Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-24

Buster would tackle him and drive the
Door, perplexed bee away. But he
aad such a cargo that he couldn't
quite control his legs, and every little
while he would stumble and fall of
the shelf in front of the hive. Uncle
at first thought his pet was
sick. Then he noticed all the whisky
and water was gone, and he realized
that it was bee jag, not illness, that
caused Busters queer actions- He
was mad clear through.
"a bee that have trained, and
trusted, and praised said Uncle
Tommy Indignantly. And now you go
and make an exhibition of yourself in
this way What will the other bees
think of your actions? How much
sharper than a serpent's tooth Is
renegade bee!'
Buster seemed to understand the
tenor of Uncle Tommy's remarks, and |
he made big effort to brace up. 1t |
was a pretty successful one, too, and |
except for a little shakiness in his |
legs no one would have suspected the
| prize bee was carrying such load.
| Then Buster crawled up to- Uncle
Tommy, penitent like, and tried to
make him understand that he was
sorry he had sinned. But Uncle
Tommy was too angry at the evil con-
duct of Buster to respond to his peni-
tent advances. Instead he just brushed
the bee to the ground. Buster flew up
again to the shelf in front of the hive,
but Uncle Tommy brushed him off.
This is hive for respectable
bees said Uncle Tommy severely.
No buzzing tanks, or bees who dis
grace themselves by miscalculating
their capacity, are allowed in this
hive. Seek some bee gold cure, and
don't come near me again until you
are thoroughly reformed
Buster made a couple more inef-
fectual attempts to crawl into the
hive, or on Uncle Tommy's hand and
tell him how sorry he was. But Uncle
/ Tommy would have nothing to do with
J him, and at last Buster gave a pa
thetic little buzz and few away in
, mighty saddened manner. told Uncle
: Tommy he had been too severe on his
7 pet bee.
{ WHO was it that put whisky and
: water in front of the hive of those
5 virtuous bees, and so led Buster to
e fall from grace?' I asked him. You
were the guilty party not that poor,
innocent little bee, who in his desire
to work for you took little too much
a stimulant. Surprising you were turned
a out of your happy home every time
S you made a similar mistake? 1t
2 would be good imitation of contin-
t uous performance vaudeville. You
7. ought to have remembered your own
t failings and been lenient towards the
r abused Buster
but he was the foreman of the
> bees objected Uncle Tommy. "A bee
It holding a responsible position.
would soon have every bee on my
l. farm drunk If / hadn't reproved him
n although perhaps l was a little harsh
in driving him away
a After this everything seemed to &C
d wrong with Uncle Tommys bee indus
n try. The bees had fallen into the
D. habit of looking up to Buster and fol
-e lowing his directions about the work
u, and now that he was not there tt
g keep an eye on them they grew more
'e shiftless every day. Then Uncle
'e Tommy supplied them with more
le stimulants. The bees were perfect!
ir willing to imbibe all the booze HI
If would put in front of the hives. blu
when it came to hard work the!
t. weren't in the entry list. Uncl'
in Tommys supply of honey kept falling
le off, and to add to the bitterness of thu
e. situation the market price was rising
I'd The good man was in despair.
In Its a judgment on me- he SAT-
or plaintively, for being too harsh to tn
at departed Buster. If could once NOR
We hear his joyful buzz [ would welcom
20 him with open arms and not protest
n he rolled up jag every day. Even
Buster was little thirsty, he Away
took care that the rest of the bee
attended to business and didn't imbib
more than was good for them. A fe'
more weeks of the present regime wi
turn my former band of industriou
workers into a collection of hobo bee
If they keep on the way they are g
ing. / wouldn't be surprised to Sc
them growing long boards and votin
the Populist ticket
"One evening when Uncle Tomm
was wandering about his orchard in
disconsolate manner he noticed a bi
bee flying near him. The bee a
peared to be doubtful whether to a
proach Uncle Tommy didn't pa
much attention to him, supposing
was some belated bee that hadn't r
turned to the hive with the rest. b
the strange bee kept flying nearer al
nearer, and at last Uncle Tommy sa
,a it was the long lost Buster. Unc
: y Tommy was the happiest bee own
in the state of Iowa