[Frank Merriwell’s Reward by Burt L. Standish]@TWC D-Link bookFrank Merriwell’s Reward CHAPTER VIII 13/21
The boy, a lanky chap of fourteen or fifteen, was vigorously shaking the bell.
The man carried a large pail, and the woman swung a roll of dirty cloth. "Hold on! hold on!" the man howled.
"Jest handle 'em gently, can't ye ?" The Chickering set, as well as Merriwell's friends, heard him. "Oh, yes! we'll handle 'em gently!" snarled Skelding, slapping at one of the stinging things and crushing it with his hand.
He saw then that it was a bee.
He jerked his hand away and stuck his fingers into his mouth. Then jumped up and began again to hop around. "It run its stinger into my finger an inch!" he growled. "Hold on! hold on!" the old man was howling. "I'm holding on!' cried Rupert, smashing away at a handful of bees which seemed to be settling down on him all at once. "You're killing 'em!" screeched the old woman. "Yes, we're killing 'em!" Skelding answered, flailing away as if he had gone crazy.
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