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L K A J^ I N G S IN BEE C U L T U K E 



209 



nation scream and howl of torrification and 

 real pain you ever heard. That cat was in 

 earnest, she was, and she wanted help, 

 she did. I heard her away over at 

 my happy home and above all the roar of my 

 then surjj:in thoughts. About one and two- 

 thirds seconds later I saw my mother-in-law 

 and her daughter that is related to me by 

 marriage boil out of the back door and set 

 sail jest awhoopin in the general diiei-tion ol' 

 old kitty 's continooin call for aid and sym- 

 pathy. I suspected in just a hully jiffy what 

 was up. A skunk had been inliabitin " under 

 my wife 's mother 's chicken house all winter, 

 and the night afore I had set a trap there. 

 My mother-in-law said all along she just 

 knew I'd catch her cat if I set a trap there, 

 and she prohibited it complete. She said I 

 needn't try to make her believe my bees 

 was in danger from skunks. So I had set 

 it unbeknownst to her. Accordinly, I in- 

 stantaneously right away then felt certain 

 that the old cat had found out what I had 

 done land was tell- 

 in mother-in-law 

 about it. So I left 

 home a n d came 

 over to the office 

 right to n c e t . 

 That was in the 

 mornin early, and 

 I didn't find oc- 

 cashun to go home 

 for anythin that 

 day till everybody 

 was in bed. Ben- 

 ny Peters dropped 

 into the shop dur- 

 in that afternoon 

 and told me the 

 old cat was hurt 

 soinethin awful 

 and limpin terrible and my people was the 

 maddest he ever seen 'em. That meant I had 

 got to do somethin right to oncet. For the 

 promise of one of my best fish lines and a 

 nickel down, Benny went and gotDelGiddin 's 

 (^Continued on next fiage.) 



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