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hungry men, and all along the line the soldiers were 

 breaking from the ranks and robbing the farms. The 

 general and his staff came up to where a group of sol- 

 diers were pillaging a prosperous farm. The general 

 sternly ordered one of his young staff officers to go in 

 and stop the men and the young officer put spurs to his 

 horse to obey the order. 



There were some old-fashioned beehives made of 



The Bees did not Sting the Soldier Who Picked Up a Hive 



straw twisted in spiral cones, and the soldiers had dis- 

 covered that by picking these up and running with them 

 the bees would stream out behind and not hurt the man 

 with the hive. It so happened that a soldier had picked 

 up a hive just as the staff officer came within reach. It 

 is needless to say that the staff officer gave no order to 

 the men. " His horse's tail went around like a Fourth of 

 July pinwheel, which was rivaled by the rapid revolu- 

 tions of the staff officer's military cap. The horse 



