The Washington herald., 1909-08-08
Fooled!
That's what old Dad Henderson was
he thOTt he was on the track Of a
b9s-tTes, but he wasn't - tunihIe
hardship for Dad.

Old Dad Henderson. who ft in the
war OF the Rebellion or the war Of the
| Revolooshion we forget which had a
turrible experience one day last week
which was full Of hardships and which
Dad will remember as long as he lives
and Dad he amt no spring chicken
now either being as he IS most so wears
OF old To make matters worse Dad
has wood leg being as Dad SAYS he
I had his leg shot of in the war while he
was saving his country, but them here
abOutS who can remember a good ways
back says that when Dad come home
1 from the war he had two OF as good
/ legs as anybody would want and that
the way Dad lost his leg was once when
he was feeding a thrashing machine he
stood up on the feed board 10 tx
somethin or other and his foot slipt and
one leg went into the macheen and was
chewed of by the macheenery, bit Dad
denies this.
Be that as it may however. last Fri
day morning Dad he was poking along
IN his pasture at the edge OF the woods
back Of his barn when he seed some
honey bees working in some late clover
blossoms which had come up in the
shade and Dad SAYS TO hisself. by
cr2cky III bet them bees is from some
bee tree soncwhereS in the woods and
i Callllate I can trace EN- and find out
where they're hcled up, then I'll chop
down the tree ard like as not git 4 tub
full Of honey for home consumpshion."
So Dad he hikes off home and gifts a
seegar box and puts some syrup into it
and Tugs 1t back and sets it down
amongst the clover blossoms and awaits
Developments
Well, bye and bye bee went into the
box and loaded itself upon syrup and
started of N a westerly direkshion
Dad he watched the bee as fur as he
could see It, but he couldn't see it very
well being as his eyesight amt what il
used to be. Bye and bye the bee come
back agin and brung a whole pasSel of
other bees with it and aforc long the
bees was comm and goin reglar. Dad
he tux out his watch and tried 10 tell
how long It TUX the bees to 90 and
come from their bee tree. but his watch
was stopped and ne couldn't time EN-.
Howsumever Dad thort It TUX EN- aw-
ful long time.
Finally when the bees got TO comm
reglar Dad he started off in the direck-
Shion thev was flying and they was so
many bees comm and going BY this time /
that he could trace them purity we'll !
Dad folercd the line of bees through a
mile OF woods and then follered en- on
over Teck's Hill and down tothcr side |
until he come to Snake Crick which was
four foot deep but Dad wadeI right |
through the crick and went on hall |
mile until nc come 70 he same cricK /
agin bcrn as Snake Crick ) crookcdcr /
shan a dos's hint - and Yarns and I
tWi.ts around something awful Dad /
>t;S h. RIBBONS he crossed thar dsr1ra- |
shion crick seventeen times or incbbv |
more but he KEEP follerin the hne Of /
bees over hill and valley and through /
the woods and briars and over boys and
up over lodges and through thickcts and |
everything else
Dad couldn't peg along very swift on
his old wood leg but he got existed ex-
pectin to md the bee tree every uinnit
and hurried as fast as he could until /
he was most exosted To make matrcrs
worse Dad while trying TO climb over 4
stone fence got the end Of his wood leg
fast betwiNt two stones and broke about
SIX inches of the lower end of his leg
of. He says he cussed and swore some
thing awful but what good did that do?
None. After he broke his leg he went
lop-sided but he cut him a staff and
stumbled and Numbered along the best
be could.