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Show rpH mnm Mm mm -r . - pliSI WESTERN "BEES "IN A SOUTHERN HIVE. SDjHM i'tatt mm ( it BaiH 'Wi IKP 'vf rHAPTER V HB'lfi iiHiftW rVtuidav cilne at lull and they ItiHsH iVi f I'lSI'tW v''r ''' 1,h'r', within tho hospitable SHV t'i ' jiffl I ii 1 f"' "' " 'ambling old house on the SsHssH1 Tli'MoSH FIR ti ountaln Kat) was Intent!) watch- HjHJ'''j( 'f iv,i MlR '" ' "1C "P"11 that were being made ij'j EVJJ 'W In til' nr ilnie When the work wa. .''fl'li Mi I ' ' fr! 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If they oul I only like I f SI?; f t' In the Snn1 Wns the s"e Elusive nicker She had Seen in the Ktw. 11 i ( W,'j u a little It noull Iw i slrr Ilinnlrs aaaaaaH 1,'Tf (i i!M i4f! ""' trembled luthetl nll aaaaaaH ! I i' el I M ' I)f"r Slrl' ' llkt' 'm n K""" dell aaaaaaaal Ji)'i 'mH"1 WiJi. nnt ' "'" 'u'r It "111 all iohu rlftht aaaaaaH 4l if, U lit F "ltn a 1U" rntlen e aaaaaaH V' Wl lu X " h ' Sn ''""" ' inoi ne tniifruc enn tell aaaaaaH f 0T! Jlr flJlM ' Ine hug that acronipinlel Nuts a r aaH I V ' tJ ffiTi mark left no doubt of lit sln eritj IH 1? fcS!?' hi I ill from the ulndnn an I nil the other H S'J'F' If "i ill tnlntra It lint ulrkrd ' said Ilett laH Z! 1 J(J: IB ,1(1 ' "nd nn'" ,le dn OI" would think we , assssH ?! U '11 IK I il hsU nroken the Ten Coininandmenta bj H Ell . If mH,' ; the fusa the) make about It alH't! ill 2.i , (ll ' " ou '" "P here In the woods VlT I .1 ! IS 'iBl! n'th '" I think that et a little while H IjIi ; iBalJIli J,ollW ' lfl " fllml1 trw-a and HiIiiks H ? M'i' ' 3b 5.".' "HT"' all the slrl In the school IHv.l '! t) J ! dM Hkl". there uoult not be trees 'ill M 'S V ' cnouKlt on the plue Mif Aslnr H l f S 1 i smiled at the thoiiKht of (If t as ener Jli H,!& , sr,Jc elrl" n" t"""' hW Katherel aaaaH tl l "ll under ont roof V euhoh us In hei H J ill ! S , ' " " hr"n h0 thought tlis t . more aH IV MtSBiS lnlereatlns nnd more lowihle Hi in the Jl tSfl' 91 i& ' "malnliig fortj-eight logeihu aaaaH'Al j!!' II) IT I ' Iiut (he don t and don t uant tn IHi- 5I' fjfj TL) I o whats the use of bothering aaH 4(1 ' j ., ' My cLh"l .??" nrc Mn fl""l not to HHJ, V ' ii'Jffi I? melnthej wild wool but In it .rou ted MAl i;l e - ell) The more n arl ymt conform In all the small lormilltlca of life to the habits of other pople the more freedom free-dom jou Kill hae to work out some big pioblems Mrs Astor gathered them to her and they ruddled ilosely, feeling more In-entle In-entle In her loving hold to be like other ptople nr, moie explicitly to he like her than the) would in all the lac ttirea In the orld The Colonel coming com-ing In found them huddled together before be-fore the tire nlth Kuty almost asleep on her grandmother a lap Come tonie Katydid you are gat-ling gat-ling loo big for the mother-bird you will crush hr soon It la high time e big in Ir take i ire of her Kun unit grt the fnntstoul Kuty ran for the footatool i Rranlpns sltppue But Kal i. plied, No I not dey s darkles to ill on mens The Colonel laughed until the tears came but the moth r bird aa grate 'i ome dear alio said get grandpa grand-pa s idlppus The mother bird win see and gentb but was oheeri The darkles eri stinting on the r'"-'!!!! hunt so the Us and Katy ran to the doir to Hulrb thtin depart kJlni, get inl possum slio dls tlm Mhi ivi xald lo as he llght-c llght-c I the inr- knoi tint served as a tonh Tl i Hi oth r negtnes lth their to h mil d xt rime around the lor-tur lor-tur of the Iioiibc slnglnr nn unlnlelll- gl'le song tbotit coons ponsums and dniea ml lo s nil mixed an I Inti r-wlnel r-wlnel into i musliiil if not a llternr) liarmouj The girls uatthed them un til the tonhis hei ame dancing Die. Ilea In th dlstun.e and then went bi(k to the uarmth and glow within Mund was the sleep under the great ennops Ih ii night and first thought In the morning was of Hie nsalhle gol I mine in the gorxe 1he were too rest-less rest-less to do justire lo enus s jellow torn bread and steaming coffee too restlecs to take u proper Interest In the possum with which Jo appeared Jo had cut a split In a bran, h and In the j lit was sccurel) fastened the tall of Mr roseum Jo The little prisoner blinked at them sp beseechlngl) tht the lis declated that the) nouldnt for the world. at a morsel ' railing Roier the three friends started start-ed up the mountain While Iietts iompe.1 with Kit and Itoer Ilinnle desiemled Into th gorge 8he tumel met- pebbli aft i p, bble she li.oke with a hammer biought hld.ten in a hlick shipping tig ,),. , fl(,r p(,. from the smrouniilng rocks t last he scooi I up fioni the bottom of the uhkuic i lose lo the w iter a heap of bli.k sand and tilled the bag In the lo.ki and pebblea could be found not a tiatt of the pieiious metal but In tin eind was the same cluslti fll ker he hud seen In the staliutlte and Inr hopis were high I or do I or s sake said enus as tint reappaied ut the house what ou got in ilit lag hone)" Simmons 1 n kon an I ilat Jo clared dey wa n t a slmmon on the mountain No thet uln t persimmons ' replied Uonnle hurrjlng up to theii loom tn put the bag awa) In th. grip bafuie more iiiesllolis i mild he uski I Will said .nii. looking dl.gus tedls after her shi might) cnpiioua this morning Nat) soon appeased her wrath and Venus produ el the goodies satd for them-three tlnS sweet potato plea made after the famous old recipe of a goo 11) quantity of eggs and milk and Just a suggestion of potato After din ner the) made a round of visits among the cabins and were gieeled with a Marmth that went straight In theii he iris In each cabin was some little titbit sated against Miss Katt s Hun-da) Hun-da) homeiomlng In hid notnlth-etandlng notnlth-etandlng th ansertlon of A enus found the persimmons and Aunt Mar) had a whole lapful of chinkapins Kuty beamed upon them all and tturiged haik to the mother bird well loaded Th. srolls weic pa.ked In the nnliige Now glilles said Mis -in, n"i ding them good bji remenil i that if )iur fattiM dois not loin. 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