QUEENIE 



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I fall in love. Honey-Bee sophistry and gallantries. 

 I copy Queen Victoria and Queen Wilhelmina. My 

 engagement. My marriage, and wedding journey 

 to the clouds and back in seven minutes. My hand- 

 some Prince dies. My Master is tempted. I am 

 sold. 



THAT handsome and courtly Prince 

 Melapis, that particular prince among 

 a regiment of Chaps that was soon in evi- 

 dence in our colony, but upon whom my 

 maiden eyes had already passed judgment 

 as to what masculine illustriousness, dig- 

 nity, fine appearance and alluring charac- 

 teristics in the Italian Honey Bee world 

 were, began to have an indescribable attrac- 

 tion for me. I tried not to be unladylike 

 or presumptive, but I could do no otherwise 

 than betray my adoration of him above all 

 the other Chaps of the colony. In short, 

 I wished to marry him alone and deliber- 

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