Wisdom wake
 Suspicion sleeps at Wisdom's door, ant
 to Simplicity resigns her charge.' For my part had no knowledge of tn,
 affair, until, one day, conversing witt
 Carley upon the stock subject (for my
 bewiggad grandfather had had about al
 much moral effect upon me as the hel
 meted ghost of his father had on Ham
 let, and l continued to drop in on Cur
 ley), Roderic bounced into the studio ana
 abruptly demanded his money-I infer
 red from his mode of entrance that Cur
 ley had been eluding him for severa
 days. The latter turned deathly pale
 around the eyes but made no immediate ! response.
 My money-now !" shrieked Roderic
 He impressed me as a man beside him
 self with passion, or at least would have
 so impressed me had not his perfect san ! ity been evinced by the one concentrated [ resolve sharpened to an edge on his { features. My meney-noww he re-
 peated, less hystericalls, but not ono
 whit less peremptorily.
 "But, my good fellow. murmured ths defaulter, gaspingiy, but soothingly don't be unreasonable"
 "My money -now!" murdered Ro deric, carrying his hand toward hii breast. Anticipating trouble, I quickly rang the bull; then, as the calI-boy doubtless listener, promptly entered, said, 'sC ome, Roderic, this matter can bs peaceably settled. What" turning tc Curley, "is the amount, McKim?" but Curley had tainted.
 Roderic's eyes had followed mine, and seeing how the case stood with McKim, he said proudly. s'You do not owe me anything, doctor, but if you will allow me to say 80, you owe yourself an apology for associating with wonder cowardiy cur. Why should I take yous money? Look around you! By the sale of even one of these things he could pa ? me in double. And he shall pay me,'' he appended with an emphasis that seemed to dominate the atmosphere long after he had quilted, as he immediately did, the room. He had spoken the bare truth, granted, as respecting myself and as to Curlev, the latter had at last eaten honey, sweet in his mouth, but in his belly more bitter than gall.
 However, as I was indebted to this man for 80 many agreeable hours, must now do the offices of humanity and friend ship. Accordingly, having brought him