The Monte Vista journal., 1902-10-25
His Educated Bee
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

So0 y nCte III. lnlN mere Cec m
was out In my gardin ,ha, day. l
was there lookth' around an the bse
he was t-espAssin' onto son,e O. my
aowern. Its hard to fool = bee on
the weather. but this shower came up
80 almighty quick was fooled my
self. First ! knew IL WAS crnck-crack
all over my head. pu, fer the house
and the hce put fer his house. an
big hath tun. cracked hin one. as
purity wing shot ax I'D want TO
make on partridge. Down come
Mr. Bee. bixxin' right across my face,
an fell Almost under my feet. He
WAS sich big. dne- -lookin. intelligent
actin bee that picked up care
full an took him to my house, not
scein' any probability Of his gettin' to
his own. The next hnilstone would
have finished his cay-reer.
at took some little time for that
bee tu ct used to me. ! fed him good
on suc " an water till ! got him 40
] could handle him. Then ! took to
lcttin' him ny aroun' the room. One
day 7 found him settin' atop Of .
whisky hottie that happened to be
there--I'd been havin' cold that
week -hixzin' his wings su' seemin'
mish'y satisfied with the smell of
the cork. That put IL into my head
to ir, him with . little whisky an
sugar an he took to II kindly !
wouldn't give II to him regulnr. IN
derstnni. fer Il amt no part of unc:~
Hi's MT up TO he corruptin' the
a. .;,,l
but iust II appetizer before meals.
..JIe never got drunk bu, once. an
that was ,>c,isatle. fer ! WAS on bit
OF a c,lohrat- myself that time. an
spilled ~ "f whisky on the floor.
guess ~ nmsi have seed srid-rs In
his dreams that night. for he was
mighty ASHAMED Of hinself next day.
an' i, wns week before he'd take his
morning sni''rr Wal. with the aid
of Tint whisky I got him SOS he'd
answer io his name an come dyin'
to re- hi,,'n' his wings like u locus
VII nes-r ia call him. ! could let
him out of the house without fear
that he'd run away. We'd go GU, fer
walks together an he'd chase flies
0r i-hi with darnin nse''lrs. or no
honey suckin in the flowers. or may
he stop To pals the time of day with
som. Wild b..~. hut whatever the wild
is~. said to him they never got him
Ia lr,,e me-.
"lsack he'd come when ! called. an
In the r,-nin' after his nighicap OF
whi v he'd curl up In the corner Of
n little box AZ for him an v" to
sis.~r. Th.r~ was only On. thing
wr.-- with Hisxrr. He wrs aimirhtv
i.n,--. h,d "a pei rhirr' nk Rronnd
III. '--. an Bis,er wouldn't endure
m '' : in 'r'd bi,, S-oup' the chine
hc.. ' - he'd 'ivhi IN the end
%! eli - iii The poor little crit.
ter wen, r',uo.t ioonv with fear that
he'd r.i stang Lively ~ the chip
wus. P',.,. was y light iivrii~r. Once
the rhir ncnrly go, him while Biss-r
wss ',kin' his nonn,'ny nip. After that
pi,..r never lei him alone. an the
lI.t,- '-ti-r give np the fight an ven,
out into the cold world to grub fer
nuts like nn ordinary chipmunk. !
wrs sorry to ins- him. bWt I'D got
mighty fond Of nsl~r. an ! wouldnt
have traded him fer ~ Of Bill Ever.
soi~'s waller pnrps."
AT that wonderful Ike had ever set
soos on ssrrh~r." h~gan Mil. pricksd
IN wrath. and never got any farther.
Soe there vas . chorus of pro,es's
against the Interruption. and Cn~ls III
WILDLY preterrsd y ~-Vu~st that some
boss< tell him Whether h. Was telling
thi. story az Hiil E.~rr.,is: also that
they tell Biii. That RsnsisHsn having
been .au-ich~<i. the Old man costinSssi:
"Wai. Il nevss orcusved 70 ~ that
MIR ~as snythia' MT . p,eesant
ecmn,rion. I dida't Aegss - hc~ he
sihoui' be made To worh Ter Bile I,ih'.
IL ~as enough TO Jwst have kim sevus'
fsv ~omp'ny. Rss one day late In
June after HiaseP AZ me nd est
mighty wril srVuaist~d fsiisS coms
spus,kln' srosH' ~ Aoaey sSckis vinss
With big NET. he Was hasnSsss esit.
ter ss' pleasant sp"tes. a. As ~ .
hossls In hls packet that was se0sthis'
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