THE S W A R M 

 would j\v.iir them were ir nor for rhis 

 toresiiihi of tneirs. None would come ro 

 riieir help, nor would rhe\- seek help of 

 any. For on.e city kr.ows nor the other, 

 and assistance never is g-i\-en. And e\-en 

 Thoug-h the bee-keeper deposir the hive, 

 in \\-hioh he has gMthered the old queen 

 and her attendant cluster of bees, bv the 

 side of the abode the>- have but this 

 monient quitted. the\- would seen:, be rhe 



disaster ne\'er 



>o creat tnar shall n.ow 



ha\-e befallen rhem, to ha\-e \\-hoil\- for- 

 gotren the peace and the h.ipp\- uetivitv 

 rhar once the\- had known there, riie 

 abundant wealth and the safer\" t::at had 

 then been their portion : and ail. one b\' 

 one. and down to the last or t;:eni. v.ull 

 perish of hunger and cold around their 



