happened to hit me, 

 it would have pene- 

 trated iny 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- 



