THE COUNTRY HOME [CHAPTER 
thus drawn by his call, to follow where he led. Is 
there not, after all, some truth in the Pied Piper of 
Hamelin ? 
Certain I am that the exercise of manly sym- 
pathy throughout the whole homestead will work 
a marvelous change in animals, birds, and even in 
insects. I shall never forget how my father carried 
a swarm of bees to a neighbor’s, living one-eighth 
of a mile from his home. He cut the limb, on 
which the bees were hanging, and started up the 
street, the bees crawling all over his hand until they 
reached his shoulder, where a large part of them 
rested. He was entirely unprotected against them, 
except. with his common clothing. Reaching the 
house of the friend who had purchased the bees, 
they were astounded at his appearance, and ex- 
claimed in terror. My father simply laughed a 
quiet laugh, and brushed the bees with a gentle 
touch into a hive. 
Prof. Mason 8. Stone, for some time Superin- 
tendent of Education in Vermont, says that, ‘““Next 
to the discipline that comes from hand work, the 
best discipline that comes to a boy is the reflex 
training that comes to himself from training ani- 
mals. That which brings out the confidence of 
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