The Monte Vista journal., 1902-10-25

says. That nee amt fer sale
Hes . great insect. says the fell
Ter. I'D like to have him.
YOU'D like to lock him up In = mu-
scum. where he'd buzz his life away fer
curious public says I. None O. that
fer Bizzer'
"'Wal,' says he, 4 s'pose could
make good bit out of showin' him
OF, he says. but il wasn't that was
thinkin' Of he says. 4 could use him
in my business, he says.
"'How's that" asked him.
"'Why. IL that bee was mine says
he, I'D learn him to hunt them butter
flies that hy so high can't reach en-
he says.
How'd you 60 70 do it?' saysI.
"'I don't just know how he saya
but a.y bee that's smart enough 10 be
judge Of good whisky he says.
wouldn't make no Job Of ketchin' . few
butterflies. he says. Pass your friend
smother drink he says.
I'VE had = drink all around, and
asked the stranger IL his offer Of
quarter -piece held good fer them big
high -hyin' butterflies. He aaid II did.
and described sone other kinds he'd
give the same price fer.
"'lt's = co. says !. ~ you'll 60 out
an ke,ch me dozen butterflies Of any
kind III do the rest
"Id got an idee into my head. So the
feller ketched the butterflies an went
away. promi.tn' to come back next
week Wal. I took them butterflies in
side the house and took an painted the
back Of one Of EN- with whisky and
sugar. Then I put Bixzrr's nose into
the mixture Jest to let him know what
il was. an turned the butterfly loose an
up went Bizxer AFTER II. Wal. hollered
At to split. II waa funnier than the
minAtsels to see that fat bee a-chsrgin'
an dartin' At the butterfly. an the
butterfly not KNOWN what II all meant
an scared most to death Once Hiyzer
got good grip with his Zee, On to the
butterhy's back. they cav, wn IA
heap together. fer tixx-r's weight ~'s
tOo much.
with one butterfly after nnoihcr I
kept trnirin' Eilzer all that u, m got
him 80 VIII u I'D "a, 'Nsil 'trn. Higz h. d
jest soar up to III. ~ In. Size up the
game an come swoopn' Gown onto Il
like . hawk onto . chicken. OF course.
every time he got = butterfly he'd eat
the whisky aa' sugar ofPen its back.
Next day ! tried him with a butterfly
that ~asa't painted. He took after {,
all right. but he looked s'psised an dis
appointed when he got II. an sort OF
scratched his enr with his paw like he
was sayin' to hiss<if: This kind Of but
terdy Amt eot no honey. Guess again
hut ! gave him some whisky aa
soou - he an the bug landed. an after
little time I learnt him ihni he was to
heirh any hug srnt him nfi.r an he'd
gii his drink. After that II WI. al, easy
goin'. All I'D have Ia do wR. Ia take
him ont into the garden on ,hiuy Gay
an hold him On my hnv~r ti,' I see a
butterfly wanted. Then Id pn'.t that
one out an say: Nail him. Riss.r. an
In two minutes that bry would have a
pin through him. never kno~-,i him
:" sting any hug he whs after hut once.
That ~as . biv mot hnili.r that hnp.
pen-d to t~ out In the daytime in my
garden. an when Riss~r tackled II IL
~as ~ strong that Niss~r was gc,,jn'
aew away Nth.
"Ons little jab was all The moth ~nnt.
ri. lie come down ~ hard II ike to a
stunned poor Bisyee. Wal. when the
Teller With the net come hack the next
week he an ne bad . sriiiin' an h.
paid me over jrss srs-n dollar an sew
esty'hve eeats- Thsts ~hs, you miRh,
call xos,4 buaiass. Dos's s'pose any Of
you ssIIess ever made - much as that
In week ualess lie Haak. bill Ever.
sosr's dog ~as only wuth Ave dead an.
that's . heap nors'A he'd ever hs,,
brunR alive"
where 10 this sll.ersd sn.,. ~. ~.
demanded Nil. "why dos's you fetch
him sroaa' sn's ~e can sse him. A
stranger might think you VIA. ,y,a.~
"ilonf you fret. NH Everaoie." ssl.,
uaeie III. -You'il ~ Msser some dsy
In euin' 70 ses HIN sysr.iin' my mel.
% patch later In the year II he r..
esvsss s'i right. Couple os days hack I
sses hin Sp after . ys.s. BUTTERFLY.
80 1est ~ that nosasat toe Of these
ssss1esss' l'essss ese.e l,oo,nin' aiass
sa' tAsss vas . sarrshis collision II
nS9ss ais. hosA Of EN- cone s,sws Ia.
Gsthse oeppts' ss' ro,lia' - the
eFosnA. 81 tAs big ioe~s' rsttitn' like
10 saw1an. FFstsy qsIeh nlssss rot In
sesees - stabs e. II wss ali over
WstA t1o bsess'. When I eome 70 piek
oaesse ~ tAesgA. he was an hnoshe6
e~s-ai1s1. ns's 70 hsas now Min
ehres bsGr II alag as' his isfs Wing