Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-03-30
Saint Maru's Beacon
A Rheumatism Cure.

tlSm. Dir. MlddIerlb thought OF the
rheumatic twinges that grappled
his knees.
He read the article several tines.
The bee was TO be gripped o. the
ears and set down upon the .leu-
uatic joint and held there until il
lung itself stingless.
He contracted with Master Mid
d!erib for limited suroly OF bees.
For the small sa5 . ..- dime Mas
er MiddIer.D -Ereed 20 procHr.
everai, 10 wi, SIX bees. sexand age
ag specified
evening brings all home, and the
Z. 1t rays { the declnirg SUI fell
oou base. Midjlcs with snort,
q unutheG bot... comfortably
yp.iated with hot, N -natured bees.
he dine aud bottle changed hands.
.4s. Middlerib pot the bottle IN his
lat pocket end confded his guilt,
secret 10 none OF his family. He bad
his bees in his bedroom, and as he
looked At them he wished the bees
did not iook so hot and cross
When everybody else was in bed
he SOU ht his room.
Mr.. Middlerib disrobed slowly,
then crept into bed. After lying
still few moments he reached out
aud got his bottle of bees.
II was not an easy thing 10 DO 70
pick one bee out Of the bottleful with
his fingers and not get into trouble
The first bee Mr.. Middleribgot was a
little brown honey bee, that wouldn I
weigh half an ounce If you picked
him up by the ears, but If lifted up
by the hindleg would weigh as
much as the last end of a bay mule.
Mr.. Middlerib could not rcpress n
groan.
WHAT the matter with you?"
sleepiIy asked his wife
1t was very hard for Mr.. Middle
rib to say he only felt hot, but he
did it. He did feel very hot, indeed
about eighty-si all over, and one
hundred and ninety seven on the
end OF this thumb. He reversed the
bee and pressed the warlike ter
minus OF it firmly against the rheu-
matte knee.
1t didn't hurt so badly as he
thought it would.
1t didn't hurt at all.
Then Mr.. Middlerib remembered
that when the honey bee slabs
human foe it generally leaves its
harpoon in the wound, and the in
valid knew that the only thing this
bee had to sting with was doing its
work at the end of his thumb.
He reached his arm out from IN
der the sheets and dropped this dis
abled atom of rheumatism lininent
on the carpet. Then, after second
of blank wonder, he began 70 feel
around for the bottle, and wished
he knew what he did with it.
Meantime strange things had been
going on. When he Caught hold of
the first bee Mr.. Middlerib. for rea-
sons, drew it out in such haste hat
70; time he forgot all about the
bottle and its remedial contents, a d
left ii lying uncOrked in thu oed.
between himself and his innocent
vie. In the darkness there had
been a quiet but gene ; migration
from that bottle The bees were
crawling aimles,.y about over the
sheet. While Mr.. Miiderib was
fct ling around TO- it his ears were
suddenly thrilled aud his hear, froz.
on by via, piercing cream from
is ,-,.e.
order" shesc~camed Muir
der On! Help me, Help Help"
Nj. Mlddlerib sat bolt Upright il
bed. His hair stood on end. The
night was warm, but he turned 10
ice in minute.
Where in thunder r. he said with
pallid lips, as he felt all over the
bed in frenzied haste, where are
them bees?
And large humble with a sting
as pitiless as the finger of scorn.
just then climbed up the inside Of
Mr.. Middlerio's nightshirt. unit! !.
got squarely between hi, shoulders.
and then it felt for his marrow.
And Mrs. Middlerib felt ashamed
of her feeble SCREAMS when Mr.,
Middlerib threw up both arms. and
with howl that made the windows
rattle, reared
Take him of! Oh, land of Scott,
somebody take him off,
And when a honey bee began
tickling the sole of Mrs. Middlerib's
foot she shrieked, and went into
spasms.
The household was aroused nv
this time. Miss Middlerib and
Master Middlerib and the servants
were pouring into the room, adding
to the general confusion by bowling
at random and asking irrelevant