The Monte Vista journal., 1901-02-09
His Educated Bee
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

was out in my gardin that day. l
was there lookin' around an the bee
he was treSpassin' onto some o my
flowers. It's hard to fool bee on
the weather. but this shower came up
so almighty quick ! was fooled my
self. First / knew it was crack-crack
all over my head. pu, fer the house
and the bee put fer his house, an
big hailstone cracked him one. rs
purity a wing sho, as I'd want to
make on n partridge. Down come
Mr.. Bee. bizzin' right across my face,
an fel! Almost under my feet. He
was sich big, finelookin', intelligent
actin bee that ] picked up care
full an took him to my house. not
seein' any probability OF his gettin' TO
his own. The next hailktone would
have finished his cay-reer.
ut took some little time for that
bee to git used TO me. fed him good
on sugar an water till got him so
| could handle him. Then ! took to
lettin' him fly aroun' the room. One
day found him settin' atop Of q
whisky bottle that happened to be
there-i'd been havin' = cold that
week-bizzin' his wings an scemin'
mighty satisfied with the smell Of
the cork. That put i, into my head
to try him with little whisky an
sugar an he took to II kindly. |
wouldn't give 1t to him regular, un-
derstnnd. fer II amt no part OF Uncle
Iii's makeup 20 be corruptin' the
beasts o. the field with strong drink;
but Just a appetizer befor. meals.
"He never go, drunk but once. an
that was excusable. fer ! wns on bit
OF celebrate myself that time. an
spilled lot OF whisky on the :ioor.
guess Bizzcr must have seed spiders in
his dreams that night. for he was
mighty ashamed OF hisself next day.
an il was week before he'd take his
morning .nif,er. Wal, with the aid
OF that whisky 60, him sos he'd
answer to his name an come hyin'
10 me bir1in' his wings like a locus
whenever I'd call him. ! could let
him out OF the house without fear
,ha, he'd run Away. We'd so out fer
walks together an he'd chase flies
or fight with darnin needles. or go
honey sucain' in the flowers, or may
be stop to pass the time o! day with
some wild bee. bu, whatever the Wild
bees said to him they never got him
TO leave me.
BACK he'd come when I called, an
in the ~venin' after his nighicap OF
whisky he'd curl up in the corner of
. little box I NJ for him an so to
sleep. There was only one thing
wrong with Bixser. lie WA almighty
jealous. had n pet chipmunk around
the place. an Bixzer wouldn't endure
that chip. He'd buzz nroun' the chips
head an then he'd light on the end
OF chips tail til the poor little Gift
ter wen, Almost !oony with fear that
he'd get stung. Lively a. the chip
wax. Biyz.r was a sight li,-lier. Once
the chip nearly got him whils Bi,,cr
was ,alin' his MONDAY nip. After that
Bi,,er never let him alone. an the
little fell.r give mp the fight m went
ou, into the cold world To grub FER
nuts like an ordinary chipuuuk !
was sorry 20 lose him, but I'd got
mighty fond Of Bi,lcr, an ! wouldn't
have traded him fer 50 OF Bill Ever
sol.'s yall.r purps."
"rf that wonderful bee had ever Sc,
foo, on sarch.r." began Bill, pricked
to wrath, and never got any farther
for there was chorus OF protests
against the interruption, and Uncle III
mildly preferred n request that some
body tell him whether he was telling
this story or Bill Ey,rsolr; also tha,
they tell Bill. That gentleman having
been squciched. the old man continued; F;
"Wsl. II never occurred to me that
BigEsr vas auy,hin' bu, q pleasant
eouphni6u. i.didn't hggrr ~ how he
should be made go work f,r his liNiu',
II was enough 20 Just have him aruuB'
fer comp'uy, llut one day late In
June after Uiyy.r an me had gut
mighty well acquainted n frllrr come
spoolln' arosn' my hoBcysucklc vines
with big net. He was harmless crit.
ter an pleasant, spoken. m hr had n
bottle In his pocket that was sum"ihin'
~stry. II. said he was collrctin' but
rraie.. an " hadn't no objection.
he'd Ike 10 hunt NV In my gardln,
| hadn', none. ~ he hunted, After he'd
kr,ch-d somc he come arpun' to me
se,iin' ON my doorstep an at him
wha, luck.
"'rritty good" sAys he. I didn't git
one species, though h. says. "rh.y
Ny too high says he. They don, com.
down much this tim. a year. Ia Civ.
. quarter apl.c. fer them fcllcrs,' he