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Show Tlie OM Man Chansed HI Tie wf. When I was a toy I went to vUit an austere old uncle of mine, who kii n countrv btore in a Florida town. Uii J ceTir known 16 laugh out loud or to t-V.e amusement out of anythlnff. There was a great bumblebees' neat In the eaestrougb of the old store, liottevrr, and the darbies that were always hanging about used to etir It up occasionallr to make fun. When a trange darky would come around who did not know of the trick, the boys would get him near the nest, ttir up the been behind his back; and then qufctlj get out of harm' way an J watch thertranger jump when the bees stung him. Thii tnck, when successfully carried car-ried out, was one of the very few thing that tickled old Uncle lieu, and he would watch It iierformance with anxiety lest it wtou Id fill, and would then retire to the back" part of the tliop an J shake for ten minutes wilii Internal lajghter, whichonly found outward expression In his quivering stomach and shoulder shoul-der au I snapping black eyes. This hsd Ix-cu repeated scores of times, when one day there came a hitch in theproctedlugo. One bee lit Just on the old man's upr lip, and gave him a sting that raised a lump as big as a pigeon's egj on there in one minute. ilia Uncle JJeu retired to the back of the shop, as luual, without SMIuganj slgnof himart, and I io!k.wed him lo see him shake with I tubbier There w.n no shake this time, however. The old man called me to him Jiid said; "dee here, mv Ijov. ou run out Into the back yardund'git.mea lump of cold, wit; cby from the ttellslde." 1 did so, and he sent me away ajpiu, saying that he wanted the clay to etui! up a rat hoio with. I hid behind a barrel bar-rel however, and saw him tiap the clay to his uioulh, take lib head in his other iiand, aud stamp Around till I got feared, llieu ho- ivii. out some tall blue from a la, vrapped it up In a iiau lkerchief, dij-H-d it in a iraiiof water aud rubbed it en his lip till lie looked like an Indian on Uic T'ar path. Finally he calmed down, waalied himself oil', and came uut iJukiug sourer than ever. Ti-e next day the ly found a most proiullng vuilra, and were prerkirnig to jilaj the trifk on him when Uncle Jteu slioute. -Kow then, you lazt ra-nal"!, I won't liivo you driving oil niycu'lomers witii jour "-vuryj irieks. The first toy that touches tliat bees' nest w 111 get acunhideovt-r hlsback!" And the darkies never could understand what'cau-wl UieoIJ man to change his mind so suJdeiily about a trick elut had amufed him so nuuy time- AVif Yuri Tribune. |