The bee-man of Orn, and other fanciful tales

Frank Richard Stockton

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ZZ?b jYo. ..t^'Class A ^ Copyright, 1887, By CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS. BANB AVERY COMPANY, BLECTROTYPEBS AND PRINTERS, BOSTON. CONTENTS PAGE I. The Bee-man of Orn 1 II. The Geiffii^ theand Minor Canon ... 17 III. Old Pipes and the Dryad 38 IV. The Queen's Museum 63 ChristmasY. Before Last; or, The Island of THE Fragile Palm 87 Yl. Prince Hassak's March 114 YII. The Battle of the Third Cousins.... 138 The Banished 156YIII. King IX. The Philopena 168 ORN.BEE-MAN OFTHE an oldthere livedOrn,country ofthe ancientN his wholebecausethe Bee-man,I. was calledman who in aHe livedof bees.companyspent in thetime was immensethan annothing morewhich washut,small their honey-had builtcreaturesthese littlebee-hive, for onit contained,one roomcorner of thein everycombs roughabout thetable, allunder the littleshelves,the about thesat, and evenold manwhich thebench on Alllow bed.sides of histheand alonghead-board insects,buzzingwas thick withthe roomthe air ofday old Bee-with thein any waynot interferebut this did andhis meals,them, atein amongwalkedman, who beingfear ofthe slightestwithoutto sleep,went hadlong, theybees sowith thehad livedstung. He sohis skin washim, andtoso accustomedbecome thought ofmorethe bees nohard, thatandtough ora treeof stingingthey wouldhim thanstinging hive in atheirhad madeof beesA swarma stonJ.

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 15
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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BLECTROTYPEBS AND PRINTERS,
BOSTON.