Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-07-24
0N0IONN, NlSSSSIPPL THURsDAYJULY "a 1913

'uch like and we took them out ot the !
wagon with great care. and didn't let
1ut one get away, and don't you know,
hat dern little rascal made bee line
for my nose and set down hard on it,
without being invited. When | went
to town put in the whole evening,
explaining how to have your nose made !
fat, and round, and red in er half er
minlt-every fool that C me along
would ask me abou' it. Time rolled
on. NV nose gradually sunk uo to its
normal size, and the bees attended to
their own business and to mine.
We didn't cultivate any friendly rela-
tions when an, body hurts my leel.
ines as bad as that bee did and then
won't apologize. let him alone. One
hot day in June, when the tharmome.
ter stood at SO in the shade and 172 in
the field, | was trying to finish
blowing that high corr Of mine
so as to take a bath, put on a.
billed shirt. and 60 over to town and
drink soda water as long as the boys
would set him up. went to the
house to get string to tie the buck
(band always breaks when you are
hot or in a hurry Jerusha said the
bees have swarmed. said Il am
sorry for there amt a dArkey in
mile Of here to hive them" She said
we must do it ourselves. 1t would be
a living shame to let them 60 off be.
cause we are too triAing to attend to
it.
Pa never would give us that yaller
r heifer. Ma said they we're talking
) about it no longer than yesterday
She said: I'll FIX you up SO a single
bee cant touch you. and help put the
ladder up to The limb. Then take q
: saw. tie a rope to it and as it comes
, of I'll jerk it to one side and land
them right at the hive. You will be
!. safer than | will" And before | had
! time to object she was getting the har.
ness ready. She tied big gunny sacks
5 around my breeches legs and made
, me put on that old blue calico cooking
I skirt. Then she got my long overcoat
and buttoned it up from top to bottom,
put her big plaid shawl around nv
neck, long poke bonnet with veil,
doubled four times, and great elbow
I buckskin gloves. ! was fixed. 1t takes
I no argument to prove that | was the
hottest man on earth. climbed the
ladder with many msgivngs, trying to
trust to providence. never went into
battle during the war that put my
< courage to such test). Jerusha en-
couraged me, saying: I'm glad have
q a man that amt afraid Of nothing.
l.. knowed you could get EN- all down
safe" But Lordy, | was so hot
could hardly see through that thick
, veil and binding sweat. There was
isl level hall bnshel of them, stick
g together like leeches. and couldn'
h Ip but think how tired the bee mus
b next to The limb with 43 m IRE hang
inl to his coat tail; 'sposing he hac
lost his grip hut the weather the sub
rt and circumstances were not favor
p. BILE for philosop lizinq. | sawed away
: Did you ever try sanding on tp-rot
aud saving up bill? When | run on
o( breath | stopped to mediate on the
uncertainty Of human events. | toIt
Jerusha had to have some water o
lie on the spot. She said that # sh,
let loose that ladder | would fall ant
5. break my neck. So had to saw q
}. de. Don't forget how hot was
81 Jerusha thought she saw the lint
i shake when it wasn't q lite off. Sh,
s ,rought snatch with the rope ths
, shook the whole pile down on my head
, they ere numberIess as the sand o
he seashore. Ii the confusion m,
loot slipped, | lost my presence o
! mind and down came covered al
, over with glory and bees. Jerush,
/ couldn't get to me to knock EN- off an,
d was afraid to shuck those hot rags
u That's what | call the devil to pay an,
a no pitch hot. Jerusha. always read
nj tor an emergency, suggested that | rur
10 to the pool. | jumped two six.foo
a fences b, fore you could say skat ant