happened to hit me, 
it would have pene- 
trated my skull." 
"And can you im- 
agine a hornet fail- 
ing in his intention 
when he gets such 
a good square shot 
as that ?" I asked, 
further. 
" Well, no," he re- 
plied ; " but perhaps 
his venom had been 
expended on the la- 
dies; by their screams 
I judge most of them must have been stung a 
half-dozen times apiece." 
" If you will step out on the porch a few mo- 
