Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-07-13

finding. The hammock was taken
down and she did not ride horseback
nor walk around on stills. She
would have had beaux, but for her
father. As he was lot speaking to
her he did not forbid her, but when a
young man called things were made
so unpleasant for him that he never
repeated his visit.
As the summer passed and winter
came on there we're candy pulls and
spelling schools. Both were the
height of sacrilege in the Deacon 8
eyes, and he groanei in spirit and
gritted his teeth when he knew that
his daughter attended them.
1t was in June that the Deacon
had vowed not to speak to his daugh-
ter again until she had become re-
pentant. Now and then, as time
passed, the wife ventured to say some
thing to her husband, but only to
find him obdurate. What he had
said he had said. What he had said
must be right, because he had said it,
and he would, therefore, stick to it
until the day Of his death.
LET Ruth get down on her knees
to me and confess that she has done
wrong and l will speak to her and
perhaps forgive her. was invariably
his answer, but time continued to
pass and Ruth did not kneel.
One day the Deacon's wife was
called to the bedside Of a sick neigh
bor. The Deacon had dozen swarms
of bees, and as be came up from the
field about 2 o'clock that afternoon
he found one of the hives swarming.
He ran for a tin pan and began to
beat it, and in his excitement he al
most spoke to his daughter, who was
working in the garden. He caught
himself in time, though, and resumed
his beating and gamboling around.
A spare hive should have been ready,
but was not.
The bees, therefore, circled and
buzzed around for ten minutes, and
finally began to light. Unfortunate
ly for the Deacon, they alighted on
him. In two minutes they had COW
cred his straw hat and neck; in two
more they were clinging to his shoul-
ders in heavy masses.
As she planted her hollyhock and
sunAower seeds Ruth heard still,
small voice uttering her name. She
Investigated and found that her faith
er had become king bee. His back
resembled pear tree and he was
terribly frightened. Two thousand
bees clung to him and if he disturbed
them he was dead man.
"Well, daddy?" asked the girl as
she stopped within ten feet of him.
Ruth, you will find an empty hive
in the barn. Get it out and smear
some lasses over the front Of it.
"Are you really speaking to me,
daddy"
"Of course I am. Cant you see
the fix I'm in ?"
"But you were not to speak again
until I begged your pardon.
"Go after that hive. Do you want
to see me stung to death? ?"
"The bees are quiet now. About
that hammock, daddy; may l have it
up this summer"
"Nol That is, l guess you can.
"And may l ride one Of the horses2"
"If-if they are not too tired
"And l may climb trees and jump
fences2"
Are you going for that hive2"
when you answer"
Then climb and Jump all you want
to"
"One more question, daddy. May
I have young men come here to see
me2"
The Deacon groaned.
"May - The bees seem to be get
ting angry"
Eyes, have EN- and be hanged to
you !" shouted the Deacon, using
slang for the fret time in Is years.
The hive was brought and smeared
with sweet stuff, and presently the
bees began to find their way into it.
At the end of ten minutes the Deacon
shook himself, drew long breath and
eaid to his daughter:
"If you ever tell mother or anyone
else about it I'll box your ears, big az
you are p
A short time ago an English school
teacher was giving a lesson on the
function Of the hypben. Having writ