The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-20

lie not spenlsing tc her re DID no
forbid het. Bat VIXEN q young ~ IN
cafIe6 things were made 50 UNPLEASANT
Tor him that he never repeated his
visit.
AS the summer passed ana winter
sau.c on there were candy pulls and
schools. Roth were tllc height
Of sacriiege in tile deacon's eyes, nila
he groaned in spirit and griited his
teeth when he knew that bis daughter
attended them.
1t was in June that the deacon bad
vowed not to speak to his dGtigiitcr
again until she had become repsntant
Now and then. as time pissed. The VIE
vcntured to say something 10 her iEi
bniid. but only to fud him oliaurttc
what he bad said lac had said What
he had said must be right because Ia
hnd said 1t, and he would therefor,
stick to it until the day Of his death
t.I.et Ruth get down on her knces
to me and confess that size has doGc
wrong and / viii speak 70 her, ans
perhaps forgive her" was invariabi5
his answer, but time continued TO pass
and Ruth did not kneeI.
One day the deacon's wife was called
TO the bedside of sick neiEhbor. The
and as he came up from the field about
2 O'Clock that afternoon he found one
of the hives swarming he ran for q
tin pan and began TO beat II. and III
his excitement he almost spoke to his
daughter. who was working in the gar
den. 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 bu7Sss
ed around for ten minutes and finally
began to light. Unfortunately for the
deacon they lighted ON him. In two
minutes they had covered his straw
hat and neck: in two more they were
clinging to his shoulders IN great
masses.
AS she planted her hollyhock and
sunfloyyer seeds Ruth beard a still,
small voice utterfng her name. She IN
vestigated and found that her father
had become a King bee. His back
resembled a pear tree, and he was ter
ribIy frightened. Two thousand bees
chung to him, and II he disturbed them
he was a dead man.
swell, daddy" asked the girl as she
stopped within ten feet of him.
Ruth, you will find an empty hive ia
the barn Get it and smear some
Iasses over the front of IT.
'sAre you really speaking to me-
daddy?"
OF course l am. Can't you see the
fix I'm Ing"
a.But you were not TO speak again
until 1 beg your pardon"
go after that hive. Do you want to
see me stung to death:"
THE bees are quiet now. About THAI
hammock. daddy-may have it up this
summer
.sNo-that is, I guess you can"
''And may ride one OF the horses!
Tiff they are not. too tired.
.'And l may climb trees and amp
fenees?''
..Are you going for that hive?"
when you answer"
s.Then climb and jump all you wan
to-"
Zone more question, daddy. May
have young men come here to see mef
The deacon Groaned.
MAY L? The bees seem to be getting
angry"
YES. have 'ern and be hanged to
you!' shouted the deacon, using slang
for the first time in fifteen years.
The hive was brought and smeared
with sweet stuff. and presently the bees
began to find their way into Il. At the
end of ten minutes the deacon shooli
himself, drew n long breath and Said
to his daughter:
ssff you ever tell mother or any one
else about 1t I'll box your ears, big as
you are!'