Show 1 i i BUMBLEBEES ii I i ADDIE GRAVES I I By MRS II IU I U U 01 N ew by McClure Newspaper paper un 1842 2 by y rIc urO Ive got an un Idea Wea Mary Maryl I it JOh Jonn j Well out with u wheedling ee I attl- attl w your I am part part of It by tude Ill ln tell you Mary Iary I I. I W Wa want ant to take canvasS of the town for th that money t 0 a ce that bl bit doctors doctor's ill that at JIm P pay because use i. i Nichols owes It worries I es hi hill 11 on needs the money ca cathe HarrIs the women Today's To To- and you ou see the men be aroun around an and they'll Sunday j days das will feel more like g giving v i ngIm ng maybe they Ill I'll tackle tackie Barkis as j Im Tm welcome to Parthenie Flint and und youre you're Peabody The John While WhIlo j ami-j Mary fed fell the chickens started on OD they harnessed old Jim and X of the town towns town's s be bo- their rounding up came to Ike PeabodYs PeabodY's Peabody's Peabodys Peabodys Peabody's Pea- Pea When they body's they saw Him raking up hay wall John with his horse Jumping the was soon In front of his to problem-to get 10 out of a man who had never been known to give up 10 cents Afternoon John Im I'm raking up this In taking a believe fine timothy j dont don't chance when hay nay Is 35 a ton In the I barn Dont look like rain Ike I Never can tell I suppose you want wouldn't be he here e. e something or yo you Yes Ike I want 10 10 Were We're going around for money money to pay Jim NIchols NIchols' doctor bill bUt Let them go to work and pay their bills like Ilke I t do I I l' dont don't ask favors never did didn n never shall You might break a leg some somo day or have something worse happen to you and youre you're all alone 1 t Mary found ParthenIe watering her flower garden Did Ike give you anything Mary Inquired Parthenie No he wouldn't give John a cent Ill tell you what Ill I'll do Mary When you go back you see Ike again and tell him I will wUl give as much as he will But I will wUl see you again any any- way When they returned Ike was not visible John heard faint cries FollowIng Following Following Fol Fol- lowing the tIie sound he came to an old well Looking In he saw Ike In a helpless heap Between groans Ike e explained he had driven Into a bumblebees bumblebees' bumblebees bumblebees' bumblebees bumblebees' bum bum- nest and old Bill nUl had runaway run runaway runaway away throwing him in If you OU will get a rope and throw itIn It ItIn itin In I guess I can climb out Ikes Ike's pain was Increasing John thought It time to get down to busi busi- ness Ill give you my price Ike I know you always have a n checkbook In your pocket pocket guess guess you keep one under your pm pillow w nights You make out a check for the amount of that mortgage you have on Sam Nichols Nichols' farm and Ill I'll hustle for a doctor I am afraid you have broken something Ike made out the check with his lefthand lefthand left lefthand hand and tied It lt to a n string that John let down to him The doctor found It would not be necessary to send Ike to a hospital If he had someone to be with him for a afew afew afew few weeks When they explained their need to Parthenie she led them to a large largo living room where there was wasa wasn a n wide bench and several old rocking chairs around a huge fireplace What a comfy room thought the doctor All It needs Is people He lIe did not know that Parthenie h had had d refused to marry Ike The In front of that very fireplace and had never told him why When the doctor had departed Ike wondered whether he were an awakened awakened awakened awak awak- ened Rip Van Winkle Parthenie had brought some of her beautifully light grained fine-grained bread with some honey from her own hives A vainly up puffed piece of lemon pie rested on a plate beside It flanked with a thick slice of ot frosted pound cake dotted with butter butter- nuts Ike did not dream that all this was premeditated Im Int not laughing at you rou Ike I I. I-I. I agreed to give Jim Nichols as much as they could get out of you Wasn't John clever and l lucky clever and lucky uck Well Parthenie I always was WIlS selfish selfish sel- sel fish and avaricious and when I didn't get you OU all ull I bad had to live for was work and aud money I dont don't blame John And all I I hull hud to o live for was flowers flowers flowers flow flow- ers and to see If I could run a farm as shell uell as you and bank as much money Why Whey wouldn't you ou marry me Pa Par Par- thence thene I thought you loved money more than you Jou did me I would woul be only a slave to add to your Income Maybe l you were right Parthenie bu but you ou have found you were the only girl I wanted Do you think you could risk marrying me now We surely have paye enough money but precious little happiness Theres There's a long time to be lonesome yet I have hao never been able to write a check for the smallest bit of happiness |