The mother, without opening her eyes or lifting her head, cried out, sharply:
“Why will you tease that child so, Mary? Let him have what he wants at once.”
“But, ma’am, it’s a—”
“Let him have it, I say.”
Thus encouraged, Harry clutched at the bee and caught it. The yell that followed brought tears of joy to the passengers.
The mother awoke again.
“Mary!” she cried, “let him have it.”
Mary turned in her seat, and said, confusedly:—“He’s got it, ma’am.”