'Fair and Warmer" 



the spot that had been their home, and 

 were as completely lost as if the hive 

 had been shipped to Halifax. They 

 were still hanging around the old 

 familiar spot as a stormy night came 

 on, and doubtless starved to death 

 within easy sight of safety. I am satis- 

 fied that it would have been the same 

 if the hive had been moved but ten 

 feet instead of forty. Instinct they 

 have, plenty of it, but it is truly blind. 



Today I took my own way back to 

 where another "hive" has stood for 

 lo! these many years, and found it as 

 of yore. For it had not been moved. 

 Had it been missing from its old accus- 

 tomed place amidst the trees, had I 

 found bare ground where once the 

 sweets of life had been, I had been 

 lost more hopelessly perhaps than 

 were the homeless bees. 



Yes, I confess I am attached to 



Dumbiedykes, poor as it is. Maybe I 



am like the tree that overhangs the 



roof, in some respects. This oak is 



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