August, 1918 



G 1. K A N I N G S IN BEE C U L T L' R E 



AROUND THE OFFICE 



M.-A. O. 



I woultln 't of come to life agin probably 

 only for two or three things happenin ' that 

 mightn't a get into print any other ways at 

 all. Then, too, some of my real true friends 

 — the kind that hang on and pull up when 

 a feller's way down — has been a pleadin' 

 with the Roots to let poor old M.-A.-O. have 

 one more chancet just oncet. The Eoots 

 extracted a promise of language reform out 

 of me, and have put on a purty stiff bit onto 

 me, and so I am here again — reformed. 



The things that happened are mostly two. 

 Night afore last, just at dusk, our queen 

 rearer's, Mel Pritchard's, son Arlie tried 

 his father's odorless method of picking up 

 by the tail a skunk he found snoopin ' around 

 his apiary. That method failed oncet again 

 completely. At such short range a skunk 

 has most of the advantage over a trustin ' 

 enemy, especially if he (the skunk) makes a 

 good shot for the eyes of the feller that 's 

 man handlin' his tail. When Mel reached 

 his sufferin ' son 's side, he found Arlie 's eyes 

 still stickin ' into their own sockets but 

 seein ' nothin ', and smartin ' considerable 

 worse 'n red pepper and brimstone. There 

 was a deal of washin' and scourin' of Arlie 's 

 eyes right to oncet, also some considerable 

 talk, besides what else filled the air for 

 about a mile in all directions. When Arlie 

 (he's a good Methodist, too) recovered suf- 

 ficient so he could see a little and think over 

 just what had happened, he remarked to his 

 father that he agreed with M.-A.-O. and 

 Neal Kellogg and that trustin neighbor that 



' ' there 's a h of a lot about skunks that 



he (Mel) don't know." But Mel is still 

 hanging on to his skunk-tail-hoistin ' theory, 

 and says Arlie didn't do it right. Arlie says 

 he did, but that the skunk was irritable or 

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