Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-08


plotters in the shattered mans library
Ia Los Angeles. for they. though they
DO not know ii now. Are nearer q! AZ
least one great object FOR which ia,
piotters seek "a strangle a soul-tht
diamond from the sky.
Tue diamond lies unnoticed since ear
" forenoon on the ~alighting board 81
one ot the many beehives in the apiars
Of Raucher Jones Ii lies where his
little three year-0ld daughter dropped
IL when a testy bee had stung Tier art
er she had found the diamond beneatl
the rock where Smythe had put IT,
Where the bilIposters are camped IN
the woods beneath a great dead tree
Is not 800 yards from the bee yard u
apiaTy of Rancher Jones. For some
days the b~illposters with their wag
ons and paraphernaiia have made the
struggling barns and wayside board
ings Of this thinly settled region bios
som gaudily with the bills announcing
the appearances OF Sankey's St4peu
dous Circus. The circus t. playing the
towns and cities large enough 10 meet
the requirements Of what Its proprietor
calls "a regular show" Sankey's stu
pendous Circus Is a regular show. and
II ii is too big TO play small places
such as Mammoth and vicinity. yet
Mammoth and vicinity are apprised OF
place of show and day and date. IL
has been the duty OF the W. billpost-
ers. camped here beneath the dead tree
i'm the woods. To make the wilderness
blossom like the rose with the eye a.
founding posters " Santley's Stupen-
dous Circus.
Their fire has beer slow Ia starting
fm!t now il burns well. As the bill
poster who u called Jack Williams tie
Stirs himself 10 mix some pancake
Hour. the billpoSicr whose name \. Ben
Eurk fumes nvrf the tire and sheds n
few tears and wipes his eyes ron the
Irrid smoke of the newly started ire
Md night comes quickly IN California.
II H. daylight and then dusk ana then
lark. And far of on the other side NJ
the hill Lawyer Smythe of London has
lost his WAY ana walks Ia a circle.
seeking shelter.
There II no Sirup.' saws tho bin
poster named Turk. ms be searches
among the dirty tins Of the lnrder and
holds the sirup can and shakes il nv
4 doubling ear. 81 I'D you not to
make fapiacka."
Wv h yu1r kick about molaSSes.
bog asks the pancake expert. turnin-
from the whitish mass hc j. stirring
Didn't we IaSS a bee ward not \ quar-
ter IT a mile down the roads'
The other looks d~iS-ustcd.
iii should think you'd he sick ~ cook
ing and stirring paste to sling up bills
with all day without mixing AMI cook
ing paste 60 eat nc night" he -rumbles
Beat IT.. Make yourself useful AMI
70 aud get some honey We got lots Of
time before We have a fire hot enough
for hapjackS." says the other. If l do
not cook fapiacks you won't have any
thing 60 eat but bacon. the bread all
gone Close your trap and 20 aud
s~ilse some honey. When | saw those
HCrA4ft> 4 stt ~ Iiftihlh~ Di HiHfdth-
sod honey. Anyway, I've got 70 70 FOR
water for coffee. Its almost aS far fur
water as II Is for honey. Beat it,"
40 the billposter named BuTk. still
srumbling takes plate aud knife a. he
10 bid and moves OF ia the iaTkns>s e.
ride the sweet store OF the busy bees
beyond
The moon shines vaguely just above
b sky line Its dim light barely
throws a shadow as Burk skuiks across
the neld after coming out Of the wood
and inter the ranchers bee yard He
rvcks an occasional hive as he passes
and the murmur Of disturbed bees
sounds duly from within them. He
pauses st last by one that rocks with
heavier resistance. and he is about TO
lift the cap piece when something
CLEANS ~opalescent I'm the moonlight on
the alighting board OF the rocking hive.
BGrk stoops over and picks IL up In
tie dim light from the moon he sees II
= q curious large locket attached to .